Hour 1: Lindor’s Strange Mistakes & Mets Panic Signals Early

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Concern is building in Queens, and it goes beyond a slow start. Evan and Tiki dive into the bizarre early-season struggles of Francisco Lindor, questioning not just his bat but the uncharacteristic mental mistakes that are costing the Mets on the field. From base running blunders to defensive lapses, the conversation explores whether this is just early-season noise or something more alarming tied to comfort, chemistry, or even lingering effects from a recent hit. The discussion expands to a Mets team that looks disjointed, with a lineup full of question marks and very few players fans can confidently trust. They examine the pressure building on Carlos Mendoza, the possibility of deeper organizational issues, and how quickly things could spiral if results don’t improve. Plus, a look at the Yankees’ frustrating series against Tampa Bay and what it reveals about momentum, resilience, and missed opportunities.

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0:00.0	The MET fan seems more concerned than the Yankee fan.
0:03.4	I ran a poll yesterday afternoon.
0:04.8	I had Sean run the same poll.
0:06.1	Like, who had the worst weekend?
0:08.0	And it feels like my fellow MET fan is more in the dumps over what just happened than the Yankee fan has had.
0:14.1	So we'll get to both.
0:15.5	I will tell you the thing that, and I don't know if the right word, Tiki, is concern or bothers or just I'm confused.
0:22.6	I'm going to go with, I'm confused.
0:24.4	Okay.
0:25.0	I'm very confused about Francisco Lindor.
0:28.0	I'm not confused about the offensive struggles because four out of the six seasons he's been
0:32.8	here.
0:33.1	He's had tough March in April's, and he showed a pulse this weekend by getting four base hits.
0:37.9	The thing that I cannot figure out is why Francisco Lindor, early in the season, has already
0:44.1	committed four or five dumbass plays.
0:47.7	Right.
0:48.2	And we saw two of them over the weekend.
0:50.1	On Friday, he got picked off third base, even though Carlos Mendoza defended it on a ground ball with first and third and nobody out.
0:57.5	And then on Saturday, not that it was going to change Kodi Senga's performance, but instead of covering second on a double play, he's running behind Marcus Simeon.
1:06.2	And those are not the first two dumb things Lindor's done.
1:09.7	We all remember him forgetting how many
1:11.6	outs there were. And those are the kinds of things I can't explain. Like I can explain him slumping
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