Callaway had a tumultuous final season with the Mets. His job status was in question nearly every step of the way, most notably after the Mets were swept by the last-place Marlins in May. Callaway survived Van Wagenen’s first house cleaning in June when he replaced pitching coach Dave Eiland with 82-year-old Phil Regan. Perhaps already on edge after Eiland’s ousting, Callaway soon had a meltdown that included a verbal altercation with a beat reporter that took him two press conferences to apologize for.