{"id":678748,"date":"2026-04-19T00:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678748\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:30:27","slug":"carlos-mendoza-on-10-game-mets-losing-streak-id-be-pissed-too-if-im-a-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678748\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Mendoza on 10-game Mets losing streak: ‘I’d be pissed too if I’m a fan’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets\u2019 2026 payroll ranks<\/a> behind only the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers among Major League Baseball teams, and entering the season, the FanGraphs projection model<\/a> had the Mets winning the second-most games (90, behind only the Dodgers\u2019 98).<\/p>\n

However, the Mets are currently tied for the worst record in MLB at 7-14, and on Sunday, the team\u2019s losing streak reached 10 games.<\/p>\n

The Mets lost 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at Wrigley Field, and the game-changing moment came in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning and the score tied 1-1, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza removed star right-hander Freddy Peralta from the game and brought in left-handed reliever Brooks Raley. Left-handed Cubs hitter Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros was scheduled to bat in the designated hitter spot, but Chicago manager Craig Counsell countered by going with Carson Kelly as a pinch-hitter to bat from the right side. Kelly proceeded to hit a three-run homer on the first pitch.<\/p>\n

Craig Counsell managing circles around Carlos Mendoza. What a surprise! https:\/\/t.co\/F4hGrzDaUD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Neumann (@Sam_Neumann_) April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

After the game, Mendoza was asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s your message to fans who are understandably very discouraged about the way you guys have been playing?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have all the right to be pissed and frustrated,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cThey care, just like we do. I mean, we care here. We want to win as much as they do\u2026. We\u2019ve got to go out and do it. I understand how they\u2019re feeling. I\u2019d be pissed too if I\u2019m a fan. I\u2019m pissed. They\u2019re pissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Mendoza was asked what his message to Mets fans is right now:<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand how they\u2019re feeling. I\u2019d be pissed too if I\u2019m a fan. I\u2019m pissed. They\u2019re pissed.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/inXQGJpHpc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SNY (@SNYtv) April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s still very early in the season, rough stretches happen for just about every team over 162 games, and superstar hitter Juan Soto has been out since April 3 as he recovers from a calf injury; the hope is that he returns next week. But banking 14 losses over 21 games played, to go with a losing streak that is now at 10 games (and with the offense scoring more than four runs once in that stretch), shouldn\u2019t be happening with this Mets roster.<\/p>\n

While Mendoza isn\u2019t hiding from the issues and claims to be as frustrated as the fan base is, Mets fans won\u2019t care until the team starts winning games and performing closer to what the roster talent suggests it should.<\/p>\n

Besides a miracle run that needed the power of friendship, Grimace, Jose Iglesias and JD Martinez, Carlos Mendoza has presided over some of the worst losing streaks and collapses in franchise history. He should\u2019ve been fired after last season. Time\u2019s up.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Neumann (@Sam_Neumann_) April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Since June 2025, the Mets now have 4 losing streaks of at least seven games under Carlos Mendoza.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Neumann (@Sam_Neumann_) April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

And it has to be nearing the point where Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns and highly vocal owner Steve Cohen consider a change.<\/p>\n

\t