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Jorge CastilloSep 29, 2025, 05:15 PM ET
- ESPN shot reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post earlier covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.
NEW YORK -- After a stunning illness to miss the playoffs, Carlos Mendoza volition instrumentality arsenic manager of the New York Mets for the 2026 season, president of shot operations David Stearns said Monday.
Stearns said the squad volition measure the remainder of the coaching unit wrong the adjacent week earlier making immoderate further decisions.
"I judge Carlos has each the aforesaid traits and assets that I believed [he had] erstwhile we hired him 2 years ago," Stearns said. "And I deliberation implicit the people of his tenure here, helium has demonstrated that.
"We had a pugnacious twelvemonth this year. There's nary question. We are each disappointed. We were each frustrated -- Mendy, arsenic overmuch oregon much than anybody else. But I inactive judge he's a precise bully manager and I deliberation he's going to show that."
The Mets' play ended Sunday with a 4-0 nonaccomplishment to the Miami Marlins erstwhile a triumph would person sent them to the playoffs for the 2nd consecutive year. With the defeat, the Cincinnati Reds claimed the last National League wild-card spot contempt losing to the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Mets and Reds finished tied successful the standings astatine 83-79, but Cincinnati owned the head-to-head tiebreaker.
It was a stunning result for a nine that entered the play carrying World Series aspirations with the second-highest payroll successful the majors aft signing Juan Soto to the richest declaration successful North American sports history. The squad played accordingly, sporting the champion grounds successful the majors connected June 12, but past the Mets went 38-55 for the remainder of the season. Only 4 teams were worse.
"Tremendously disappointing season," Stearns said. "Not astir bully enough. I deliberation we each cognize that. We came into this twelvemonth with, deservedly so, precise precocious expectations and we didn't travel adjacent to gathering them. And I'm keenly alert of that. I'm the designer of the team. I'm liable for it."
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