In April, Francisco Lindor agreed to marry the Mets in Washington, DC. He was in his hotel room when he heard of an extension offer of $ 341 million in ten years, or a million more than Fernando Tatis Jr. obtained from Fathers over 14 years of age. Lindor had become the richest stop in history and wished she could celebrate by jumping into the pool at home.
Instead, Lindor ignored her father’s advice, who advised against a commotion that bothered the hotel’s neighboring guests and began shouting. He compared it to the Powerball lottery and harassed Mets fans everywhere thought they would share the proceeds.
These fans have spent most of the five months feeling like they had been sucked in once again.
A couple of big ninth-inning rushes on consecutive days in Washington, where it all started, doesn’t change history in the long run. Among other things, Lindor has been outscored and outscored by the short that the Mets sent to Cleveland, Amed Rosario, in the package that landed him. So yes, Lindor is one of the main reasons the Mets are third in the Eastern National League.
But with Brandon Nimmo out, he’s also among the top reasons the Mets can still finish first, even though they’re 3 ¹ / ₂ behind Atlanta with 25 to play, with Philly tucked between the two. Lindor is a four-time All-Star who proved during this holiday weekend that he may be the solution to a problem he helped create.
On Saturday, in the first double-header game, Lindor avoided the biggest single-game collapse in the history of a crazy franchise by finishing a day of three RBI hits with a two-run homer in the second. extra entry, also known as the ninth. The Mets had given the Nationals a 9-0 lead, and their short field saved them from a disaster that would have caused irreparable damage to their postseason offer.
That’s why you pay people $ 341 million.
On Sunday, Lindor offered another reminder why Steve Cohen, a hedge fund man, didn’t protect himself by shutting down the 27-year-old Lindor until he was old and gray. The Mets maintained an oscillating 7-6 lead in the ninth minute, when Lindor came out of the round throwing the first throw of Austin Voth, a curved ball, over the center field wall, about 413 yards from the field. plate. Lindor’s teammates followed up their lead and added five more runs, four in Kevin Pillar’s grand slam, to get the final 13-6, the Mets ’eighth win in their last nine games.
That’s why you pay people $ 341 million.
“It’s Francisco Lindor, you know?” Javier Baez said later. “It simply came to our notice then. … He just has to let the game come to him and be him, and everything will go well for him. “
Baez also had a hellish day, going 4 for 4 with a homer. The previous Sunday, when he revealed that his thumbs-down gesture (also performed by Lindor and Pillar) was a reprimand from booze fans, it looked like the Mets were heading for a merger. The subsequent arrest of GM actor Zack Scott on a charge of drunk driving did nothing to disprove anyone of that notion.
But Baez, Lindor and Pillar have responded where it matters most, on the field. And those in a hurry to point out that the Mets have won the game against the Nationals and the Marlins should remember that the Braves did the same. You have to beat the teams you are supposed to beat, which could be repeated a few times in October if all these losses of the Yankees in Baltimore force them to play the wildcard game at Fenway instead of the Bronx. .
Given that they still play Atlanta and Philly three times each, the Mets are now half a game away from controlling their destiny. If Lindor plays this past month at his former All-Star level, what would he do with the Mets ’chances of winning the division?
“It increases it drastically,” Pillar said. “He’s one of the best players in the world.”
Lindor started in pain at the Mets. He got into that embarrassing rat or raccoon dispute with Jeff McNeil. He squeezed and squeezed and then suffered this oblique injury, losing five more weeks. Now is your chance to make up for lost time.
Manager Luis Rojas noted that Sunday’s homer was not thrown to the right, which Lindor relied on for his power in most of the field. When he does, Rojas said, “he can see the longest playing field. He will walk twice as he did today, and he can once again be the Francisco Lindor we all know ”.
During their last 25 games, the Mets need the Francisco Lindor they changed and expanded during the year 2031. It’s the best chance they have.