Mets fire Carlos Mendoza amid nightmare season despite having baseball's largest $330M payroll

The New York Mets' season has hit rock bottom, and they are making a major change in the clubhouse. Carlos Mendoza, who took the team to a National League Championship Series in his first year as an MLB manager in 2024, has been relieved of his duties. A nightmare season for the Mets reached a tipping point on Thursday night when the Mets were swept in four games by the Chicago Cubs. They have been outscored 58-22 during their current six-game losing streak, and they are 13 games under .500, the