This was the wrong weekend, the wrong opponent and the wrong venue for the Mets to no-show this badly for Carlos Mendoza.

Because this was a weekend in which a more accomplished manager, Boston’s Alex Cora, already was axed by an underachieving team at 10-17, making it feel more realistic and permissible to act even this early for a Mets team that is now 9-19.

Because this was supposed to be a soft-landing homestand that revived the 2026 Mets and instead they are 2-4 after being swept in three games by a Rockies team that is better than last year, but in the way a D student is better than an F student.

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Because for two games and 18 innings Sunday, the ever-thinning crowd at Citi Field offered silence, sarcastic cheers and boos — or an attendance and soundtrack that cannot be missed by Steve Cohen.