Halfway through a disastrous season, the New York Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, replacing him on an interim basis with player development executive and former San Diego Padres manager Andy Green, who Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said will return to the front office this winter.Green, who had been serving as the Mets’ senior vice president of baseball development, might be uniquely equipped for the 81-game challenge that awaits him in the nation’s largest market. Before he managed the Padres from 2016 to his own firing near the end of the 2019 season, and well before he served as Chicago Cubs bench coach over the following four seasons, Green witnessed the Mets’ institutional dysfunction from inside the organization.In 2009, Green was a veteran infielder for the Mets’ Triple-A club when then-general manager Omar Minaya fired vice president of player development Tony Bernazard after reports that Bernazard had gotten into heated confrontations with players and staff members. In the wake of Bernazard’s dismissal, Minaya publicly accused New York Daily News beat writer Adam Rubin of lobbying for a job in the team’s player development department.A few weeks later, Green received what would be his final call-up as an undersized utility player. He entered four games as a pinch-hitter before he was designated for assignment by the Mets, who finished that season with 92 losses after opening it as favorites to win the National League East. Green, who returned to the organization on a minor-league deal in 2010, finished his major-league career with a .200 batting average over parts of four seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Mets.