By the time the Mets whimpered out of the regular season, they’d had eight pitchers suffer season-ending injuries and five undergo Tommy John surgery. It was, in a word, disastrous, but on Thursday, Adam Ottavino found a few more: “embarrassing” and “pathetic.”

Speaking on his “Baseball & Coffee” podcast, the former Mets reliever leveled a scathing criticism at Carlos Mendoza, saying the manager used his relievers “haphazardly,” leading to injury.

“This upsets me deep in my soul,” said Ottavino, who pitched for the team from 2022-24. “This is embarrassing. This is actually pathetic — like pathetic. I would have never let this happen if I was on the team last year. At least half these guys wouldn't have blown out. I would have protected these dudes myself. I would have [jumped] in front o

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