{"id":894248,"date":"2026-06-26T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/894248\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:04:14","slug":"mets-fire-manager-carlos-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/894248\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Fire Manager Carlos Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets\u2019 disastrous season has apparently reached a tipping point. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports<\/a> that the team has fired manager Carlos Mendoza. Former Padres skipper Andy Green, who\u2019d been with the club in a player development role, will step in as interim manager for the remainder of the season. The team announced the switch a few minutes after Heyman\u2019s initial report.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarlos has led the organization with passion and grace and is beloved by everyone who works with him on a daily basis,\u201d president of baseball operations David Stearns said in a press release announcing the change. \u201cCarlos\u2019 impact on our players, staff, and culture over the last three seasons has been transformative. Unfortunately, we know we are falling short and change is necessary to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mendoza, 46, was in his third season as the skipper in Queens. He led the Mets to an 89-73 record and an NLCS berth against the Dodgers as a rookie skipper back in 2024, but the Mets missed the postseason after an epic second-half collapse in 2025. The 2026 season, obviously, has been an abject nightmare. The Mets entered the season with the game\u2019s second-largest CBT payroll and the largest actual cash payroll in the sport but have flopped with a 34-47 record that\u2019s left them buried in the NL East cellar and 9.5 games back in the Wild Card chase. The Giants and Rockies are the only clubs in the National League with a worse record.<\/p>\n

Stearns gave Mendoza several votes of confidence early in the season. Seven weeks ago, Stearns publicly stated<\/a> that the Mets \u201cdon\u2019t view this as a managerial problem\u201d and emphasized that the organization had no intention of making a change. The team followed that with a more encouraging 16-12 showing in the month of May (after a 7-19 April), but they\u2019ve gone 8-14 this month, including six straight losses to drop them to a season-worst 13 games under .500.<\/p>\n

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