{"id":39006,"date":"2025-03-06T06:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39006"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:34:49","slug":"breaking-mets-manager-carlos-mendoza-made-pitching-change-during-in-game-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39006","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mets manager Carlos Mendoza made pitching change during in-game interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Alright, I gotta go make a pitching change. I’ll be right back.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/header>\n

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\"Mets Credit: ESPN<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s been many firsts in the year\u2019s iteration of Major League Baseball spring training.<\/p>\n

While the league is already experimenting with the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), something seemingly unprecedented happened during Tuesday\u2019s spring training game between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n

In-game interviews, particularly with managers, are hardly a novelty. They\u2019ve become a fixture of ESPN\u2019s coverage, even if its presence might as well fade into the abyss after the 2025 season. While these interviews have become somewhat accepted as part of a broadcast norm for the MLB on ESPN, it\u2019s no secret that not every baseball fan is thrilled about them.<\/p>\n

Spring training, however, often seems like the perfect setting for these in-game chats. The stakes are lower, and sometimes, the banter between announcers and the interviewee is more entertaining than the action on the field \u2014 unless, of course, it\u2019s Juan Soto stepping up to bat for the Mets for the first time.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not what happened at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday in Jupiter, Florida, though.<\/p>\n

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was mid-interview with ESPN\u2019s booth while his starter, Tylor Megill, faced Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn with one out in the third inning. As Winn grounded out to second, Mendoza shared his thoughts on ABS, offering valuable insights. But amid it all, he remembered something \u2014 he had a game to manage.<\/p>\n

Megill had just thrown his 47th pitch of the afternoon, and with the Mets likely keeping him on a 50-pitch limit for his second outing of the spring, Mendoza knew it was time to pull him.<\/p>\n

But before making the change, Mendoza had to press pause on his interview with the Worldwide Leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, I gotta go make a pitching change,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll be right back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mendy really had to make a pitching change while he was talking to @espn<\/a> \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n

Full conversation \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/3eM7LWRGAH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2StkuvxXbj<\/a><\/p>\n

— New York Mets (@Mets) March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n