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Evan & Tiki

Why doesn't Carlos Mendoza call players out?

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Should the Mets manager start calling out players publicly?

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0:00.0

Met fans and Yankee fans were basically the same because Met fans are like Yankee fans now.

0:06.0

We are complaining about a high-priced underachieving team and we don't like what the manager says after games.

0:13.2

Am I wrong about that, Sean?

0:14.9

No, no.

0:15.7

But it shouldn't shock us as much as we love Mendie.

0:17.9

He does come from the boon tree.

0:19.4

He does.

0:20.0

And look, what I like about Carlos is that he's very direct in answering questions.

0:26.2

So if you listen to his post-game press conference, he will give you boring baseball reasons

0:30.6

for why a starting pitcher failed or why Ryan Helsley struggled last night or the approach

0:36.0

of hitters.

0:36.6

So he'll answer questions, which I appreciate.

0:39.9

And I've also learned that there's nothing a manager or a coach can say after a team loses.

0:45.0

That's going to make us feel better.

0:46.3

We're all pissed off.

0:47.7

But what I've heard from Met fans constantly during this myriad of losing is that they want Carlos Mendoza to call his team out.

0:55.7

They want him to rip his players.

0:57.6

They want him to show emotion, which he has not done a lot of.

1:01.7

Does that make a difference in your money?

1:03.3

It very rarely works.

1:04.5

It just makes you mad that he embarrass you, which is why Aaron Boone doesn't call his guys out.

1:10.1

It's why very rarely do you see any

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