Mets manager Carlos Mendoza gets vote of confidence. Yet, how safe is he?

Updated May 1, 2026, 7:08 p.m. ETThe New York Mets are returning to the scene of their last in-season firing of a manager. Yet, it appears Carlos Mendoza will survive this three-game series in Anaheim, California, unlike Willie Randolph.Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told MLB.com that the 10-21, last-place Mets "don't view this as a manager problem, and don't intend to make a change."That will surely come as at least a temporary relief for Mendoza, their third-year manager who has parried numerous inquiries about his job security as the Mets' season continues deteriorating. The club lost six of nine games against Minnesota, Colorado and Washington, a homestand that figured to serve as a referendum on Mendoza, given the opponents' mediocrity.But no, Mendoza made the flight to California and figures to accompany the club through the rest of its nine-game trek to Arizona and Colorado.Yet what about after that?The dreaded "vote of confidence" from management has often served as a death knell for a manager, most recently in Philadelphia, where club president Dave Dombrowski gave manager Rob Thomson the dreaded upvote in the midst of what became an 11-game losing streak.He fired him a week later.Mendoza would be the