{"id":761960,"date":"2026-06-26T17:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761960\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:02:13","slug":"last-place-mets-fire-manager-carlos-mendoza-our-fans-deserve-better-new-york-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761960\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-place Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza: \u2018Our fans deserve better\u2019 | New York Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Mendoza was fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets<\/a> on Friday and replaced by Andy Green.<\/p>\n

New York are 34-47 following a six-game losing streak, 15 games behind National League East-leading Atlanta and 9.5 games back of the NL\u2019s last wild-card berth.<\/p>\n

Mets owner Steve Cohen had high expectations for a team without a World Series title since 1986. New York have the second-highest payroll in baseball at $377m<\/a>, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur commitment to bringing our fans a championship-caliber team has not changed,\u201d Cohen said in a statement. \u201cThere is no sugar-coating it: This season has been a disappointment and our fans deserve better than what we\u2019ve delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slowed by injuries to Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien, Luis Robert Jr., Clay Holmes and Jorge Polanco, the Mets traded pitcher David Peterson to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday and could pivot to a sell-off and retooling for the future.<\/p>\n

Mendoza spent 15 seasons working for the Yankees, the last four as bench coach, before the Mets hired him to replace Buck Showalter after the 2023 season. While New York advanced to the NL Championship Series in 2024, it failed to reach the playoffs last year and is among the sport\u2019s biggest disappointments this season<\/p>\n

Since starting last year 45-25, the Mets are 72-101. That left the team with a 206-199 record under Mendoza, who was in the final guaranteed season of a three-year contract. He was hired by the Mets a month after David Stearns joined New York as president of baseball operations.<\/p>\n

After signing Juan Soto to a record $765m, 15-year contract before the 2025 season, Stearns made major roster changes last offseason. He allowed Pete Alonso to leave as a free agent and traded Brandon Nimmo, while bringing in Semien and Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n

New York had a 12-game losing streak in April, their longest since 2002, and made six errors in the nightcap of Wednesday\u2019s home doubleheader loss to the Chicago Cubs, their most in a game since 2014.<\/p>\n

Boos echoed at Citi Field on Wednesday night. In the ninth inning, fans broke out in chants of \u201cPete Alonso\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mets fans chanting for Pete Alonso<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is pissed, everybody is frustrated,\u201d Mendoza said after the game. \u201cSimple as that.\u201d<\/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 Stearns said in a statement. \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

Green, a former major league infielder, joined the Mets in 2023 as senior vice-president of baseball development. He managed San Diego to a 274-366 record from 2016 to 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Mendoza was fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets on Friday and replaced by Andy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-761960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}