NEW YORK -- New York Mets fans expecting a shakeup on Tuesday came away disappointed.

Travis d'Arnaud returned from the disabled list and Jim Henderson landed there. But there was no seismic shift, despite manager Terry Collins suggesting after the Atlanta Braves swept the Mets over the weekend that significant changes could be in order.

Collins had allowed for the possibility of left fielder Michael Conforto getting demoted, but a trip to Triple-A Las Vegas did not ensue. Despite hitting .119 (8-for-67) since May 24, Conforto remains in the starting lineup. He is batting seventh for a second straight game on Tuesday, as the Mets open a series against the Kansas City Royals.

Asked how seriously the Mets considered demoting Conforto and promoting fellow former first-round pick Brandon Nimmo from Las Vegas, general manager Sandy Alderson said Tuesday: "We're always looking at what our options may be. So that certainly was one possibility over the course of the last several days. It may be a possibility over the next several days. But at this point we've made a couple of changes, which were not unforeseen. We'll continue to monitor the situation. But I think, probably echoing what Terry has said, our offensive problems don't emanate from one player.

"I think it's unfair to focus on a player or a couple of players. On the other hand, there are only a few things we can do. Not that we would have any inclination to do it, but there are only a few things that we can really do to change the team profile, and that's kind of at the margins. In that sense, focusing on one or two players, I guess, is appropriate. But right now it's a team outage, and we need to figure out a way to correct that as opposed to rearranging the deck chairs."

Collins said there is no point in panicking.

"When you say drastic, when you start making mass changes, who's to go? Who are the guys that are going to be out?" Collins said. "… We talked about a lot of moves that possibly can be made down the road. But the one thing that I truly believe in, until these past few games, we were playing OK. We played great against the Pirates. And the Braves came in and outpitched and outhit us. That happens. We're not happy about it, but I didn't want to show huge panic and all of a sudden just start whipping guys out and bringing three or four guys up and sending guys out. I'm not sure that's the way to keep things calm."