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Evan & Tiki

Lindor Injury Panic and Mets’ Next Move Without Their Star

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Concern rises for the New York Mets as Francisco Lindor exits with a calf injury, leaving a major question hanging over the team’s immediate future. The discussion centers on how serious the injury could be, whether his lack of a full spring buildup played a role, and how cautious the Mets need to be with one of their most important players. The conversation shifts to how the Mets should respond in the short term, including the opportunity in front of younger players to step up and fill the void. There is also analysis of lineup decisions, positional adjustments, and the ripple effect on the team as they try to stay afloat during a difficult stretch, along with continued scrutiny surrounding Juan Soto and the overall clubhouse dynamic.

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0:00.0

You walk away looking towards the sky saying baseball gods, why do you hate us?

0:05.1

Why Francisco Lindor, who is starting to get hot, who has looked good offensively in this series,

0:11.6

who made a key defensive play two days ago, how can you take him away from us with the same exact injury that Juan Soto just came back from.

0:22.0

And so listening to the tone of Carlos Mendoza's voice,

0:25.9

watching Lindor struggled around the bases on that RBI hit,

0:30.2

I have to believe, Teak, that we are looking at the same, if not longer,

0:35.4

of a wait until we see Lindor that we did Juan Soto.

0:38.9

Yeah, it's interesting because Juan Soto, while it felt like they were being cautious early

0:45.4

and then rushing him back late, when you watched him, he didn't look like he had any remnants

0:52.0

of a cafe.

0:52.8

He tried to steal a base. It didn't work. It didn't work because they've picked up on his game. Yes, clearly. But I feel like Francisco Indoor may just be being cautious. Now, I listened to the RICO on my way in. Well, you got some weird habits then. I just, I like the RICO, dude. And you said you

1:11.9

were like, what does this mean? You said you were going to ask me, what does this mean?

1:15.1

Yeah. I did. I asked, I said, Tiki knows calves better than I do. What the hell does this mean?

1:22.4

So, you wanted to know whether or not him missing spring training is contributing, would contribute to this. Yes, but think about this, folks, before Tiki answers it. Lindor didn't have a spring training. He came back and started playing spring games about a week and a half before the season started, and then the season starts, and he's played every day. It's not like the Mets are fishing them off days here or D.H. days. He's played every day. And so I do think

1:44.9

it's fair to wonder, and you would know better than anybody did not having a spring

1:49.2

training potentially contribute to a calf. So here's, I'll explain this from my current

1:55.1

athleticism. So I've run marathons and half marathons now. Now, imagine for those runners out there, if you hadn't trained at all for four months, five

2:07.2

months, you hadn't put your running shoes on at all, and then you go try to run a half

2:11.8

marathon.

2:12.7

What's that going to feel like?

2:14.1

It would hurt.

2:14.9

You'd finish it, and you'd be like, man, that was brutal. Now go

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