Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza, name Andy Green interim manager

The New York Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza and named Andy Green as his interim replacement, according to the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast hosted by Darragh McDonald and featuring Anthony Franco.

What happened

Per the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast, the Mets parted ways with Mendoza and elevated Green to the interim role. The move was the lead item on the episode, discussed at the 1:20 mark. The same episode covered the Mets reportedly trading David Peterson to the Cubs, a wide-ranging conversation about what else the club might move before the deadline, and the Angels parting ways with general manager Perry Minasian in favor of John Mozeliak on an interim basis — a separate organizational story that the podcast addressed at the 35:35 mark.

The episode's framing of the Mets as an organization in flux is not a difficult case to make. A managerial dismissal, a starting pitcher reportedly dealt, and an active deadline conversation happening simultaneously represents a fairly compressed stretch of organizational activity.

Why it matters

A managerial change of this kind rarely arrives in isolation. It tends to signal that a front office has concluded the current trajectory is unacceptable and that a visible change is warranted even when the calendar offers limited runway. The "interim" designation on Green's title is worth noting on its own terms: it preserves the club's flexibility to conduct a formal search while keeping the dugout staffed, but it also means the roster will be managed by someone whose own future with the organization remains formally unresolved.

For the players still in the building, the shift in the dugout is the most immediate operational reality. For the front office, the more pressing question — per the podcast — is what the roster looks like between now and the trade deadline. The Peterson deal to Chicago is reportedly done. The conversation about what else might move was still live as of the episode's recording.

Is Andy Green the permanent answer?

That is precisely what the podcast leaves open. Green holds the interim title, which by its nature defers the question. Per the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast discussion, no permanent appointment was reported. The club's direction in the dugout beyond the interim period remains unresolved.

Where the club stands

New York sits at 74-88 (.457), fifth in the NL East, and 20 games back in the division. Their Wild Card position ranks 10th, sitting 14.0 games relative to the cut line. The club has been eliminated from both the division race and the Wild Card race, and enters this stretch on a one-game losing streak.

Those are not numbers that invite patience. A record of 74-88 with elimination already on the books reframes every remaining game as something other than a pennant chase — which, in turn, reframes what a managerial change can and cannot accomplish at this stage. It does not move the club up the standings. It does, however, change who is responsible for the clubhouse between now and the end of the regular season, and it signals something about how the organization intends to approach the offseason evaluation process.

The upcoming schedule sends the Mets to Truist Park in Atlanta for a three-game series. Christian Scott is the reported probable for Friday, July 3 against Grant Holmes. Sean Manaea is lined up for Saturday, July 4 against Chris Sale. Nolan McLean draws the Sunday, July 5 assignment against Martín Pérez.

That is a road series against the Braves, in July, with a new interim manager in the dugout and a trade deadline conversation still unfolding. The schedule does not offer a soft landing for a transition.

What we don't know yet

The podcast, by its nature as a discussion rather than a club announcement, leaves several threads open. It is not reported whether Mendoza's dismissal came with any formal statement from the organization, what the terms of Green's interim arrangement look like, or what timeline — if any — the Mets have set for a permanent managerial search.

The trade deadline picture is similarly unresolved. Per the podcast discussion, the Mets could move additional players before the deadline. The Bo Bichette contract situation was described at the 25:05 mark as convoluted — hard to trade, but not impossible, per the episode's framing. None of those potential moves have been reported as completed or formally announced.

The broader organizational structure and how it interacts with a new interim manager is also something the episode did not resolve. The podcast noted the Angels' parallel front-office situation as a separate story; the Mets' own internal alignment going forward was not addressed in the reported details.

What to watch

Green's first games in the interim role come against Atlanta, which provides an immediate and unambiguous early read on the clubhouse's response to the transition. The more consequential watch item, per the podcast's framing, is the trade deadline. The Peterson deal is reportedly done. The question of what else moves — and whether the Mets are operating as sellers, as a team in an extended rebuild, or as something harder to categorize — will define the remainder of this season more than any single result in Atlanta.

The Bo Bichette situation, flagged in the podcast as complicated but not foreclosed, is worth monitoring specifically. Per the discussion, the contract structure creates friction but does not eliminate options entirely. Whether that situation moves before the deadline is one of the cleaner individual storylines to track as the calendar advances.

For now, Andy Green is the manager of the New York Mets, on an interim basis, per the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast. The Mets are 74-88, eliminated, and headed to Atlanta. The rest is still being written.