Mets’ Francisco Lindor Knows Why He’s Getting Booed And Realises The Need To Improve

Star Francisco Lindor addressed the matter postgame after receiving boos from New York Mets supporters on Saturday. Tens of thousands of spectators at Citi Field have been booing Francisco Lindor over the past week.

The Mets shortstop wants them to continue playing until he has regained their confidence.

Mets’ Francisco Lindor Knows Why He’s Getting Booed And Realises The Need To Improve

After striking out three times in four at-bats without recording a single on Saturday, Lindor didn’t beg for a break from the jeers he heard.

He also didn’t try to hide the fact that he was the target of more boos than any other deserving contender at Citi Field’s listless Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays.

He just had a troubled expression, which spectators could clearly observe.

“I don’t want to block them out,” Lindor said. “They are expressing their frustration, and I hear them. I am right there with them. I just have to get better.”

Since he destroyed his former club, the Guardians, at Citi Field more than two weeks ago, Lindor has gone into another rut during the Mets’ previous four games. Lindor is 5-for-44 (.114) with seven RBI, four runs, and nine strikeouts in his previous 11 games.

The Mets’ offence has struggled against the Blue Jays, scoring just one run in two losses to start the series on Friday and Saturday, which has added to Lindor’s problems.

For Lindor in New York, this season has undoubtedly been trying. His current batting average of.212 is significantly lower than his lifetime average of.274, which was.274.

Despite the fact that he has 40 RBI and 10 home runs this season, Lindor’s total body of work falls short of what he is accustomed to. Lindor, a four-time All-Star selection and two-time Gold Glove winner, has been nominated for the MVP award five times.

“I’ve just got to continue to keep my head down and grind, grind,” Lindor said. “It’s that constant uphill fight that I’m in this year. I feel as a professional athlete there’s nothing I can do but to put my head down and work.”

For Lindor, who is coming off a season in which he hit 26 home runs, set a career best with 107 runs batted in, and had an OPS of.788, the decline in performance has been challenging.

“I was talking to a teammate and I said, ‘Last year, I went through it and it hurt. This year I’m going through it and it hurts, and I’ll probably go through it later in the year again, and it will hurt the same amount,” Lindor said. “It’s just one of those that you’ve got to work in and get better.”

On Saturday, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s game-winning hit in the ninth inning helped the Blue Jays defeat the Mets, 2-1.

On Sunday at 1:40, the two teams will square off once more with pitches from Toronto’s Yusei Kikuchi and New York’s Kodai Senga.

 

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