Carlos Mendoza can sleep a little better at night.
The embattled Mets manager received public backing from his president of baseball operations David Stearns on Friday.
“We know our record is not what we want, and we know we are capable of more,” Stearns, who did not offer clarity on Mendoza’s job security to noti.group’s Joel Sherman when asked a day earlier, told MLB.com. “We don’t view this as a manager problem, and we don’t intend to make a change.”
To say it’s been a trying start to Mendoza’s second season in Queens would be an understatement.
The Mets finished April at an MLB-worst 10-21, struggling in multiple facets of the game and enduring a 12-game losing streak.
Injuries have plagued the roster, with slugger Juan Soto missing 16 games.
Questions about Mendoza’s job have grown frequent and louder as the season begins to spiral away — with fellow big-market teams in the Phillies and Red Sox pulling the trigger on managerial moves as they’ve struggled to meet expectations.
“There’s no excuses,’’ Mendoza said Wednesday. “It’s been a long period of time here that we’re not playing well. We’ve got to fix it.”
He’ll have that chance.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
