A report from late November suggested that clubhouse issues impacted the New York Mets as they endured a brutal collapse this past season en route to missing the playoffs. While speaking with reporters at MLB’s winter meetings on Monday, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza offered a passionate response to such claims. “It’s impressive that nobody talked about our clubhouse, and in the last two weeks, what we hear is that we were basically fighting every day when it’s completely contrary to the reality,” Mendoza said while speaking in Spanish, according to Jorge Castillo of ESPN. “It’s a professional clubhouse where the guys respected each other, where the guys came to work and to compete day in and day out.” Specifically, Mike Puma of the New York Post shared in a piece published on Nov. 28 that Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and utility man Jeff McNeil had a “heated confrontation” on June 20 regarding a defensive lapse McNeil had during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Per NESN’s Colin Keane, Puma also
