Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times
Jessica Mendoza, the ESPN analyst and special adviser to the Mets who was heavily criticized last month for her comments on the Astros sign-stealing scandal, has resigned from her job with the Mets. The resignation is tied to a change in her job responsibilities with ESPN.
“We are happy for Jessica Mendoza who will be expanding her role at ESPN,” Brodie Van Wagenen, the Mets general manager, who hired Mendoza, tweeted. “To focus more on those new responsibilities she will no longer be a Special Advisor to the Mets.