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It doesn’t matter if he’s on an All-Star team or an MVP ballot or even a playoff team. Apart from the shortened season, when even then he was a league-average hitter playing at a three-win pace, Francisco Lindor has posted up as one of the best players in baseball his whole career. He’s on his way to his third five-win season in four as a Met, and the sixth of his career. Lindor has started all but one game this year, and played in every one. He’s missed four games, total, since Opening Day 2022. Lindor will cross 50 WAR early next year if he doesn’t get there late this year. He’s done all of this while being underappreciated first by his team’s owner, and now by his team’s fans.
Not here, though. Francisco Lindor has been one of the bright shining lights of baseball for a decade, and will be for years to come.
Not here, though. Francisco Lindor has been one of the bright shining lights of baseball for a decade, and will be for years to come.
