Francisco

Lindor

Lindor didn’t miss any time during the season because of an elbow ailment. The cleanup surgery shouldn’t prevent him from being ready for the start of spring training.

The Reds lost to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon, so all the Mets needed to do was beat the Marlins to secure the final Wild Card berth in the National League. They couldn’t muster a single run in the ballgame. Lindor did his part, with a double and a pair of walks in three plate appearances, but it simply wasn’t enough. The 31-year-old shortstop concludes his 2025 season hitting .267/.346/.466 with 31 homers, 86 RBI and 31 stolen bases in what was another outstanding all-around campaign.

Lindor got the Mets off to a fast start with a lead-off home run off Sandy Alcantara. Then he stung a ball in his next at-bat, but lined into a double play. He hit the ball hard again later on, but had nothing to show for it. Don’t let his team’s catastrophic second half failure distract from the fact that Lindor put up his second 30-30 season in three years and once again returned first round value.

Lindor’s home run was his 30th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Shota Imanaga in the third inning. It’s the third year in a row and sixth time in his career that he’s reached the 30 home run plateau. Lindor is hitting .267 with an .805 OPS and 84 RBI this year.

Lindor knocked a base hit in the first inning and was caught stealing second. He then drew a walk in the third before hitting a double in the fifth and getting caught stealing for a second time. Lindor collected his third hit with a double in the ninth and scored on a wild pitch. The 31-year-old shortstop is hitting .270/.344/.464 with 26 homers, 99 runs scored, 77 RBI, and 28 steals across 642 plate appearances.

The Mets had an offensive explosion in this one. They put up 21 hits and 10 runs in total as every single member of their starting lineup had at least one hit before the fourth inning was over. Lindor helped to ignite this onslaught with his three hits and two steals. Three of his four balls in play were hard-hit and he’s unbelievably locked in right now at the plate. Over his last 10 games, he’s 22-for-44 with four home runs. He’s jumped up from a .735 OPS to a .797 OPS in that span, which is hard to believe this late in the season.

Lindor’s leadoff homer was his eighth, setting a new Mets record. He’s hitting .500 with four homers and 10 runs scored during his current nine-game hitting streak.

Lindor led off the home half of the first inning with a single but was picked off of first base. He singled in the fourth inning but was left stranded at second base. Lindor then smacked a two-out RBI “double” in the sixth that was a routine fly ball to center field that Julio Rodriguez simply missed. With his three-hit night, the 31-year-old shortstop is now hitting .259/.327/.455 to go along with 24 homers, 71 RBI and 20 stolen bases.

Lindor brought the Mets’ first run home with a double in the third inning. He added a base hit and a stolen base in the seventh. That’s now four straight multi-hit games as Lindor has fully broken out of his slump. The 31-year-old shortstop is slashing .255/.324/.451 with 24 homers, 82 runs scored, 70 RBI, and 20 steals across 549 plate appearances.

Lindor is finally heating up. He had hits in his first three at-bats including a lead-off home run and the first of back-to-back shots with Juan Soto in the fourth inning. Yet, it was still not enough for the Mets to get off the schneid. Nevertheless, Lindor has eight hits in his last three games and has raised his OPS by 40 points in that span.