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5 Apr 2024


NextImg:Francisco Lindor’s painful stats are epitome of Met’s slow start

Cover your eyes.

Francisco’s Lindor’s stats are painful to even look at. And Mets fans are starting to let him hear it. 

The star Mets shortstop’s nightmarish early-season woes are hard to believe, even with his history of slow starts.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor went 0-for-8 with three strikeouts in their doubleheader split. Noah K. Murray-NY Post

He went 0-for-8 with three strikeouts combined as the Mets split a doubleheader with a 6-3 loss in 11 innings and a 2-1, walk-off win with the Tigers on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. 

Lindor is now a brutal 1-for-24 with six strikeouts, the biggest culprit of a lineup that has stumbled, to put it lightly, out of the gate to start the year.

His only hit this year was a single during the Mets’ 7-6 loss to the Brewers on March 30.

And he’s not walking much, either, as he has just two of those this year. 

He notably came up empty in a key spot during Game 1 on Thursday.

With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Brandon Nimmo led off with a walk and subsequently stole second base, putting the winning run in scoring position for Lindor with no outs.

If there was ever a time the Mets could use their $341 million man to break out, that was certainly it. 

Lindor is now 1-for-24 with six strikeouts.
Francisco Lindor is now 1-for-24 with six strikeouts. Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

But it was just more of the same, as Lindor struck out. 

In Game 2, Nimmo led off the first inning with a walk, walked again with one out in the third inning and then led off the sixth inning with yet another walk.

But Lindor wasn’t even able to get Nimmo — who has just one hit himself — over to second base any of the three opportunities, delivering a pop out, strikeout and fly out, respectively.

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Lindor had one last chance to redeem himself later in the eighth inning, trailing 1-0 with Harrison Bader on second base.

But Lindor struck out on three pitches, and the few 15,020 fans (which appeared to be a generous counting) in attendance showered him with boos. 

It’s reminiscent of his poor start last year, when he entered June with a .223 batting average — though he rebounded to finish at .254 with 31 homers and 33 doubles. 

He’s hardly alone, either. 

Jeff McNeil has started the season 1-for-15, including going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Game 1 on Thursday.

He didn’t play in the second game.

Nimmo has started 1-for-21, though at least he’s getting on base with walks. 

But Lindor’s ineptitude in the most glaring.

And he’s supposed to be the one leading by example.

Pete Alonso, who hit a game-tying solo homer in the ninth inning of Game 2, and Francisco Alvarez have been the only two Mets hitters with strong starts to the year.