Todd Zeile BLASTS Mets Front Office After Carlos Mendoza Fired | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Carlos Mendoza is OUT as Mets manager, but was he really the problem? Todd Zeile joins Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle on WFAN to deliver a powerful defense of Mendoza, saying he was sent into battle with "no weapons" and that the front office deserves far more blame. Zeile also questions David Stearns' roster construction, discusses Steve Cohen's role in the firing, and reveals what really happens inside a clubhouse after a manager gets fired.
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| 0:00.0 | From S&Y is our pal, Todd Zeal. |
| 0:03.6 | The last time I saw Todd Zeal, he and I were dancing to a former, he's laughing, he knows what it was. |
| 0:11.5 | Sammy Hagar was playing in a friend's backyard for a birthday party. |
| 0:16.3 | And there's me and Todd Zeal dancing as Sammy Hagar. |
| 0:20.2 | How you been, buddy? |
| 0:21.2 | That's absolutely true. |
| 0:22.4 | I can't, you know, I can't drive 55, but, you know, Sammy got us rolling. |
| 0:28.3 | Yes, he did. |
| 0:29.2 | How you been? |
| 0:29.8 | You good? |
| 0:31.9 | I'm doing okay, man. |
| 0:33.2 | I wish it was a little better around Metsville and,Y when we, you know, have to get out there and do what we can to kind of dig in a report on these guys on a day-to-day basis. And today, not a fun day, of course. For sure. And look, we had Mandy on the show a number of times. I don't claim to know him. I've never met him in person. |
| 0:54.6 | But I think the first thing before we get into the nitty-gritty of it is, |
| 0:58.6 | it's a very weird thing today, Todd, in sports. |
| 1:01.8 | When you have somebody in the high-profile position that Mendoza was in, |
| 1:06.6 | when there's not a single person on the planet that had a bad thing to say about the guy. |
| 1:11.0 | He was beloved. |
| 1:14.0 | I absolutely agree. |
| 1:15.6 | And I was and am a personal friend of his and have had an opportunity over the last couple of years to really get to know him, spend some time with him. |
| 1:27.2 | He's a great family man. |
| 1:29.1 | His wife and kids are a priority in people that were around us. And so it's sad for me personally. |
| 1:36.4 | Emotionally, it's a tough day. And knowing him, as I do, I as well, um, it's like watching somebody, |
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