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Despite recent managerial firings in MLB, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza remains in his position as the team continues its season. The Mets, sharing the worst record in baseball, have not indicated any changes to their management structure.
Another manager was fired Tuesday, with the Philadelphia Phillies cutting ties with Rob Thomson, a few days after the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora and several members of his staff. Meanwhile, in Queens, everything is âbusiness as usualâ for the Mets as they begin a series against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday at Citi Field.
At 9-19, the Mets share the worst record in baseball with the Phillies, leading many to expect a managerial change Monday, the day after being swept by the Colorado Rockies. Monday came and went without any personnel changes.
Mendoza attended the teamâs annual Home Runs and Highballs event, the Amazinâ Mets Foundationâs marquee fundraiser. Tuesday afternoon, he spoke with president of baseball operations David Stearns, then sat up on the dais and took questions from the media, just like he does every day as the manager.
While Stearns and Steve Cohen have not given him any definitive indicator that his job is safe, they also havenât said anything that would lead him to think otherwise.
âWith David, itâs business as usual, and with Steve, itâs the same,â Mendoza said. âI understand [the questioning], but as of now, weâll continue to take it as business as usual.â
The Mets are continuing to forge ahead with the team built by Stearns and managed by Mendoza, despite suboptimal results. The Mets still believe the blueprint they laid out over the winter with this roster will lead to success.
âI believe in those guys, and I will continue to do so,â Mendoza said. âItâs my job to get the best out of them â itâs our job, but yeah, weâve got to believe in the players.â
The run production has been absolutely abysmal, and while each element of the game â hitting, starting pitching, relief pitching, and defense â has held the Mets back at some point or another, an inability to drive in runs has been preventing wins. After all, you have to score runs to win games. In 18 innings of play Sunday against Colorado, the Mets managed only a single run, which is on par with their results this season.
Itâs unfathomable for a lineup with hitters like Juan Soto, and . The lineup is hitting the ball on the ground 44.3% of the time, the ninth-highest rate in baseball, according to Fangraphs.
Carlos Mendoza has not been fired despite the Mets' poor performance, as management has not indicated any changes to his position.
The New York Mets currently share the worst record in baseball at 9-19.
Carlos Mendoza stated that it is 'business as usual' and that he has not received any definitive indicators about his job security from management.
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The Nationals, too, are hitting the ball on the ground at a similar clip, but theyâve scored the third-most runs in the league. The San Diego Padres have one of the highest ground-ball rates, but they still have a positive run differential. The Pittsburgh Pirates have scored the ninth-most runs and have a higher ground-ball rate than the Mets.
The difference is that those other three teams are getting more slug from their sluggers. Only 7.5% of the Metsâ fly balls turn into homers, whereas 12.2% of Washingtonâs fly balls have cleared the fences, and for San Diego, itâs 10.3%. While itâs not necessarily about home runs, itâs indicative of larger offensive failures.
Still, Mendoza doesnât fault his hitting coaches, Jeff Albert and Troy Snitker.
âWeâre in this together,â he said. âI feel really good with how the hitting coaches are preparing guys. I mean, this is not about lack of effort or lack of preparation. The way they deliver the information is simple; itâs precise, itâs to the point. I think itâs a combination of all of us in here, but itâs not on the hitting coaches.â