Overview
- Pujols publicly said he would welcome the Mets job and called the club’s poor start a product of injuries to key offseason additions.
- He gained recent dugout experience managing the Dominican Republic to a third‑place finish in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
- Pujols also has Dominican winter‑league managerial success, including a league title and a Caribbean Series win, which teams cite as game management experience.
- The Mets fired Carlos Mendoza and put Andy Green in as interim manager while the team sorts a 34‑48 record and multiple injuries that have derailed the roster.
- The Angels’ hiring of former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak as a search adviser and Pujols’ long personal‑services deal with the Angels could steer his next move away from New York.