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Lindor Surgery Confirmed & LeBron Ducks the Spurs! | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle

WFAN Daily

Audacy

Sports

3.8795 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle kick off the show with MASSIVE sports drama Francisco Lindor heads into surgery just weeks before Opening Day, Mets fans are already sweating… and Craig absolutely GOES OFF on LeBron James for skipping another showdown with the Spurs.

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0:00.0

Man, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

0:02.1

Two o'clock, straight up.

0:05.4

It's the Carton show, Big Mac Craig Carton.

0:07.4

Great to have you here.

0:08.6

Phone number to join, as always, 888, 808, 101.

0:11.8

Got a great show for you today.

0:14.0

Unfortunately, if you're a diehard New York Mets fan,

0:17.2

it's not the news you wanted because it appears that Francisco Lendor I was told he needed surgery and is getting surgery today.

0:27.1

I were just thinking about that for a second.

0:29.7

When's the last time you went to a doctor's office and the doctor said, listen, Big Mac, I think you're going to need a little procedure on the blank, whatever it is, right? And you're like, okay, I guess we have to schedule that. And he goes, no, no, no, no. We'll just do it right now. Must be nice. Must be nice. Must be nice. Being a professional athlete. Yeah. So six weeks now for Francisco Lendor, obviously they still believe that He's going to be ready for opening day

0:55.3

Big story that I know it's kind of informal

0:58.1

Stuff down in Florida right now

1:00.3

But there are no current plans

1:02.1

For Boba Chet

1:03.8

To have to take any ground balls

1:05.9

It's short

1:06.4

Of course there's got to be plans

1:08.2

For to take ground balls and short

1:09.5

Why wouldn't Chapman take some ground balls and short?

1:11.9

Because he's learning a new position. So exclusively third base? Yeah, they probably don't want to mess with him. You don't have to take like 10 balls a day just see like after the team's done for the day. Hey, Bo, slide five feet to your left or no? Well, I mean, he played it his whole career. I think if you needed to play them in a pinch, you could probably get away.

1:28.4

I think right now they're focusing on having them become an everyday

1:30.8

third baseman. That's the plan. The Lendor injury, though you and I both agree. I would be shocked if he plays on opening day. But it's not going to be long after that. Two weeks max, it's going be sometime around there. If it's not a long-term injury where you're going to have

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