Mick: OK to go slow, don’t ya know?

Mets manager Mickey Callaway is fine with Robinson Cano jogging to first base every once in a while. As long as he can stay on the field.

It may be a controversial opinion, but Callaway was steadfast in his belief that he is not worried about Cano, who has been criticized for loafing it at times.

“I think Robbie deserves leeway on that,” Callaway told reporters at a press conference Tuesday in Las Vegas. “The reason he does that is not because he got out and he’s frustrated. The reason he does that is so he can play 155 games, which he’s done every year.”

Cano has been an exceptionally durable player throughout his career. Up until last season, when he missed 80 games due to a PED suspension, the former Yankee had played more than 150 games in 11 straight seasons. That’s the kind of durability the Mets need from a frontline player, especially with so many of their supposed stars (see Yoenis Cespedes) missing significant time in recent years.

But would players like Amed Rosario, who are learning from Cano, pick up his bad habits? Callaway doesn’t seem worried.

“Rosario will understand that’s Robinson Cano doing that, and he can’t do the same thing Robbie can do, because he doesn’t have that experience and doesn’t quite understand the things Robbie does,” Callaway said. “I am at peace with it, I don’t think it’s going to be an issue.”

Top-prize free agent Manny Machado has taken a lot of heat for loafing it during the playoffs for the Dodgers, and when asked about it he said he wasn’t a “Johnny Hustle” type player.