Overview
- Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Dodgers, the Mets were 7-10, on a six-game skid, and sitting last in the NL East.
- New York sports radio has discussed the possibility that, when the team returns from its road trip on April 21, Mendoza could be out.
- Replacement chatter has sharpened, with Yahoo Sports listing five options — bench coach Kai Correa, Joe Girardi, Carlos Beltran, David Ross and Buck Showalter — after WFAN host Evan Roberts floated Girardi.
- The offense has sagged to a .236 team average as Bo Bichette sits at .235 and Francisco Lindor at .188, while starter Kodai Senga has a 7.07 ERA in three starts.
- Scrutiny is intense because the payroll leads MLB at about $352.2 million and because the front office kept Mendoza after the 2025 late-season collapse but overhauled his staff.