Manager Heat Rising & Yankees Exposed in Tampa Sweep

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Evan and Tiki break down the mounting pressure on Carlos Mendoza and why, fairly or not, the manager could be the one to pay the price if the Mets don’t turn things around quickly. With roster moves already happening and desperation creeping in, they examine how close this team could be to a major shakeup and what that would actually solve. They also pivot to the Yankees’ frustrating series against Tampa Bay, highlighting a glaring issue that defined the weekend: the inability to respond after scoring. The concept of the shutdown inning becomes the lens for understanding how games slipped away, along with key moments that swung momentum. It’s a look at two New York teams heading in the wrong direction for very different reasons, and why both fan bases are starting to feel uneasy.

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0:00.0	There's a simple explanation for my L wearing.
0:02.5	It has nothing to do with what happened this weekend.
0:04.8	It happens to do or it happens to involve something I said on a mid-December edition of Evan and Tiki.
0:13.5	We were opening the show, innocent day, and I uttered this phrase.
0:18.6	A very busy show at some point in the next four and a half hours, you'll hear that Edwin Diaz has
0:23.3	resigned with the Mets.
0:25.2	Yeah, I said that.
0:26.5	And that has been construed as I was reporting it.
0:29.3	It certainly sounded that way.
0:31.3	And obviously a few days later, Edwin Diaz signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
0:35.5	So the agreement that Tiki came up with because of that full pot that I made back in December
0:39.6	is that any time the Mets face the Dodgers, I have to wear an L the entire show and the games
0:46.0	at City Field, I've got to wear the L to the ballpark.
0:49.0	Yes. He even tried to walk it back by playing Free Agent Bingo. And he said edwin diaz would go to the dodgers yeah
0:57.3	i thought that at one point it didn't work though yeah no no they still got to wear the i take an
1:01.2	l so this is a december l that i have to pay the price on today tomorrow and wednesday and then
1:07.7	when the dodgers come to town by the way we're going to guess the yankee turning point later this hour. This one is so tricky that we yet to have a winner. So if you know the Yankee turning point, you still have a chance. 866-540 WFAN 866-540-9-326, the turning point of Sunday's Yankee loss. I wrote down a few. I'm up in the air about it.
1:28.5	Now, have you heard the post game show, that's a cheat code. If you didn't, they got to play like me and Tiki. I think I got mine. All right. We will reveal those answers a little bit later on. Real quick, before we get to your Metcalls, concern around Francisco Lindor, Carlos Mendoza on the hot seat. here's the Yankee factoid that really did them in
1:45.0	over the three games against Tampa Bay.
1:47.1	And obviously there's a lot of things that Lindor, Carlos Mendoza on the hot seat. Here's the Yankee factoid that really did them in over the three games against Tampa Bay.
1:47.1	And obviously, there's a lot of things that happened, and we'll get into some individual moments as the show rolls on.
1:52.1	But an overall kind of headline for you, every time the New York Yankees scored a run, the Tampa Bay Rays responded.
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