What now?

The Wild Things have consecutive off days before playing a doubleheader Wednesday night at home against River City. That's two days for the team's decision-makers to chart the course for the final 36 games of the season.

After 60 games, Washington has a 25-35 record. Of the previous 13 editions of the Wild Things, only the 2012 "Bando Bunch" had a worse record (24-36) after 60 games. The 2010 team also was 25-35.

The Wild Things are in last place in the East Division, 16 games out of first place. They trail River City (33-27), the team currently holding the final playoff spot, by eight games. Washington even trails the Frontier Greys, the league's travel team that has not played a home game all season, by three games.

It was never supposed to be like this.

This was to be a season in which the Wild Things contended for a playoff berth. On paper, it had the look of a team that could qualify for the postseason for a second consecutive year. During spring training, the roster was chock-full of players with Class AA experience. That was highly unusual, not only for the Wild Things but for any Frontier League team. Early in the regular season, they re-signed C.J. Beatty, Carter Bell and Jim Vahalik, all key players on last year's team.

However, about as soon as the regular season began, the Wild Things' season started falling off the rails. Many of the former Class AA players didn't pan out and have been traded for nothing in return. The Wild Things are last in the league in team batting average, next-to-last in on-base percentage and have the most strikeouts.

Now, the Wild Things are closer to having the worst record in the league than they are to a playoff berth.

Manager Bob Bozzuto has not wavered in his assessment of team. He says almost nightly that the Wild Things are a good team, that his club is not a .236 -- or whatever Washington's batting average happens to be on a given day -- hitting team.

So with 36 games remaining, what do the Wild Things do? Do they continue to stay the course and hope they can somehow leapfrog five teams and make the playoffs? Do they attempt to sign or trade for some badly needed offensive help? Do they throw in the towel on the season, as then-manager Bart Zeller did at this point in 2013, and trade a few key players to other Frontier League teams for players who could help in 2016?

The powers-that-be for the Wild Things should have been asking these questions for at least two days. The answers will unfold over the next two weeks, if not sooner.