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Carlos Mendoza to Remain Mets Manager per David Stearns

 Well, unless David Stearns and Steve Cohen have a trick up their sleeves, there won't be any 3 a.m. firings of the Mets manager in Anaheim over the weekend. 


That's because Stearns gave Manager Carlos Mendoza the dreaded vote of confidence on Friday night before the Mets opened up a three-game weekend series in Anaheim against the Angels.  The Mets (10-21) are currently the worst team in Major League Baseball, and it's not even close. 

While most of the fan base has been forgiving of Mendoza for the poor start, putting most of the blame on Stearns and Cohen for building a flawed roster, the media has been on Mendoza Watch. 

It hasn't helped matters that both the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies fired their managers, Alex Cora and Rob Thompson respectively in the last week.  

It is ironic in a way that the Mets are in Anaheim this weekend, because about 18-years ago the Amazin's found themselves in a similar predicament, when then manager Willie Randolph got the axe in a bizarre turn of events when the Mets allowed Randolph to fly all the way to California with the team, get to the hotel in Anaheim, and then fire him in the middle of the night. 

Who can forget the bizarre press conference by then GM Omar Minaya at that time? The Mets tried to rally around Jerry Manuel the rest of that season in 2008, only to again fall apart down the stretch. 

 No one would have blamed the Mets for letting Mendoza take the fall already, especially with the worst record in the league currently, and considering the team has been playing poorly under his watch since last June. 

But, Mendoza didn't build this team. He didn't willfully move on from the likes of Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo the way Stearns did this past off-season. He also didn't dole out a $42 million contract to Bo Bichette, and $75 million to Sean Manaea. Stearns did all of that. 

 So while Mendoza will get to keep his job for now, history tells us it probably won't be for long. 

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