BASICS:
Born: November 14, 1993
Jersey Number: 12 (both teams)
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Position: Shortstop
Drafted: 2011 by Cleveland, Round 1, Pick 8
MLB Debut: June 14, 2015
Teams: Cleveland (2011-2020), Mets (2021-present)
Twitter/Instagram: lindor12bc
2021 STATS:
Games: 125
Batting Average: 0.230
OBP: 0.322
SLG: 0.412
OPS: 0.734
Runs: 73
Hits: 104
Doubles: 16
Triples: 3
Home Runs: 20
RBIs: 63
Stolen Bases: 10
CAREER STATS:
Games: 902
Batting Average: 0.278
OBP: 0.343
SLG: 0.478
OPS: 0.821
Runs: 581
Hits: 1000
Doubles: 207
Triples: 18
Home Runs: 158
RBIs: 474
Stolen Bases: 109
CAREER AWARDS:
All Star - 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Platinum Glove - 2016
Gold Glove - 2016, 2019
Silver Slugger - 2017, 2018
AL Player of the Month - May 2018
AL Player of the Week - 5/6/18, 5/13/18
AL Rookie of the Month - September 2015
Futures Game - 2012, 2013, 2014
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He loves fashion.
His mom makes a good lasagna.
He likes to dye his hair crazy colors.
He lived in Puerto Rico for the first 11 years of his life.
He was a Red Sox fan growing up.
He played in all 60 games in 2020.
He led the MLB in runs in 2018.
HIS BEST 2021 MOMENTS:
He hit a grand slam at the Mets game I went to
He got his 1000th hit this season
There was a game where he hit three homers
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
This grand slam is there for all Cleveland fans, I'm sure
The first game of the 2016 World Series was a good one for him
WHY I LOVE HIM:
I always liked his smile and his energy and his talent. I know lots of Cleveland fans don't like him anymore, but I always will.
PAST PLAYERS:
[11/15: Mike Trout](https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comme
... keep reading on reddit ➡There's no getting around Lindor had an inauspicious start to his tenure with the Mets and his overall first year would be considered disappointing. But a lot of his struggles can be pegged more onto a terrible first month rather than an overall problem with the player. Breaking his season down...
25G - .152/.275/.196 ... 43 wrc+ .043 ISO
90G - .255/.343/.464 ... 122 wrc+ .209 ISO
Cleveland Career
.285/.346/.488 ... 119 wrc+ .202 ISO
Excluding that first month, we see him return close to all of his career norms with, most importantly, his power having no change.
I think the pressure of living up to a contract, league adjustment, change to new baseball, sticky stuff all could've played a part to that slow start. But with now a 300+ PA sample if you're the mets you have enough evidence, to be optimistic of Lindor's future.
Obviously his first season is NOT what we had hoped for or expected. My buddy who is a rather negative fan (i guess its kinda hard not to be right now) says “we’ll never win with that Lindor contract”, citing the disasters of the past like Bobby Bonilla, etc. He also loved to tell me that Lindor’s best years are behind him and that’s why Cleveland got rid of him. I cant have this mindset of “we’ll just never win” cuz that just sucks and is depressing, and Lindor is 27 I believe he has plenty left in the tank to be a star for us.
I personally think Lindor is the best baseball player on this team and try not to even acknowledge the $341M. Dude has all the tools and the baseball IQ to make me want him on this team.
I’ve seen plenty of people complain about his contract, but Steve Cohen is loaded and you need to actually pay for good players…so I’m curious as to your feelings on Lindor going forward…and by going forward I mean next year and beyond cuz this dumpster fire season is over.
Kinda cool, surprised it hasn’t happened before
