Something has to change in Queens, and even the Mets’ rose-colored broadcasts can’t ignore what is happening to Carlos Mendoza’s group.
The team looked lifeless against the Rockies, where they were swept in a three-game series, including a Sunday doubleheader, and both the radio and television broadcasts left listeners wondering when a drastic change was coming as they fell to 10 games below .500.
“And the Colorado Rockies have not only swept the doubleheader, but they have also swept a three-game series from the New York Mets,” Rose said on the team’s radio broadcast. “Today, in 18 innings, managed only one run. They score four runs in three games against the Colorado Rockies. You know, with an off day tomorrow, you just have to wonder if some kind of move is coming, because there’s just nothing happening here right now for the New York Mets… Swept by the Rockies today and in the series, and drop to 10 games under the .500 mark at 9-19.”
Howie Rose couldn’t help but say what we were all wondering on Sunday. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Earlier in the game on the SNY broadcast during the fourth inning, as the team was dwindling away, the Mets’ television broadcast echoed similar sentiments.
“In between games, Carlos Mendoza was implying that he didn’t appreciate the effort in the first, you know? He needed more,” Ron Darling said as Carl Edwards Jr. worked in relief of Kodai Senga. “It’s a real tough thing to mention that. Because first thing people go, ‘Well, you’re in charge of that.’ Well, that’s not completely true. It’s on the players to do that. When you say that it indites all.”
As the SNY broadcast wondered how this Mets team could play so poorly at the big league level with a massive payroll that is triple the size of the Rockies’, Gary Cohen added further commentary on who will be held responsible for this mess in Queens.
“I know that managing is a much more delicate operation than it used to be, but at some point you have to call people out,” Cohen added.
“You do have to call people out. Sometimes managers have less on their plate than managers did years ago, but that is where the blame comes,” Darling continued. “Always will.”
“Always. It’s a lot easier to fire the manager than to fire the people above him,” Cohen concluded.
Mendoza told reporters postgame that he’s looking for answers as well after being beaten by the Rockies, and his seat is getting hotter by the minute.
“I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this where it goes for so long, when you have got so many guys struggling at the same time,” Mendoza said. “The only thing I’m worried about here is I have got to get the guys going.”
The Mets’ dugout has looked somber as they continue to play poor baseball. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Few will argue that this is a roster construction issue, and the blame rests mostly on the President of Baseball Operations, David Stearns, though this Mets squad should be better than the 9-19 record they are currently playing to.
However, Juan Soto told reporters that this is on the players.
“This is not Mendy’s fault or David’s fault. They put a great team together,” Soto said. “We have to be the ones that will go out there and perform. This is not Mendoza’s fault at all.”
Still, the Mets’ bleeding hasn’t stopped since June of 2025, as their record sits at an embarrassing 47-73 since June 13 of last season.
It’s been the same story each game since then, with listless performances stacking up at an alarming rate.
The Mets have an off-day set for Monday before they welcome the Nationals to town, and it remains to be seen whether the team will have Mendoza with them through the week.
