2021 - 125 games, .230 BA, 20 HR, 63 RBI, 10 SB, 73 runs scored

2022 – 161 games, .270 BA, 26 HR, 107 RBI, 16 SB, 98 runs scored

2023 – 160 games, .254 BA, 31 HR, 98 RBI, 31 SB, 108 runs scored

2024 – 152 games, .273 BA, 33 HR, 91 RBI, 29 SB, 107 runs scored

2025 – 160 games, .267 BA, 31 HR, 86 RBI, 31 SB, 117 runs scored

Lindor had a rough start to his Mets tenure, no different than Carlos Beltran had at the start of HIS Mets career. But Beltran rallied as did Lindor.

So in his five seasons with the Mets, he has averaged 152 games per season (three times playing 160 games); hit .260; driven in an average of 89 runs; scored 100 runs per season; hit 141 HR, an average of over 28 per season; and stolen 117 bases for an average of over 23 per season. Lindor hit 30+ HR in three consecutive seasons, and was a member of the 30-30 club twice, and was one stolen base away from a third season of 30-30. And MOST of this was done batting in the lead-off spot.

He has played just about every game since arriving in Flushing. And he has played hurt. He comes to play. He plays hard.

No player is perfect. Players make mistakes. PEOPLE make mistakes. Why are Lindor’s mistakes considered so much more egregious than anyone else’s mistakes?

If you recall, Lindor had surgery on February 11, 2026. That surgery generally requires 4-6 weeks healing time, and 6-8 weeks recuperation time to be ready to play a major sport.

I had a fractured hamate bone when I was a teenager. And it was painful. No surgery. It was at the end of a baseball season. The next season, after 9 months of recuperation, I still had such pain that I had to abandon hitting from the left side of the plate because any ball not hit perfectly squarely off the bat was horrible. And nobody was throwing at the speed that Lindor is making contact against, or hitting a ball as hard as they are hitting at Lindor.

So I am quite sure that Lindor is on some level, even with the much advanced medical treatment his received, feeling discomfort. However, that doesn’t explain some of the obviously blatant mental mistakes made by Lindor over the last few weeks. As one of the smartest players in the game today, that is so out of character. And it is THAT which is a bit confusing.

Players are no less human than anyone else. If something is affecting them it will quite often emerge in their play on the field. And that can be frustrating to watch.

But when you are a player on the level of a Francisco Lindor, with the kind of talent he has clearly shown over the course of his career, and specifically over the course of five full seasons as a New York Met, you can pretty much bet that, in the end, he will finish with the same kind of numbers and be as productive as he has on such a consistent basis.

Most Mets fans appreciate not only production, but the kind of professionalism and dedication to the game as Lindor has shown. But then, Beltran showed the very same thing…and all fans can scream about “strike three.” Fans are fickle. You just never know.