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Evan & Tiki

Monday Full Show Fire Mendoza Now: Mets Collapse, Giants Trade Dexter Lawrence, Knicks Dominate Game 1

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 166 minutes

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Summary

The Mets have dropped 11 straight, and Evan isn’t debating it—Carlos Mendoza needs to go. While it’s not all on the manager, Evan argues a change has to happen now before the season slips any further. Shaun fills in for Tiki and reacts to the Giants trading Dexter Lawrence to Cincinnati for a top-10 pick. What it means for the franchise and how it reshapes draft night. Plus, the Knicks come out strong with a dominant Game 1 win. The guys break it down and set the stage for Game 2 as New York looks to stay in control.

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0:00.0

I think it's time.

0:06.9

And it doesn't mean it's his fault.

0:08.4

It doesn't mean he's the reason the Mets have an offense that does absolutely nothing.

0:12.0

It's not his fault that Devin Williams threw a fatty right down the middle to Michael Conforto.

0:16.5

It's not all his fault.

0:18.6

But as you sit here and the Titanic is sinking and the fire is everywhere, you have to do something.

0:26.1

So you Sean Morash filling in for Tiki, he'll be back on Wednesday.

0:29.6

If you want to call me the irrational, petulant child, you have every right, but I'm just going to be open.

0:36.1

I'm going to be honest and I'm going to be brutal with everybody. They got to fire the manager. Sorry, I'm a bad guy, I'm a jerk, I'm calling for someone's job. They suck. And you can't fire the GM, you can't release every player, so I'm sorry. That's what they need to do. What time is it?

0:54.7

Let me tell you what time it is.

0:56.0

It's 12.03 a.m.

0:57.4

Good morning.

0:58.3

Good morning, Evan. Now, did you reach midnight Sunday from a jump from 8 to midnight or do we get to 10? We get to 11 on Friday Saturday? No, no, it jumped to midnight. It jumped to midnight. Here's my issue. I'll give you more reasons as we go on, but go ahead.

1:09.1

So I'm not going to push back on that because 11 straight is 11 straight, no matter how you slice it.

1:14.2

And Matt is. I'll give you more reasons as we go on, but go ahead. So I'm not going to push back on that because 11 straight is 11 straight, no matter how you slice it.

1:14.3

And managers in baseball, better ones than Carlos Mendoza, have been fired for far less than 11 game losing streaks in season.

1:21.8

If you're not doing that, what are you doing to change it?

1:24.0

Because Evan, on Friday afternoon, as the weekend started, as much as that game kind of was an implosion early, I felt like the Mets offense late in that game was starting to show a little bit of signs. I know the pressure was off. You know, call what you want, but at least they had some runners on. Alvarez did drive in a run. I said, you know what? At least in these last three innings, the MET lineup looked like you could see tangible signs they were going to rebound. And then what the hell happened on Saturday and Sunday? Now, we could talk about Devin Williams imploding, but guess what? It's a one-to-nothing game because you again can't score after you can't score on Saturday. They don't have any life in the offense. Acting like Juan Soto is just going to be this, you know,

2:17.4

cleanser of all things. Yeah, he'll help. But the lineup issues go way deeper than that. And you're not making any trades right now. Carlos Mendoza, just for the sign of the clubhouse that this can't stand has to be fired. You hit on it. What do you do? What are you going to do about it? They're in the course of an 11-game winning streak, and one option is to say, hey, there's too much talent in the room.

2:19.2

They're just too talented. Eventually 11 game winning streak, and one option is to say, hey, there's too much talent in the room.

2:19.2

They're just too talented. Eventually, they'll turn it around. Juan Soto's coming back. Francisco Lindorra is better than this. Boba Bichette is better than this. And naturally, the Mets will just get better. And that's an option. and that is probably David Stearns's preferred option right now.

2:33.4

But I've watched this sport for a long time, and you hit on it.

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