On MLB Central, former player and WBC manager Mark DeRosa gave this thoughts on the New York Mets slow start. As seen in the clip below, he blames the GM and the players, not Carlos Mendoza:

After the WBC, I’m not sure how anyone can take him seriously anymore, especially with his take on managing. This is the same guy who didn’t know the WBC tiebreaker rules, and he’s the same guy who used Garrett Whitlock, who was on absolute fumes in the eighth inning of a tied championship game.

Put another way, when it comes to managing, DeRosa has no credibility. His opinions need to be viewed through the prism of how poorly he paid attention to game management and all the details a manager needs to handle.

If we don’t want to use his own history against him when it comes to his managerial analysis, he spoke about how the Mets miss Pete Alonso. So far, they really don’t, and moreover, the people following the Baltimore Orioles feel Alonso’s contract may prove to be an absolute disaster.

DeRosa really has shown that being a quality Major Leaguer doesn’t necessarily make you a good manager. Being a former Major Leaguer who speaks well also doesn’t make you a good analyst.

There are a lot of reasons why the Mets are struggling now. DeRosa really didn’t mention any of them, and he just threw out some talking points. He wasted everyone’s time much like he wasted Team USA’s loaded WBC roster.