CHICAGO — Michael Conforto climbed to the Mendoza Line over the weekend, hardly a cause for celebration, but it at least represents something of a start for the outfielder.

In a Mets lineup that has underperformed, averaging 3.36 runs through 11 games, Conforto’s slow start has been noticeable. He still hasn’t homered and will bring a .200/.333/.257 slash line into Wrigley Field on Tuesday.

But in three games in Colorado (over two days because of a doubleheader), Conforto went 4-for-10 (.400) with a double, contributing to the Mets’ two victories.

“I think we are getting there,” Conforto said. “I have been taking good at-bats. I just feel more balanced at the plate, it just got me on time. Before I look at mechanical things I want to make sure I am on time, in a place to hit, and that is really all we focused on is making sure I am not getting down late and not making my moves too late to the ball.

“Every day it’s a little better, and like we keep saying try to have quality at-bats and do something that helps the team win. Pass the baton and move guys when we need to and do things situationally so I think we are getting there.”

Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil are among the other slumping Mets. It’s a lineup that became complete in recent days with J.D. Davis’ return from the injured list.

Brandon Nimmo, with his .543 on-base percentage, has been the only consistent player in the lineup. Conforto was asked if he believes a surge from himself and Lindor — the preferred Nos. 2 and 3 hitters in the batting order — would be the key to resurrecting the lineup.

“Ideally you want both of us going, all of us going at the same time,” Conforto said. “Over the course of the season it’s going to be a bunch of different guys pulling the sled. There will be times when we are all hot and we’ll put up big numbers, but I think the great teams I have been around is every day it’s been somebody different and we have been grinding a little bit as a team, certainly not the numbers we’re used to putting up, but it’s a team game.

“You never know when someone is going to come up in a big spot and we need help from everybody. I do think Lindor and myself are big pieces to this team, but we have a very deep lineup and guys one through nine can carry the team.”

The fact the Mets haven’t played more than two straight days since their opening series in Philadelphia likely has not helped. The combination of postponements (seven) and scheduled days off could be the biggest culprit in the team’s choppy start offensively.

Conforto wasn’t helped by a 100-mph plunking he received on his right wrist last Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader while facing the Phillies’ Jose Alvarado.

Now the Mets hope Conforto is ready to help carry the lineup.

“I think he is staying on the ball well and separating and he’s been able to extend his arms,” manager Luis Rojas said. “He’s laying off pitches, too. We’ve been able to see him and that he is coming along. This is what happens. You play more, you get more at-bats, you work and you are going to start feeling like he’s feeling right now. I think he is where we want him to be.”