Francisco Lindor is having a productive season and this Tuesday against the Milwaukee Brewers he hit his home run number 16 of the season, which also made him reach the figure of 200 homers for life in the Major Leagues.
At 29 years old, this season is Lindor’s ninth season in the majors and his third playing for the New York Mets after they acquired him in 2021 for $341 million and 10 seasons. Being the third most expensive contract in Major League history.
Wearing the uniform of the New York team, Lindor is averaging .247 with 341 hits, 224 RBIs and 62 home runs. While in his six seasons in Cleveland he left an average of .285, 411 RBIs, 896 hits and 138 homers.
Lindor’s 200th came in the bottom of the fourth inning off pitches from Julio Tehran and with the Mets leading by one run. The drive went all the way to center field at Citi Field.
In this way, Lindor beats historic baseball players like César Cedeño and Johnny Damon in home runs. In addition to other assets like José Altuve and others like Aaron Jugde (215) are very close.
The most productive season of the Puerto Rican in terms of home runs was the 2018 campaign, on that occasion he dispatched 38 home runs. In 2017 and 2019 were the other two seasons in which he surpassed the 30-hit barrier, with 33 and 32, respectively.
With the 16 that he has up to now just under half of the season, a new season could be predicted in which Lindor reaches at least 30 home runs and, at 29 years of age, gets close to great home run hitters such as Manny Ramírez, José Bautista, Ralph Kiner, among others. .
weak first half
With only a couple of games to go in the first half of the championship, the New York Mets are having a weak participation. They continue with a negative record of 36 wins and 43 losses and are in fourth position in the East Division of the National League, 16 games behind the lead.
This performance for the team that has the highest payroll in all of Major League Baseball is a bit disappointing. So the Queens team will try to reverse this situation in the second half of the season, to try to get a place in the playoffs.
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