New York Mets Joel Sherman Carlos Mendoza’s seat couldn’t be hotter as Mets season spirals into sad mess By Joel Sherman Published April 26, 2026, 8:43 p.m. ET Mets manager Carlos Mendoza taking the ball from pitcher Nolan McLean, with catcher Francisco Alvarez nearby. Robert Sabo for NY Post This was the wrong weekend, the wrong opponent and the wrong venue for the Mets to no-show this badly for Carlos Mendoza.
At minimum, they pushed him a lot closer to “when” he will be fired rather than “if.”
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Because this was a weekend in which a more accomplished manager, Boston’s Alex Cora, already was axed by an underachieving team at 10-17, making it feel a little more realistic and permissible to act even this early in a season for a Mets team that is now 9-19.
Because this was supposed to be a soft landing spot homestand that revived the 2026 Mets and instead they are 2-4 on it after being swept in three games by a Rockies team which is better than last year, but in the way a D student is better than an F student.
