The decor on the Titanic was updated Friday to include a new tinge of Green. 

After a horrific Mets half-season that followed last year’s collapse, Carlos Mendoza was fired as manager and replaced on an interim basis by Andy Green, who had been serving as the organization’s vice president for player development. Mendoza learned of his fate during a morning meeting with president of baseball operations David Stearns. 

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The Mets entered the day with a six-game losing streak, leaving them 34-47 and last in the NL East as MLB’s biggest flop. Mendoza was in the final season of a three-year contract that contained a club option for 2027. 

“You are a partner with the manager — Carlos and I spoke almost every day for the last 2 ½ years, so these are difficult decisions,” Stearns said. 

As the architect of this nightmare, Stearns was asked if as a “partner” with Mendoza he had considered stepping aside from his own position. 

“I believe that we are building the foundation of an organization that can deliver what we all want,” said Stearns, who is overseeing a $380 million payroll. “I don’t believe that our record on the field is indicative of some of the advancements that we have made as an organization, but clearly our record is nowhere good enough.” 

Stearns said the decision to fire Mendoza was organizational and included consultation with team owner Steve Cohen. Stearns declined to say who initiated the managerial change. Stearns added that Cohen assured him his job is safe. 

Stearns also took a measure of responsibility for the team’s dismal performance. 

“Ultimately everything that occurs in baseball operations, including our major league record, is my responsibility,” Stearns said. “I also have a responsibility to push us forward, to look for solutions and to make difficult decisions and change when I think it’s needed.” 

Green, who managed the Padres to a 274-466 record from 2016-19, will serve in the managerial role until the season’s conclusion before returning to the front office, according to Stearns. It will leave the Mets with a full managerial search to conduct in the offseason. 

“We’re in a situation where you have an incredibly talented group of baseball players that haven’t come together to perform at the level we all expect, and I think you say, ‘What can you do in this seat that is going to be different?’” Green said. “I can’t stand in the box. I can’t go catch a ground ball. I can’t throw a pitch from the mound. This isn’t a strategy problem. 

“The best thing we can do is recognize what keeps most people from performing is the burden they carry with them to work every day and that burden is usually from carrying too much and wanting to be great for a city, for a manager, for a team, and it comes from carrying the baggage yesterday into today.” 

Mendoza, 46, became the first Mets manager fired in-season since Willie Randolph in 2008. Mendoza presided over last season’s second-half collapse that prevented the Mets from reaching the postseason, but was allowed to return with an almost completely overhauled coaching staff. 

Stearns indicated the Mets are still playing this season with an eye toward a turnaround. 

“I understand we have an uphill battle ahead of us this year, but we’re not turning the page,” Stearns said of a team that began play removed from the NL’s final wildcard spot by 9 ½ games. “We all remain very focused on doing everything we can to win as many games this year while recognizing where we are in the standings.” 

It’s a team that lost Juan Soto to a calf strain in April and upon his return saw Francisco Lindor sidelined for two months with a similar injury. But the Mets have also received little playing time from injured Jorge Polanco and Luis Robert, who were significant parts of Stearns’ winter overhaul to the roster. Another key addition, Bo Bichette, has only begun to produce in recent weeks. 

And the starting rotation has crumbled, with Kodai Senga and David Peterson (who was traded to the Cubs this week) as two of the problems. Freddy Peralta, the team’s offseason pitching prize, has pitched to a 4.53 ERA. 

Lindor said he spoke to Mendoza on Friday, and the former manager apologized for not helping the team win enough. 

“But at the end of the day it was not on him,” Lindor said. “This is not on him, it’s more on us, the players, that we perform to our capabilities.”