Robert Stock knows how he can improve during shaky Mets audition

Robert Stock knows his reality.The journeyman right-hander — 36 years old and getting his first consistent look at starting games at the MLB level — knows that each outing doubles as an audition. The Mets have other options — including Jonah Tong — in the minors who could push for starts across the final month of the season.

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And Stock, who has flashed some good and some ugly, is scheduled to start Monday against the Rays coming off his worst outing of the year, when he allowed seven runs on 10 hits across four innings against the Brewers on Wednesday. With more clunkers like that one, his feel-good story from the last month — and his spot in the rotation — could be in jeopardy. “Luckily, they’re still giving me the ball,” Stock told The Post when asked about what the last month has meant and what the final month could mean, “so I’m gonna keep on making improvements and try and prove that it’s something that I can do — regardless of what my role is next year or even for the rest of the year.It’s just, I want to be pitching in the major leagues and so I’m gonna continue to improve.” At his best, Stock allowed one run across five innings against the Marlins on Aug.

2.He strung together 8 ²/₃ innings across two starts where he allowed just two runs — with only one of those earned.

But in between those promising glimpses were two brutal outings, where Stock surrendered 15 combined runs and 19 combined hits. He received a semi-endorsement for, at the very least, one more start from interim manager Andy Green earlier this week — that “without being fully committed,” Green anticipated handing the ball to Stock the next turn through the rotation....