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Today’s MLB slate on June 4, 2024, is packed with exciting matchups and potential home run props that promise to keep fans and bettors engaged. Let’s dive into some of the key games and players to watch for home run potential. Starting with the New York Mets facing off against the Washington Nationals, Francisco Lindor […]

Perhaps the understatement of the century would be to say it’s been a bad week for the New York Mets. If you want to expand the timeline a bit, it’s been a bad week in a horrible season in a cursed era of Mets baseball, one that dates back to the dawn of the 21st […]

The New York Mets have gotten off to an inauspicious start to the 2024 MLB campaign, and things don’t seem to be getting any better. The Mets are just 21-27 entering Wednesday’s action and sit 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for first place in the NL East. They are still very much alive in […]

In the summer of 2011, the Cleveland Indians (now Cleveland Guardians) selected a shortstop by the name of Francisco Lindor with the eighth overall pick in the MLB Draft. Cleveland had high expectations for Lindor, as they were hopeful he could lead the ball club back to the World Series for the first time since […]

Steve Cohen’s New York Mets are reeling, having lost five of their last six games to fall to 19-23. They have dropped the first three games of a four-game set to the Philadelphia Phillies, with the last matchup of the series coming on Thursday night. Mets fans are beginning to get frustrated, and after Wednesday’s […]

The New York Mets just finished a quick two-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies, and they didn’t look good in the brief sweep. Mets star Francisco Lindor spoke about the team’s struggles after their 4-0 loss on Tuesday. “It’s part of the daily grind,” Lindor said. “It seems like we are in a month that […]

The New York Mets (16-15) wrapped up an eventful, hard-fought, sometimes controversial and historic four-game series with the Chicago Cubs (19-13) on Thursday, and did so with a bang. The slumping and ill Francisco Lindor became an unlikely hero in a thrilling 7-6 comeback victory over the visiting Cubbies. The 30-year-old shortstop left Wednesday’s contentious […]

In the New York Mets’ matchup with the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, star shortstop Francisco Lindor was forced to exit the game in the top of the third inning. It was initially unclear what caused Lindor to get scratched so early, but then Mets manager Carlos Mendoza joined SNY’s Steve Gelbs mid-game to explain the […]

New York Mets slugger Francisco Lindor is doing his best to stay positive, amidst a hitting slump. Lindor is out to a .167 start with his batting average through the first several weeks of the season. The shortstop is focused on the things that mean the most to him, as he works his way through […]

Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets have already experienced a bit of a roller coaster ride thus far in the 2024 MLB season, starting the campaign with a horrible opening stretch before rebounding in recent weeks to currently sit with a somewhat respectable record of 10-8, good for third place in the vaunted NL […]

After a very slow start to the season, the New York Mets have begun to turn things around, as they have won four of their past five games. The same can’t be said for star shortstop Francisco Lindor, though, although the hope is that a classy move by Mets fans in their 6-1 victory over […]

When Francisco Lindor was an All-Star player for the Cleveland Guardians, his smile was almost always plastered on his face. It has not always been that way during his first three-plus seasons with the New York Mets. Steve Cohen would love for Mets fans to give Lindor the Trea Turner treatment (via @RSAdiamondtales, @StevenACohen2) pic.twitter.com/BPsyGOBZ7x […]

The 2024 regular season did not begin the way the New York Mets hoped it would. New York was swept at home by the Milwaukee Brewers, and the offense managed to score just eight total runs in the three games against Milwaukee. Francisco Lindor was among the Mets who struggled mightily at the plate. The […]

These are the marquee names you’ve been waiting for. Your franchise cornerstones. It’s another installment of our MLB positional rankings and today, we’re dealing with perhaps the most important position of them all: shortstop. Not only are these the players that tend to steal the headlines, but in 2024, shortstops are an eclectic, multifaceted, hard-to-rank […]

The New York Mets were arguably the biggest disappointment in the big leagues in 2023, spending around $500 million in the winter only to miss the playoffs completely with a record well below .500. The organization ultimately blew things up at the trade deadline, parting ways with their two aces in Max Scherzer and Justin […]

With the New York Mets reporting for spring training, a lot of eyes will be on the team with the top payroll in MLB after a disappointing 2023 season. Ahead of the start of spring training games, we’ll be making our Mets bold predictions for the 2024 season. The 2023 season went about as bad […]

The New York Mets, after a disappointing 2023 season that had them finish with a 75-87 record despite their record-setting offseason spending, are looking to come back with a vengeance in 2024. To that end, the Mets may have to enlist the help of a few of their youngsters, including 20-year old shortstop Jett Williams, […]

The 162-game MLB season is a marathon, so it’s not surprising to learn that players place the occasional friendly wager to keep things interesting. New York Mets star Francisco Lindor and teammate Jeff McNeil have settled such a bet from two springs ago. In May of 2022, Lindor promised McNeil he’d buy him a new car if he ever […]

The 162-game MLB season can be quite a haul, so little surprise players place the occasional friendly wager to keep things interesting. New York Mets star Francisco Lindor and teammate Jeff McNeil have settled such a bet from two springs ago, according to Newsday’s Tim Healy. In May of 2022, Lindor promised McNeil he’d buy […]

The New York Mets struggled in 2023. There is no question about that. Shortstop Francisco Lindor was a bright spot, however. His work ethic was called into question during the year though. A recent report about Lindor will force his critics to reconsider their thoughts on the shortstop. Lindor reportedly played through an elbow injury […]

