The right thing to do for Mets fans the rest of the season is to roll back prices on games and even ballpark food.

Because spring training 2019 officially began Tuesday night at Citi Field, Port St. Lucie North.

The Mets placed Yoenis Cespedes on the disabled list before they beat the Padres, 6-3. One way or another Cespedes’ season is done, and you have to figure he is heading for double heel surgery and the Mets, who said they were waiting on a foot specialist’s recommendation Tuesday night, are probably waiting on a way to figure out an insurance out for Cespedes’ money.

Either way, after being “hopeful’’ of having a conclusion Tuesday night, the Mets are hopeful of figuring this all out Wednesday.

The Mets once again refused to put any of the three “leaders’’ — John Ricco, J.P. Ricciardi or Omar Minaya — in front of the media as they continue their long tradition of playing hide-and-seek with the media and dragging stories out for days.

It’s the Mets’ weird way.

Cespedes is leaning toward surgery, and that really should be the case. They cannot continue to “hope’’ he gets healthy and remains healthy. Their way never seems to work, and this is just another example of the Mets being the Mets.

It is basically a who’s-on-first comedy skit trying to get any straight answers from Jeff Wilpon’s crew.

It’s a surgery Cespedes should have just so there is hope he can return for the future instead of all the missed games the past two terrible seasons. If he doesn’t have surgery, the Mets will be traveling down that same dangerous road of making an injury worse, something they are champs at doing.

The club had said Ricco would address the media before the game for an update on Cespedes’ condition, then after the game — never happened. Cespedes, who plays by his own rules, was not available.

Cespedes was put on the DL for the second time this season. He has played 38 games in 2018 after playing in 81 in 2017. He is the definition of damaged goods, especially considering the Mets admitted on Monday they knew about his heel problems yet still signed him to that four-year, $110 million contract.

The Mets love to have their highest-paid players out indefinitely. It’s what they do.

Cespedes was in the clubhouse dressed casually and talking to Jose Reyes and Amed Rosario before the game but was off-limits to media.

Meanwhile, the scene around him looked like something out of spring training, as players shot mini-basketballs at a mini-hoop and others threw a whistling Nerf football around with Asdrubal Cabrera’s son.

The 41-57 Mets beat the 42-62 Padres behind another strong effort from Zack Wheeler, who went seven innings to up his record to 4-6.

A bevy of scouts were here to see Wheeler. It remains to be seen if he will be traded. The rest of the season is to see if any of the young kids and not-so-young kids can play. It’s all about trading away money, including Cabrera, and the Red Sox were here watching closely.

The Mets brought back Phil Evans from Triple-A for his ability to hit left-handed pitching with Cespedes on the shelf again. They also called up infielder Jeff McNeil, who is no youngster but, at 26, is the same age as one of the “prospects’’ the Mets acquired from Oakland in the Jeurys Familia salary dump.

McNeil pinch hit in the eighth and singled to center.

The goal for the Mets and the Wilpons is to cut as much salary as possible in the second half, not win games. The Mets are 16-36 in their past 52 games. They have gone 17 straight series without a series victory, but they could finally win a series on Wednesday.

With no Cespedes, be prepared for another year of hearing “when we get Ces back’’ from the Mets, a meaningless rallying cry.

At the age of 32 and with bad wheels, you have to wonder if Cespedes will be able to stay on the field at all the rest of his $110 million career.