The Mets have settled on their next manager, reportedly tabbing Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza to lead the club in 2024. that the club was on the verge of deciding their next manager. Itll reportedly be a three-year deal that pays around $4.5MM total, while the Mets hold an option for the 2027 season. Nolan Allan Jersey Mendoza, 43, spent 13 seasons as an infielder in the minor leagues with the Giants and Yankees before joining the Yankees minor league coaching staff in 2009. He last served as a manager at the minor league level in 2012, with the clubs Single-A affiliate in Charleston. From 2013 to 2017, Mendoza served as a roving defensive instructor in the Yankees organization before being promoted to the major league coaching staff prior to the 2018 season as an infield coach. He received his final promotion with the Yankees upon being named bench coach to manager shortly after the 2019 season and has remained in that role for the past four years. After 18 years with the Yankees organization, Mendoza now heads from the Bronx to Queens to take over for Buck Showalter as manager of the Mets. Mendoza will step into the role just as newly-minted president of baseball operations David Stearns steps into his own new role with the club after being back in September. The duo have inherited a Mets team coming off of a difficult season. After winning 101 games in 2022 and adding the likes of , , , and while committing more than $200MM to re-sign and , the club fell well below expectations in 2023. Verlander, Robertson, and were all traded away at the deadline as the Mets were rumored to begin for their return to contention. Ultimately, the club posted a 75-87 record in 2023, leaving them a whopping 29 games back of the Braves in the NL East and nine games out of the final NL Wild Card spot. Though Mendoza has now landed in Queens, the Mets were far from the only team interested in him as a potential managerial hire this offseason. The Guardians reportedly had Mendoza as a to replace Terry Francona in Cleveland before ultimately to earlier today, while the Padres Mendoza to replace Bob Melvin in San Diego earlier this week. Just as Mendoza had other opportunities potentially on the table outside of New York, he was hardly the only candidate for the managerial role with the Mets. The club reportedly spoke to the likes of and , but much of their attention this offseason has seemingly been directed towards , who was widely regarded as the clubs preferred candidate and a potential favorite for the position due to his long-standing relationship with Stearns before he in a surprise move this afternoon. first reported Mendozas hiring. reported the salary terms. Image courtesy of USA Today Sports. Louis Crevier Jersey