It’s one thing to be a lousy baseball team. Happens each season, nothing out of the ordinary. But the New York Mets make an art of it. It’s not enough to be bad, they must suffer indignities along the way. Once again, they are the LOLMets. The Mets entered the 2023 season with World Series […]

Buck Showalter’s status as the New York Mets’ manager is looming over the upcoming offseason. Francisco Lindor doesn’t think it should be an issue. Francisco Lindor seems to believe Showalter is the perfect manager for the Mets, even after New York’s disastrous 2023 campaign. Showalter has fallen well short of expectations during his first two […]

The New York Mets are a team to watch down the stretch in large part because of Francisco Lindor. The Mets shortstop is one of the most fun players to watch in all of Major League Baseball, and he’s been proving it down the stretch run. The Mets have been busy revamping their roster as […]

The New York Mets have had an absolutely dismal season, especially against their NL East rival Atlanta Braves. Star shortstop Francisco Lindor’s post-game comments on Wednesday acknowledged the gap between the teams as they wrapped up their season series. The Braves’ 7-0 victory gave them a 10-3 record for the season against the Mets. To […]

The New York Mets were forced to scratch shortstop Francisco Lindor shortly before they took the field Friday night against the first-place Atlanta Braves. The issue for the shortstop is right-side soreness, and he is scheduled to undergo an MRI Saturday. Francisco Lindor was scratched from tonight's game with right side soreness. He will undergo […]

Francisco Lindor has publicly supported the New York Mets amid their myriad of 2023 MLB traded deadline moves. The Mets traded away some of Francisco Lindor’s best teammates, sending Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander to the AL West. David Robertson, Tommy Pham and Mark Canha were also part of the Mets’ trade deadline fire sale. […]

The New York Mets’ All-Star representatives for 2023 are Pete Alonso and Kodai Senga. Numerous other big-name players on the team have not played well enough to get a nomination. Francisco Lindor has been very good but has once again struck out on getting All-Star recognition in his time with the Mets. Lindor is often […]

New York Mets star Francisco Lindor is heating up at the right time, and he went full throttle in the Amazin’s latest victory. Lindor had his first career five-hit game, hitting perfect at the plate and scoring three of the Mets nine runs in a 9-0 rout of the Diamondbacks. Buck Showalter was impressed with […]

Buck Showalter may be on the hot seat. The New York Mets are in the midst of an abysmal 2023 season and Showalter has been forced to shoulder some of the blame. Although it certainly isn’t all his fault, some of his head-scratching postgame comments have rubbed fans the wrong way. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, […]

The 2024 London Series will feature an NL East rivalry as the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies are set to do battle at London Stadium next June — and Francisco Lindor is fired up. “I love it. It’s good for the game. It’s good for us as well,” the Mets shortstop said on Friday, […]

The New York Mets decided to trade Eduardo Escobar to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday for a pair of minor-league arms and cash, ending his tenure in Flushing. In fact, the team actually dealt Escobar in the middle of their game with the Philadelphia Phillies and shortstop Francisco Lindor found out while on a […]

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is a proud #GirlDad, and his latest comments about being a father to now two daughters will certainly make every other girl dad proud and happy. After the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, Lindor was asked about the birth of his second daughter and […]

Francisco Lindor is one of the flashiest players in baseball. He is always smiling, makes incredible plays at shortstop, and has dyed his hair multiple different colors during his MLB career. Now, Lindor is set to sport an attention-catching Gucci baseball glove, via Rawlings Baseball on Twitter. https://twitter.com/RawlingsSports/status/1667266284386504707 “Now you got my attention,” Lindor says […]

On Tuesday, June 6th, we have a full slate of baseball and Fanduel is running a same-game parlay that’s paying out over 4-1 odds. We take a look at this same-game parlay on our MLB prop odds series this Tuesday, June 6th. With a ton of options on the board, it is always good when […]

In the fifth inning of Wednesday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, Francisco Lindor caught a ball off a line drive by Phillies third baseman Edmundo Sosa before tossing the ball to first base for a double play. It should have been the end of the story right there because […]

Francisco Lindor has a fiercely loyal wife. Days after retired infielder Jason Kipnis implied the Mets shortstop and his former Cleveland (then-Indians) teammate lacked leadership skills, Katia Reguero Lindor fired back with a scathing claim. “My husband is such a classy person, would never say what a bully Kipnis was in the clubhouse,” she tweeted. […]

The 2023 season hasn’t gotten off to the start the New York Mets were hoping for, and unsurprisingly, everyone has come under fire for the team’s struggles. For Francisco Lindor, he probably wasn’t expecting to find himself getting criticized by one of his former teammates, but Jason Kipnis appeared to take some shots at Lindor […]

The New York Mets have stumbled out of the gates so far in 2023. Former MLB All-Star Jason Kipnis, who primarily played for the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) during his career, believes a lack of leadership could be the culprit for the Mets’ difficult start this season. Kipnis even appeared to call his former Cleveland […]

Not much has gone the New York Mets’ way at the plate over the early stages of the 2023 season. The Mets dropped back to the .500 mark on Saturday, as the Colorado Rockies came away with a 5-2 road win. As has been the case as of late, the Mets had a difficult time […]