Despite collapsing out of a postseason berth the last few weeks , Carlos Mendoza will return as manager of the New York Mets next season, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday. The rest of the team's coaching staff will be evaluated in the coming weeks.

"Carlos will be back next year," Stearns said, flatly.

Mendoza, 45, just wrapped up his second season with the Mets. He guided them to an 89-73 record and surprising run to the NLCS in 2024. This year, the Mets were 45-24 on June 12, the best record in baseball, but they went 38-55 the rest of the way, the fifth-worst record in the game. They went 83-79 overall and missed the playoffs on the final day of the season.

Stearns hired Mendoza two years ago. He was not a holdover manager from the previous front office

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