Mets Roster Central: Reloading

So it has come — the leadership change that is too late for some, too soon for David Stearns, but was deeply inevitable.

Transactions, 6/24/2026

GOING
Fired	Demoted to Syracuse	Demoted to Syracuse
Manager	Relief Pitchers	Infielders
Carlos Mendoza	Daniel Duarte	MJ Melendez
S/R DoB: 1979-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 High Level: MLB (2019)	L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 High Level: MLB (2019)
COMING
Transferred from Senior Vice President of Player Development	Promoted from Syracuse	Ended Rehab Assignment and Activated from IL
Interim Manager	Starting Pitchers	Outfielders
Andy Green	Zach Thornton	Tyrone Taylor
R/R DoB: 1977-07-07 High Level: MLB (2026)	L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 High Level: MLB (2026)	R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 High Level: MLB (2026)

Daniel Duarte did nothing to deserve appearing in this update.  He returned to the team with a perfect ERA in his back pocket, and left without throwing a pitch.  The same protestations of innocence will not avail Carlos Mendoza and MJ Melendez.

Managers are almost always "terrific guys" the day after they get fired.  This is mostly fair and gracious and the way it should be, for managers tend to take the fall for situations not entirely within their control.  The policy is made above them and the performance occurs below them.  They are the narrow choke-point of the process and make for the most concentrated target.

Also, they often are, actually, decent guys.  And from the Mets Roster Central standpoint, Carlos has been standup all the way.

But before and after that day, a more forensic analysis needs to be done.  Mendoza, to our eyes, was more of a manager of policy than a manager of people.  He was not the captain that people burned to follow into battle.  He certainly cared for the brand.

MRC recalls the speech he made to his team after qualifying for the 2024 playoffs, when the SNY cameras made a rare intrusion into the team's locker room.  Carlos congratulated his players, but made a point of reminding the team that their success is also a product of the scouting department and the development department. 

This was all true, and it needed to be said.  But was it the message for that team in that moment?  The players needed to be congratulated for having each other's back, carrying each other, and reminded that the guy in the next locker carried them.  They still had a challenge ahead of them, and the fans were behind them.

Carlos' comments amounted more of a speech for an external audience.  He was thanking his friends in the organization and management.  It was the act of the gracious man he is, but he could have done that with a phone call or text, and given them their public acknowledgment after the end of the post season, for better or worse.

In the end, it was the loyalty of those friends of his in management that kept his tenure going so long.  But the bread-and-butter notes that George H.W. Bush was famous for only got him one term, and so it was with Mendy.

Carlos Mendoza — terrific organization guy.  Not so much an us-against-the-world guy in the clubhouse.

All the best to him.

Zach Thornton's return can and should signal a new direction of the 2026 team under new manager Andy Green.  With Thornton, Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, and Jonah Tong potentially rounding out the rotation in the months to come, with A.J. Ewing and Carson Benge anchoring the lineup, this team can put on a new character going forward, for better or for worse.  Any players from Generation Peterson will have to justify their presence with performance day in and day out, or else meet the fate of David Peterson himself.

Reload.

Your 2026 New York Mets

	Starting Pitchers					Relief Pitchers
	Sean Manaea	Nolan McLean	Freddy Peralta	Zach Thornton		Huascar Brazobán
	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 2996-06-04	L/L DoB: 2002-01-17		R/R DoB: 1989-10-15
Relief Pitchers
A.J. Minter	Tobias Myers	Cionel Pérez	Brooks Raley	Kodai Senga	Austin Warren	Luke Weaver
L/L DoB: 1993-09-02	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	R/L DoB: 35176	L/L DoB: 1988-06-29	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30	R/R DoB: 1996-02-05	R/R DoB: 1993-08-21
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Devin Williams	Francisco Alvarez	Luís Torrens	Bo Bichette	Brett Baty	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
R/R DoB: 1994-09-21	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01	R/R DoB: 1996-05-02	R/R DoB: 1998-03-05	L/R DoB: 1999-11-13	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04
Infielders		Outfielders
Mark Vientos	Eric Wagaman	Carson Benge	A.J. Ewing	Juan Soto	Tyrone Taylor	Jared Young
R/R DoB: 1993-12-11	R/R DoB: 1997-08-14	L/R DoB: 2003-01-20	L/R DoB: 2004-08-10	L/L DoB: 1998-10-25	R/R DoB: 1994-01-22	L/R DoB: 1995-07-09

Also on 40-Player Roster

Starting Pitchers				Relief Pitchers
Clay Holmes	Tylor Megill	Christian Scott	Jonah Tong	Alex Carrillo	Daniel Duarte	Reed Garrett
R/R DoB: 1993-03-27	R/R DoB: 1995-07-28	R/R DoB: 1999-06-15	R/R DoB: 2003-06-19	R/R DoB: 1997-06-06	R/R DoB: 1996-12-04	R/R DoB: 1993-01-02
Relief Pitchers					Catchers	Infielders
Joey Gerber	Justin Hagenman	Dedniel Núñez	Jonathan Pintaro	Dylan Ross	Hayden Senger	Jorge Polanco
R/R DoB: 1997-05-03	R/R DoB: 1996-10-07	R/R DoB: 1996-06-05	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07	R/R DoB: 2000-09-01	R/R DoB: 1997-04-03	S/R DoB: 1999-11-13
Infielders	Outfielders
Marcus Semien	MJ Melendez	Nick Morabito	Jared Oliva	Luis Robert, Jr.
R/R DoB: 1990-09-17	L/R DoB: 1993-11-29	R/R DoB: 2003-05-07	R/R DoB: 1995-11-27	R/R DoB: 1997-08-03

Designated for Assignment

Infielders

Zack Short

R/R DoB: 34848

Your Mets Coaching Staff

Interim Manager	Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coord.	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Ass't Pitch. Coach
Andy Green	Kai Correa	Justin Willard	Jeff Albert	Tim Leiper	Gilbert Gomez	José Rosado	Dan McKinney
DoB: 1977-07-07	DoB: 1989-07-14	DoB: 1990-09-09	DoB: 1992-08-16	DoB: 1996-07-19	DoB: 1992-03-08	DoB: 1974-11-09	DoB: 1989-06-06
Hitting Coach	Strategy Coach	Catching Coach	Coaching Assistant	Bat'g Pract. Pitcher	Equip. Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Troy Snitker	Danny Barnes	J.P. Arencibia	Rafael Fernandez	Kevin Mahoney	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB: 1988-12-05	DoB: 1989-10021	DoB: 1986-01-05	DoB: 1988-08-03	DoB: 1987-05-11	DoB: 1964-07-09	DoB: 1979-04-09	DoB: 1978-06-03

Your Mets Training Staff

Director of Player Health	Head Athletic Trainer	Assistant Athletic Trainer	Recond. Coordinator	Recond. Therapist	Head Performance Coach	Assistant Performance Coach	Performance Coordinator	Soft Tissue Specialist
Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Bryan Baca	Sean Bardanett	Josh Bickel	Dustin Clarke	Tanner Miracle	Jeremy Chiang	Hiroto Kawamura
DoB: 1972-07-17	DoB: 1978-??-??	DoB: Circa 1980	DoB: 1988-06-23	DoB: 1996-??-??	DoB: 1987-??-??	DoB: 1991-??-??	DoB: ????-??-??	DoB: 1962-07-19