Something has to change in Queens, and even the Mets’ rose-colored broadcasts couldn’t ignore what is happening to Carlos Mendoza’s Mets.
The team looked lifeless against the Rockies, where they were swept in a three-game series, including a Sunday doubleheader. Both the radio and television broadcasts left listeners wondering when a drastic change is coming as they fell to 9-19.
“And the Colorado Rockies have not only swept the doubleheader, but they have also swept a three-game series from the New York Mets,” Howie 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.”
Earlier in the second game on the SNY broadcast during the fourth inning, 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 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 said.
“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 repsonded. “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, with his seat 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.”
Some feel the blame rests mostly on the President of Baseball Operations, David Stearns, who constructed the roster of what is currently one of the worst teams in baseball.
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’ issues appeared well before the start of this season. 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.
