Bronx Buzzing, Queens Broken: Yankees Soar as Mets Sink

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As the Mets continue to spiral, the Yankees provide a stark contrast with a dominant stretch that highlights everything going right in the Bronx. The conversation shifts to how quickly momentum can change in baseball and why one team is thriving while the other searches for answers. The focus turns to the Yankees’ offensive explosion, Aaron Judge setting the tone, and lineup decisions like Ben Rice leading off paying immediate dividends. At the same time, the Mets’ ongoing struggles remain impossible to ignore, reinforcing the growing gap between the two teams and raising bigger questions about direction moving forward.

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0:00.0	The other thing that you should mention in terms of Carlos Mendoza's horrific and maybe firing decision to face Nico Horner in the 10th inning with a runner on third and less than two outs is that if you walk him and let's say you get Michael Bush out, you had the option to then walk Alex Bregman because the guy hitting cleanup in the Cubs order at that point was the pitcher.
0:22.5	Because Craig Counsel had left Conforto in and so they gave up the pitch of the D.H.
0:27.2	spot. And so the cleanup hitter was going to be a pinch hitter off the bench, probably a catcher.
0:33.3	Actually, it would have been. Miguel Amaya was the only guy left. And so that was another option.
0:37.4	Wow. That if you could get Bush out, who's at 155, you would have been. Miguel Amaya was the only guy left. And so that was another option. Wow.
0:37.8	That if you could get Bush out, who's at 155, you had the option of saying, you know what, I'm not going to deal with Alex Bregman, even though he's off to a cool start. Let me go after the cleanup spot. It forces the Cubs hand. And Mendy didn't do it. So it was bad. But, but, but here's the thing.
0:55.9	Francisco Lindor is the captain or not captain of the New York Mets. And Francisco Lindor, after the game, was asked about what he thinks about Carlos Mendoza's job. Before we play the clip, what do you think Lindor said? You think he said, fire his ass? No, I think he probably went to the, you know,
1:12.2	we have to play better. It's not on Carlos Mendoza well. Let's hear from him. Here's Francisco Lindor on the job status of his manager, Carlos Mendoza. You mentioned it's going to get loud. A lot of that talk is going to be around Carlos Mendoza. I mean, what would you say about how the the job
1:25.1	manager is done
1:25.7	with you guys
1:26.0	he's done a
1:26.5	fantastic
1:27.0	yep
1:27.3	this is not
1:27.7	on him
1:28.0	this is not
1:28.8	on him
1:29.1	he has
1:29.5	he has
1:30.2	he has
1:30.2	he has
1:31.1	make sure I mean, what would you say about how the job the manager has done with you guys? He's done a fantastic job. This is not on him. This is not on him. He has made sure everybody here is prepared. Every coach here is prepared. And we have the information. It comes down on us. Mendez is our guy. He's our leader. He's in control. And he's done a tremendous job. We just haven't executed.
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