When will Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor be back on the field? | The Mets Pod
On The Mets Pod, Joe DeMayo and Steve Gelbs discuss the potential timeline for Francisco Lindor to return to the Mets lineup.
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I did hear you just a couple minutes ago just slyly throw in there, "Oh, Francisco Lindor will be back in a week."
So what's the latest on Francisco Lindor, and is it actually a week?
Because, I mean, he's been out for, what?
getting closer to two months now.
Is there not gonna be any sense of a rehab assignment for this?
they're being coy about it.
They're And coy may not even be the right word.
They just, I mean, we asked Mendoza about it yesterday, and he said that they haven't really decided yet.
I think the situation is such that, you know, he's playing, he's playing Sim games right now, back in New York.
They need him.
They need everything right now.
I know it wasn't quite as long, but they didn't send Soto out on a rehab assignment.
maybe he goes and plays a game or two or this and that.
But given the timeline that David Stearns was out front with, saying they expect him to play games in June.
What is it, June 16th right now?
I think there's a really good chance that, that when they get back home at some point on the home stand, and this is a guess, this is, nope, this is not reporting or anything, this is a guess.
reading the tea leaves, I, I, I bet he's, he's back, and just comes back and, and plays right with the big club.
Just they need it.
They, they absolutely need it
