6/19/2023 0 Comments Mets shortstop![]() The fact that that month was just a rough one was no coincidence-on the evening of June 1st, Lindor accidentally shut a hotel door on his right middle finger, fracturing it and keeping him out of the lineup the following day. Looking at Lindor’s month-to-month numbers, the only time period that stands out in a negative way is June, when he put up just a 78 wRC+ (this bad stretch to his season was ill-timed, as it likely resulted in his being snubbed for the All-Star game). That first month represented what was to come from Lindor, as he played like the player he was with Cleveland: a well-rounded offensive player, someone whose power and baserunning allowed him to fit like a glove in the top third of the Mets lineup. And he did just that, putting up a 145 wRC+ in the month of April as both he and the Mets came into the season guns blazing. ![]() Between his improved offensive production, his continued sterling defense, and his overall consistency, the player the Mets thought they were acquiring from Cleveland two years ago is the player we saw in 2022, and boy oh boy was it a lot of fun.Īfter starting his Mets tenure with a 70 wRC+ in the first two months of the 2021 season, it behooved Lindor to get off to a strong start in his sophomore season in New York. And Lindor was arguably the MVP of that all-time great squad. Well, here we are, having watched the Mets put up one of the best regular seasons in franchise history. Both Lindor and the team as a whole needed to prove that they were for real, that they were capable of putting up the kind of production that the money behind them suggested they should. As such, Lindor entered the 2022 season with something to prove-much like the Mets as a whole did. While his final numbers in that season ended up being respectable enough-really, how often are we going to call a 4.2 fWAR season disappointing?-many people were unable to overlook his incredibly rough first couple months with the club. Okay, so Mets fans and journalists did not exactly respond positively to Lindor’s rough start in his first season in New York. That’s why, when Francisco Lindor put up some pretty atrocious numbers to begin his Mets tenure in 2021, nobody panicked, and everybody remained secure in the knowledge that the superstar player the Mets gave an overwhelmingly huge contract to would eventually put up the kind of production he’s put up over his entire career. The same, of course, is true of the fine people whose job it is to cover this team. Mets fans have always been known as a rational bunch.
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