It looks like the Mets ’thumbs-down failure doesn’t bother Francisco Lindor too much.
The team’s $ 341 million stoppage spent his day off Monday with his family watching Andy Murray face third-placed Stefanos Tsitsipas at the U.S. Open. Lindor could be seen shining with her authorial smile while holding her daughter Kalina and sitting with fiancée Katia Reguero at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The pleasant afternoon came a day after Lindor, Javier Baez and Kevin Pillar found themselves in an unpleasant situation when the meaning behind the thumbs down gesture of the players was revealed. Baez said after the Mets’ 9-4 win over the Nationals at Citi Field on Sunday that the hand signal was used to respond to fans booing the team during their recent fights that have eliminated them from the playoffs. .
“[It’s] to leave [fans] know that when we are not successful we will be applauded, so they will be applauded when we are successful, ”Baez said.
The gestures and what they represent were clashed in a statement Sunday night by team president Sandy Alderson, who called them “totally unacceptable and said they will not be tolerated.” The team owner Steve Cohen told The Post exclusively on Monday from Joel Sherman that the players “got to the third lane” by messing with fans.Lindor has yet to publicly address the situation.
It took Lindor to sign autographs for fans at the US Open, as seen in a Newsday video. At one point, a fan yelled at her, “Hey Frankie, now with your thumbs up, girl” and “no more thumbs down.” Lindor responded with a thumbs up and a smile.
Lindor, 27, signed a $ 341 million 10-year extension with the team after being acquired in a trade with the Indians this past offseason and already has a rocky relationship with Mets fans. He was hugged heavily while fighting again and again recently.
“It’s interesting and fun, it sucks,” Lindor said in April after being booed at Citi Field. “It simply came to our notice then. Interesting, because it’s the first time it’s happened in my career and it’s funny because I’m booed and people think I’m going home and I think why I’m booing. I understand. They are booing because there are no results. This is. They expect results, I expect results and I get it. It is part of the job.
Lindor’s first season in Queens has been lost. He is playing only .224, with 10 homers, 38 RBI and a .686 OPS and lost more than a month due to a tense right oblique. Currently, the Mets are 7 ₂ / ₂ from the last of the Braves ranked in the northeast zone of the League.