Shortstop Francisco Lindor made it recognized Friday he feels roughly the identical in regards to the 2024 New York Mets as he did earlier than the membership’s settlement with designated hitter J.D. Martinez on a one-year, $12M deal.
Per Ben Krimmel of SNY, Lindor acknowledged forward of the Mets’ spring coaching sport in opposition to the New York Yankees that getting Martinez places the Amazin’s “in a significantly better spot as a result of we’ve a very good hitter.” Lindor added that he believed the Mets had been “ok to be the place we need to be” with or with out the 36-year-old within the lineup.
“I am nonetheless in the identical boat,” Lindor defined. “We gotta play the sport the suitable approach. We gotta again one another up. We gotta proceed to imagine in one another. After which let everyone else imagine in us in a while.”
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outfielder Brandon Nimmo and All-Star nearer Edwin Diaz are amongst noteworthy Mets gamers who’ve beforehand prompt they cared little about how the present squad has been seen by outsiders following what Krimmel known as “a light offseason in comparison with the previous two” for the group. As of late Friday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Mets’ over/below win whole for this 12 months at 81.5 video games whereas PECOTA projections shared by Baseball Prospectus had the 2024 Mets at round 83.4 regular-season victories.
“…I do not really feel like I am an underdog,” Lindor stated. “We’re in a great place. And truly, we’re in the identical spot as everyone else is. No one has received a sport but, So, we’ll be good. We’ll be staff.”
Few guessed when Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns teased earlier this week that the membership would “take our photographs” in free company, he meant making a big splash earlier than Opening Day. Joel Sherman of the New York Publish reported late Friday morning that Martinez will “construct up with minor league at-bats” throughout a stint that doubtless will final round “10 days” or so earlier than he joins the big-league membership.
“It has been spring coaching up to now and I really feel just like the staff and the boys are transferring in the suitable route,” Lindor stated.
He and his teammates will look to get pointed in that route when the Mets open the common season with a house collection versus the Milwaukee Brewers this coming Thursday.
