Fire! With the mild-mannered, soft-spoken Buck Showalter fired, the Mets may be looking for a fiery manager who will hold overpaid, underachieving players accountable.

Craig Counsell, Gabe Kapler and Joe Espada are being considered for the position, as well as panicky, fire alarm-pulling Rep. Jamal Bowman.

Panic time for Stitches. The postseason is upon us, and we are down -1,182 joepaniks.

To borrow from the movie “Animal House”: “I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.”

And I’m just the guy that can do it.

So, we are going to bet on all four wild card series.

Play $100 on the Rays (-175), Blue Jays (-105), Brewers (-190) and Phillies (-210).

As for Tuesday, play $50 on the Rays.

The Rangers’ Jordan Montgomery has allowed only two runs over his last 27 innings, so, yes, he’s earned the Game 1 start.

Tampa Bay’s Tyler Glasnow two-hit the Bosox for five frames in his regular-season finale and has more playoff experience (nine starts) than Montgomery (one).