Francisco Lindor had an evening to recollect Wednesday, becoming a member of an elite MLB group within the New York Mets‘ 12-3 shellacking of the New York Yankees.
Lindor completed 3-for-6 with 5 RBI, together with two house runs, giving him 21 on the yr.
The Mets shortstop turned solely the second participant this season to succeed in 20 homers and 20 stolen bases, together with Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. In the meantime, in response to OptaStats, he is solely the fourth participant in main league historical past to file 4 or extra 20-20 seasons whereas profitable a number of Gold Gloves, becoming a member of Jimmy Rollins, Alex Rodriguez and Joe Morgan.
Likewise, Lindor additionally etched his title into the Subway Sequence file books. In accordance with Sarah Langs of MLB.com, he and former Yankees backstop Jorge Posada are the one two gamers within the matchup’s historical past to file two multi-homer games.
The 30-year-old is having the most effective seasons of his profession, and a lineup change is likely to be the rationale. As ESPN’s Jeff Passan identified, since transferring to the leadoff spot for the Mets on Could 18, Lindor ranks among the top 10 in a number of classes, together with house runs (14, ninth), stolen bases (14, sixth) and WAR (4.1, third).
Lindor’s play has additionally translated into wins for the Mets, who’re 13-7 in July and have gained three in a row and 4 of their final 5. They continue to be 10.5 video games behind the MLB-leading Philadelphia Phillies (64-38) for first within the NL East however only a half-game again of the Atlanta Braves (54-46) for the highest wild-card spot.
The Mets have an terrible lot of labor to do to safe a playoff berth, and so they might discover some assist through the commerce market forward of the deadline. However one factor is for certain—Lindor has helped jump-start the once-struggling membership, propelling himself into the NL MVP race.
Getting into Wednesday’s motion, Lindor owned the fourth-best odds (+3200) to win the award, per FanDuel Sportsbook.