Carlos Mendoza Has To Go
The Mets are in free fall. Eleven straight losses. Worst record in baseball. A roster built with one of the biggestr payrolls in the sport. And after last year's collapse, this was supposed to be the year the Mets came back angry, focused, and ready to win. Instead, they look lifeless, sloppy, and completely unable to stop the bleeding. The latest loss, a 2-1 extra-inning defeat to the Cubs, only added fuel to the fire after another questionable late-game decision and another wasted chance to end the skid.
Is this all on Carlos Mendoza? Of course not. The roster construction, the underperforming bats, the bullpen failures, and the front office decisions all matter here. Even Mets officials have publicly defended Mendoza. But that's the reality of the manager's chair in New York: when a high-payroll team collapses two years in a row and opens the season 7-15, the manager becomes the face of the failure.
Tonight, I'm getting into why Mendoza may not be the biggest reason the Mets are losing, but why he still might be the guy who has to go.
The Mets are officially in crisis mode. They just lost their 11th straight game, matching the franchise’s longest losing streak since 2002. They’re 7-15 and tied for the worst record in baseball. For a team spending at the very top of the sport, there are no excuses.
And here’s the complicated part: this is not all Carlos Mendoza’s fault. In fact, a strong argument can be made that the bigger failures are above him. David Stearns publicly backed Mendoza over the weekend, and reporting around the team has made clear that the front office still sees him as organized, prepared, and steady.
But that doesn’t let him off the hook.
Because a manager’s job is not just to fill out the lineup card. It’s to stop a spiral. It’s to push the right buttons. It’s to keep a clubhouse from looking defeated. It’s to manage the late innings cleanly. And when the team keeps losing one-run games, keeps failing in big spots, and keeps looking tight, the manager becomes the symbol of a team that has lost control. Sunday’s decision not to walk Nico Hoerner in the 10th inning became the latest flashpoint. Mendoza defended it, but it was immediately second-guessed.
That’s why this conversation is fair.
Not because Mendoza built the roster.
Not because Mendoza is the only reason they stink.
But because this is how baseball works.
When a team collapses the way the Mets did in 2025, then follows it up with an 11-game skid in April 2026, somebody has to wear it. The manager is the easiest person to change, and often the only move ownership can make in the short term to send a message. Reporting after last season’s collapse described it as unacceptable, and the organization already cleaned out much of the coaching staff while keeping Mendoza. Now the pressure is back — and worse.
So the question is not just “Is this Carlos Mendoza’s fault?”
The real question is: “Can the Mets justify keeping him after this start?”
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