{"id":680201,"date":"2026-04-21T07:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680201\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:15:20","slug":"mets-devin-williams-sticks-up-for-carlos-mendoza-after-blown-save-against-cubs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680201\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u2019 Devin Williams sticks up for Carlos Mendoza after blown save against Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets<\/a> had an opportunity to win a game on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs<\/a>, but in what has been a dreadful season, it ended in the same fashion many fans expected. In the bottom of the 9th, the Cubs had a chance to tie the game with a runner on first base and one out.<\/p>\n

Good teams find a way to win that game, but Devin Williams gave up a double to Michael Conforto, scoring the tying run. The game went into extra innings, and Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly to win it.<\/p>\n

Amid all of the questions now about what the front office is going to do with Carlos Mendoza, Williams, who has struggled during his time with the Mets and the New York Yankees<\/a>, stood up for his manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely on us,\u201d said<\/a> Williams, per MLB.com. \u201c[Mendoza] doesn\u2019t swing the bat and he doesn\u2019t throw a baseball. We\u2019ve been in a lot of these games. It\u2019s been close. Him or somebody else is not affecting that. If we\u2019re not getting the job done, somebody else isn\u2019t just magically gonna flip a switch and we\u2019re gonna get it done. He\u2019s putting guys in good positions. We\u2019re not performing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams is one of those guys the Mets were expecting to be an elite player during the 2026 campaign. Signing him to a free agency deal during the offseason, the hope was that he would regain his form after struggling a bit with the Yankees two seasons ago. Instead, we haven’t seen the same arm we once saw with the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, which has raised a lot of questions about the Mets’ future because he isn\u2019t closing out games when he needs to.<\/p>\n

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