Francisco Lindor continues to fight through it offensively.
After taking another 0-for during Tuesday's comeback win over the Angels, the Mets' shortstop is now hitless over his last 30 at-bats, which is a career-worst slump.
Mets fans even tried to will him to a big knock as they did when he struggled during the early part of last season, but it was to no avail this time around.
Despite the rough stretch, Carlos Mendoza isn’t sensing another frustration from his superstar talent.
“The one thing with him is he’s always so steady,” the second-year manager said. “It doesn’t matter whether he’s going 4-for-4 and hitting walk-off homers, he’s going to be the same guy no matter what — it’s all about winning for him.
“It’s how he engages on defense with teammates, the conversations in the dugout and helping the younger guys too — whether it’s approach, what he’s seeing from the pitchers. He’s pretty steady and we haven’t seen any signs of frustration or anything like that.”
The Mets have now won three straight despite receiving nothing from their everyday No. 2 hitter.
Mendoza indicated pregame that he feels Lindor has been chasing at times and he’s been a little long with his swing from the left-side of the plate, but he’s also hit into some tough luck over the past few games.
“That’s just part of it,” he added. “But the one thing with him it he’s too smart — this is a guy who is watching film all the time, he’s talking with the hitting coaches constantly, he was out there hitting early yesterday and again today. It’s not the first time, it’s not going to be the last time, he’ll get through it.”
But how exactly does the skipper think he’ll get through it?
“He’s aggressive, he’s going to go out there and he’s going to swing,” he said. “The 0-for-3 with a walk is an 0-for-4 because he’s going to go out there and he’s going hack — that’s just the type of player he is and the player he’s always been.
“We’re talking about a future Hall of Famer, his way to get out of slumps is by swinging, that’s just who he is.”
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