Carlos Mendoza sends warning to MLB after Mets' sweep of Marlins

Don't look now, but the New York Mets are in the middle of a four-game winning streak that has improved the club to 26-33 on the season.

While speaking with reporters after an impressive 10-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday that secured a three-game sweep for the Mets, New York manager Carlos Mendoza sent somewhat of a warning to the rest of the league regarding what his club could accomplish this summer. 

Mets "starting to see some signs of who we are as a team?"

"For us to get to where we want to get, we’ve got to play well here and play well on the road, especially in the position that we’re in," Mendoza explained, per Alex Smith of SNY. "But the mentality is, continue to take it one day at a time. Important road trip here, celebrate today. We got out of the gate on this past homestand 0-2, and for us, winning the last four was huge. But now we’ve got to go, and we’re playing two good teams, but we’re starting to see some signs of who we are as a team as well." 

Understandably, some may scoff at the final part of Mendoza's comments. After all, the Mets won six of seven games earlier this spring to go from 16-25 to 21-26 before the club dropped seven of eight contests to fall to 22-33. The Mets' injury crisis won't go away before they start a three-game series at the Seattle Mariners (31-29) on Monday evening. The team's rotation seems to have more questions than answers hovering over it, and some seem to think that Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns could begin selling key contributors. 

That said, the Mets' offense came alive to the tune of tallying 25 runs in three games versus the Marlins. The Mets scored a total of two runs in three games as they suffered a three-game sweep in Miami the previous weekend. 

Mets "playing with some confidence" in final weeks of woeful spring?

"I think if we keep controlling the strike zone and stay aggressive with pitches in the strike zone [it can be sustainable],” Mendoza added during his post-win comments. "We had a tough series against the same team last weekend, when basically we didn’t do anything offensively. For us to make the adjustment quickly and put up that type of performance the whole weekend, it was just good to see our ability to make adjustments and respond. Good to see it. Finally, you started to see some of the guys in the lineup every day playing with some confidence."

In early May, Mendoza claimed that his squad was "playing loose" and "playing with confidence." Such words ultimately meant little as it pertains to the Mets turning things around.

It remains to be seen if this past weekend will prove to be anything more than a blip on the radar for a Mets team that has been one of the league's biggest disappointments so far this season.