Mets fire Carlos Mendoza
Andy Green will take over as the interim manager through the rest of the 2026 season
With the Mets in the midst of another long losing streak mired by poor and lackadaisical play, the Mets have started to make accountability-type changes to their organization, announcing they’ve relieved Carlos Mendoza of his managerial duties.
“Carlos has led the organization with passion and grace and is beloved by everyone who works with him on a daily basis,” David Stearns said in a statement. “Carlos’ 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.”
Mendoza joined the Mets as the club’s manager in November 2023 and led the Mets to a surprising run to the National League Championship Series that season before falling short of their World Series bid against the Dodgers.
The Mets were among the best teams in baseball through mid-June in 2025, but the team floundered down the stretch, ultimately settling for a mediocre 83-79 record and one win short of securing a playoff berth.
That malaise extended immediately into the 2026 season as the Mets went through an early-season 12-game losing streak, having yet to recover despite a near-$400 million payroll. The club currently sits at 34-47 and in last place in the National League East by a significant margin to the Nationals. They are currently 9.5 games out of the third Wild Card, ahead of only the Giants and the Rockies for the worst record in the League.
The Mets appeared to be treading water since their 12-game losing streak as they waited for Francisco Lindor to return from a significant calf strain, but their current six-game losing streak has been mired by more poor and indifferent play, and that is the part Mendoza and his entire dugout staff is accountable for.
Even so, Mendoza and his staff were handed a flawed and dysfunctional roster in 2026. Bo Bichette, a career shortstop, was assigned the task of learning third base. They also asked Mark Vientos and Brett Baty to learn new positions as a result, had Juan Soto switch from right field to left field, and mostly ran back a starting rotation that underperformed in 2025. Mendoza had been forced to use five different first basemen, four of whom aren’t actually first basemen, six different third basemen, five different shortstops, 11 different left fielders, four different centerfielders, and seven different right fielders through the season’s first 81 games.
Still, the move to fire Mendoza seemed overdue, whether he deserved to be let go or not. And it remains to be seen what the impact will be on the major league roster following Mendoza’s dismissal.
Under the Mets, Mendoza went 206-199 over 2 1/2 seasons as their manager.
Andy Green will take over as the club’s interim manager for the rest of the 2026 season.
There has to be a sense of relief for him as well. He'll sleep this weekend better than he has in the past two years.
Now for my b'day on Sept. 6th, I want Stearns gone.
The one that needs to go is David Stearns for putting together a dysfunctional team in the first place.