Well, on the bright side, Edwin Diaz still hasn’t blown a save in a Mets uniform.

If the closer doesn’t quickly move on from his two consecutive blown games, however, then he’ll turn up the heat not only on himself, but on his employers.

Going after Craig Kimbrel to fix the Mets’ bullpen still doesn’t make sense … for now.

This typically crazy day in Mets Land swayed from misfortune to rejuvenation to déjà vu, and their 1-0 loss to the Reds on Wednesday night at Citi Field dropped the Mets (15-15) back to .500 and two games behind the Phillies in the hypercompetitive National League East.

Jacob deGrom’s excellent outing, featuring seven innings of shutout ball, assured that this would not go down as a wholly negative day, not after the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner had compiled a 9.69 ERA in his prior three starts. Maybe it really was as simple as fixing some mechanics, and it probably didn’t hurt to pair him up with the defensively superior Tomas Nido.

“We felt like he was back,” Mickey Callaway said.

Alas, the story of this young Mets season has been cylinders not clicking in concert. So as deGrom silenced the Reds, Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani and four relievers shut down the Mets. And in the top of the ninth, Reds shortstop Jose Iglesias pounced on a one-out, 1-and-1 hanging slider and deposited it into the left-field seats for the game’s only run.

Diaz, who lost Monday’s game to the Reds when he served up a ninth-inning gopher ball to Jesse Winker, shouted in anger as the ball took flight.

“I’m mad for both reasons,” Diaz explained afterward, through an interpreter. “Because I didn’t execute the pitch that I wanted to make, because I need to make a better pitch in that sense, but also because I didn’t just get the result and push the game into extra innings after that.”

“It’s rare. I’m sure it’s going to continue to be rare,” Callaway said of Diaz’s consecutive losses. “But … it’s a little stunning.”

That Diaz’s second foul-up in three days — oddly, he has allowed eight homers in 36 tie games, as opposed to 13 homers in 163 games while ahead, a phenomenon for which Diaz had no explanation — occurred on the same day the Mets placed setup man Jeurys Familia on the injured list with a sore right shoulder exacerbated the situation; the Mets’ bullpen ERA actually dropped slightly Wednesday from 5.55 to 5.53.

“I think that every organization strives to have the best pitching depth they possibly can, and ours rivals just about any,” Callaway said before the game.

Eh. They could use some help. And that brings us to the seven-time All-Star Kimbrel, who remains unsigned despite being on a Hall of Fame track.

Why would Kimbrel, his mangled free agency notwithstanding, take on a lesser role with a new club when, if he waits past the end of the amateur draft on June 5, he should have his pick of closing jobs? The Nationals, Braves, Cubs and Brewers all stand as viable options for such an opening at the moment.

On the flip side, the Mets shouldn’t jump to demote Diaz out of the closer’s role to make room for Kimbrel, who showed signs of slippage last season with the Red Sox. Even after his two blow-ups, Diaz possesses a 2.13 ERA and a 21-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Asked if he thought he was in a slump, Diaz said, “I think this is something that happens in baseball. I didn’t execute the first pitch on Monday and I didn’t execute the pitch today. These are professional hitters, so if I don’t execute, they’re going to make me pay for it.”

For the moment, if they want to dip into the remaining free-agent market to help their obvious pitching deficit, they’d be better off signing Dallas Keuchel. The rest of the free-agent crop features slim pickings (Jim Johnson? Ryan Madson?), and it’s probably too early for a trade.

After this game? It’s a little less early to envision worst-case scenarios that would push toward a serious pursuit of Kimbrel.