As Mets skid reaches 8, Carlos Mendoza gets more candid as some issues get more worrisome

LOS ANGELES — After eight straight losses, New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza cut the banal platitudes. No talk about time. Time seemed up.Three weeks into the season, Mendoza used a direct tone about the state of his club.“It’s not a good showing right now,” he said.Mendoza spoke like a person fed up with watching the same wrong things play out day after day. He would not say whether he addressed the team similarly.Advertisement