Andy Green’s Loaded Bases Comment Puts Ronny Mauricio on Notice After Mets Loss

The New York Mets stranded three runners in the eighth inning Sunday and lost 5-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies. But the real story came after the game, when interim manager Andy Green essentially called out Ronny Mauricio for swinging when he probably shouldn’t have.

Here’s the setup. The Mets had the bases loaded with one out. Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering had just walked three straight batters. He had thrown nine consecutive balls. On a 1-0 pitch, Mauricio popped out to second base. Francisco Alvarez followed with a strikeout. Inning over. Score still 5-4.

Green didn’t name Mauricio directly, but his message was clear enough. Via SNY’s John Harper, Green said: “There were certain times when we had takes on today. There are times when you want aggression on pitches that you should be able to handle. So, different points in time there were takes on, different points in time they were turned loose.”

Mauricio was apparently told to take a pitch. He swung anyway. The Mets have not confirmed that part of it, and Green didn’t spell it out word for word. But the implication was hanging in the air like a pop-up to second base.

Another rough day in a lost season

This is the kind of loss that defines a 35-49 team. The Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza not long ago, hoping the shakeup would change something. It hasn’t. Green is the guy answering questions now, and the questions are all the same ones. Why can’t this team execute? Why do the same mistakes keep happening?

Alvarez deserves some blame too. The strikeout made the whole inning a zero. But Mauricio’s at-bat was the one that killed the momentum. After that pop-out, you could feel the air go out of the dugout. Brett Baty walked in the ninth, but Phillies closer Jhoan Duran shut the door on any real comeback threat.

The 2026 season is basically a lost cause at this point unless the Mets pull off something nobody expects. But Green said he’s hopeful the team will come through the next time they get first-and-second with nobody down. That’s the kind of thing you say when there are still two months left on the schedule.