Carlos Mendoza's Mets future in jeopardy amid Alex Cora rumors
Big changes could be coming to Queens.
Carlos Mendoza's Mets future in jeopardy amid Alex Cora rumors originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Mets were swept by the Colorado Rockies over the weekend.
They scored just one run in Sunday's doubleheader. Simply, that's not ideal for a club that has the second-highest payroll in baseball. The Mets managed to snap their 12-game losing streak, but worries about the team's ability to flip the switch remain.
Bleacher Report's Scott Polacek believes a managerial change could be looming. "While Carlos Mendoza led the team to the National League Championship Series in his first year in 2024, New York disappointed in 2025 by missing the playoffs entirely and has looked nothing like a playoff team in 2026 to this point," Polacek wrote Sunday. He listed the Mets as one of three teams that could hire Alex Cora, who was fired by the Boston Red Sox this past weekend.
More : Three ways Pirates' Paul Skenes could lose NL Cy Young Award To take it one step further, USA Today's Bob Nightengale is convinced the Mets have already had internal discussions about Cora. "You don't think the New York Mets are asking themselves whether they should hire Cora now, and part with Carlos Mendoza? " Nightengale hypothesized.