Fans of the New York Mets keep waiting and hoping for Francisco Lindor to come good and the shortstop just keeps letting them down.
It’s been a tough 2021 for Francisco Lindor and the Mets.
It’s not getting any better.
On Monday, the Mets lost 3-2 to the Rockies, with Lindor’s lack of production drawing the spotlight once more.
The day didn’t start particularly well for Lindor as he struck out swinging in his first at-bat. It got worse in the fourth when he grounded into a double play. He lined out to third in the seventh.
Francisco Lindor has utterly failed to live up to expectations for the Mets
Even though Mets fans have been frustrated with Lindor for a while, hope he could produce some magic bloomed when he came to the plate in the ninth inning with a man on first
The Mets are alive. We are all stunned at Citi. This came out of nowhere. Man if Lindor could ever come up big...here is his time.
— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownRadio) May 25, 2021
Ok Lindor…Time to create a signature moment. #lgm
— ꓘeith⚾️📘📙 (@keiththewrdsmth) May 25, 2021
Lindor... Maybe? Please... pic.twitter.com/DVJWDaJGkP
— Mets in 2024 or 25 or 26 perhaps!! (@BillPaganism) May 25, 2021
lindor walk off incoming #LGM
— RJ Aguirre (@RJAguirre2) May 25, 2021
*Narrator voice* It didn’t happen. Lindor flew out to left field.
The disappointment was real.
I've been extremely patient with Lindor all season but that AB in the 9th was the first time I was legitimately angry at him this season. Get it together.
— Bill H (@runninhillbilly) May 25, 2021
This is the time the #Mets need Francisco Lindor to step up. Instead, he just isn’t getting it done at all.
— Michael Baron (@michaelgbaron) May 24, 2021
A lot of people are wondering how much patience is enough patience.
So for all the people saying "Give Lindor time," when does that time start? Game 161?
— Jason Huber (@_JasonHuber) May 25, 2021
It looked like a rough start for Lindor, but it hasn’t gotten any better.
Francisco Lindor
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) May 25, 2021
April: 14-for-74 (.189)
May: 14-for-74 (oddly enough, also .189)
An image of Lindor himself summed up the feelings of Mets fans.
Lindor is all of us pic.twitter.com/uDaanE62fw
— Shannon (@Miss_Met) May 25, 2021
That reaction shot got a lot of mileage on Twitter.
Lindor: .192-BA .592-OPS
— Fuzzy (@fuzzyfromyt) May 25, 2021
Giménez: optioned to AAA
Rosario: .345-BA in last 15 games
This trade makes absolutely no sense so far LOL pic.twitter.com/YHYrS5fAEe
spring training vs two months of being a met pic.twitter.com/kdTmLh2Xlc
— steph (@whutyearisit) May 25, 2021
The boo birds were out at Citi Field on Monday and it doesn’t seem like they’re going to go away any time soon.
Boos coming down on Lindor, hard. He's been booed all three times he's come up to bat today. Getting that Giancarlo Stanton treatment.
— Laura Albanese (@AlbaneseLaura) May 25, 2021
Lindor looks like a fraction of the player he was when he was with the Indians. The fact that the Mets traded for him and gave him a 10-year $341 million contract hasn’t helped ease the frustration over his miserable debut season.
If there’s anything Mets fans can take heart in, it’s that the team is still first in the NL East at 21-20 despite serious underperformance from the star players and a rash of injuries.