MLB Has Turned Into ‘Survivor’ — Managers Getting Voted Off The Island While Carlos Mendoza Still Has WiFi Password Access: Red Sox and Phillies Fire Their Managers, Players Are Furious, and the Mets Continue Their Interpretive Dance Through Dysfunction

Major League Baseball has officially entered the stage of the season where owners start acting like a drunk guy at a blackjack table.

Lose a few games? TOSS HIM. Strike out with runners in scoring position? TOSS HIM. Bullpen blows a lead? TOSS THREE COACHES AND A CLUBHOUSE INTERN.

Over the last 72 hours, two major contenders hit the panic button so hard they nearly broke the glass.

Boston Didn’t Just Fire Alex Cora—They Nuked The Entire Building

The Boston Red Sox fired Alex Cora after a rough 10-17 start and basically treated the coaching staff like they were deleting browser history.

Gone. Gone. Gone. Everybody gone. But here’s where it gets ugly: The players are NOT happy.

Multiple Red Sox players publicly blasted the organization after the move. Trevor Story said the direction of the franchise now feels “up in the air” and questioned what exactly management is doing. Garrett Whitlock said players were “shocked.” Others reportedly felt the front office gave them almost no explanation beyond a rushed meeting that lasted only a few minutes.

Translation? The clubhouse basically got told, “Hey guys, your manager’s fired. Good luck. Figure it out.”

That is not leadership—that is a hostage note in business casual.

The Brutal Truth About Boston

This firing screams one thing: Craig Breslow and ownership are trying to blame the waiter because the chef burned the steak.

Alex Cora did not build this roster. He didn’t decide to construct a lineup with the consistency of gas station sushi. He didn’t choose to create a bullpen where every reliever enters the game like he’s diffusing a bomb with oven mitts. In truth, Boston’s front office built a flawed team, watched it fall apart, then said, “You know whose fault this is? The guy filling out the lineup card.”

That’s insanity, and the fact that players are openly questioning management tells you everything: Boston’s clubhouse doesn’t think Cora was the problem—they think the suits upstairs are.

Philly’s Move? Ruthless But At Least It Makes Sense

Then came Philadelphia, who fired Rob Thomson after a 9-19 start. That one, while brutal, at least follows logic:

You have a $300+ million roster.

You’re built to win now.

You’re under .350.

Somebody’s gotta wear it.

Fair or not, managers are always first to the guillotine. Still, Thomson getting canned after years of playoff appearances tells you owners around baseball are in full panic mode. In other words, no one is waiting until June anymore, as April is now apparently enough evidence for an execution.

Which Brings Me To The Mets…

HOW IS CARLOS MENDOZA STILL EMPLOYED?

Seriously. If Boston and Philly are firing proven playoff managers before May, then what are the Mets waiting for?

This team plays sloppy baseball, low-energy baseball, situationally clueless baseball, “did these guys meet in the parking lot before the first pitch?” baseball, and yet every night Mendoza survives. At this point his job security is stronger than most marriages.

Boston may have made the biggest mockery of itself here.

Not because they fired Cora—but because they fired a respected manager and alienated their own players in the process.

When your clubhouse is questioning ownership publicly in April? That’s not a baseball problem—that’s organizational rot. The Phillies may have overreacted, but Boston? Boston looks like a franchise throwing darts while blindfolded.

And the Mets? They’re sitting in the corner of the burning room saying, “This is fine.”