Despite a 10-21 start to the 2026 season, their third-worst record through 31 games in franchise history, the New York Mets don’t seem ready to rock the boat.
According to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, the club does not intend on firing manager Carlos Mendoza and continues to support the third-year skipper in hopes that a turnaround is on the horizon.
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“We know our record is not what we want, and we know we are capable of more,” president of baseball operations David Stearns told DiComo. “We don’t view this as a manager problem, and we don’t intend to make a change.”
Furthermore, DiComo wrote that owner Steve Cohen has given Stearns “at least some assurances” that his own job isn’t at risk.
“Mets officials believe in the roster they have constructed and the process that led them to this point, even as success has not followed,” DiComo wrote.
Mendoza is in the final year of his contract, though the Mets do have a club option on him for the 2027 campaign. He has gone 182-173 during the regular season while leading the team.
Even though other struggling teams such as the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies have fired their managers, New York appears content standing pat for the time being while owning the worst record in the league.
