Francisco Lindor’s Mets Recession Includes ‘Trifecta’ of Issues

ST. LOUIS – Francisco Lindor has made the most analysis in baseball this season to begin his Mets career.

Is it mechanical? Mental? Shock of switching leagues and getting stuck in a new environment?

Just a month after signing a 10-year extension with the club for $ 341 million, Lindor hit a terrific, 17171 / .289 /. Against the Cardiacs at Busch Stadium in Monday night’s game with a homer and three RBIs. Took 220 slash line. He remained for the No. 2 hole in the lineup.

An in-depth look at the numbers suggests that Lindor’s biggest issue is not chasing pitches or strikeouts, but his inability to barrel the ball. He had 2.8 percent of pitches on entering the game, which according to the Stadcast was the 12th percentile among MLB players. Lindor’s barrel rates for the past three seasons were 9.5, 7.5 and 5.6 respectively.

One major league scout said “he seems temporary at the plate, caught in the middle”, noting that Lindor’s low barrel rate is probably a timing issue, tied to a lack of aggression and keeping the ball well. Is not looking

“Bad trifecta,” added Scout. “Keep swinging.”

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Francisco Lindor is off to a very slow start for the Mets.
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A second scout said that Lindor became much happier, and this was evident in batting practice as well.

The second scout said, “He’s trying to use the yard all the time, instead of trying to use more territory.” “He always had the power to run the house. He wants to bounce the ball too much. “

The Post presented that hypothesis for manager Luis Rojas ahead of Monday night’s game. Rosas said it was an admirable notion.

“I see him sometimes trying to pull, naturally forcing the ball to pull instead of pulling,” Rojas said. He said, “There were some far pitches in the middle that he was trying to pull and he couldn’t get there and it turned into weak grounders, because he would have to throw his hands up, he couldn’t get there.”

“I don’t know what he’s going for [home run] Result, but he wants to pull the ball in the air or he has tried to pull the ball in the air. Right now I think he is more focused in the middle of the field. “

Lindor, entering the game, was out for only 12.2 percent of the time. He also went 12.2 percent of the time. Both figures were better than Lindor’s career percentage, telling Rose that choosing or chasing the pitch is not as much of an issue as quality of contact.

“I think his body is out of position where he can hit the ball a certain way,” Rosas said. He said, “He has got pitches that he is capable of pulling and he pulls a little bit very quickly and they go wrong, hit well.” As far as strikes on pitches are concerned, there has been a good selection of pitches. It is just the control of the body that has gone out of whack. “

Lindor’s most notable hit was 2’s the week before, when he delivered an RBI-single that allowed Jacob DeGrom to win a game in Colorado. On the same road trip, Lindor blasted his first Met Homer against the Cubs at Blighley Field. But he had failed to enter the game, in his last 20 plate appearances.

Rojas still isn’t ready to hit the panic button and put Lindor on the bench for a game or two or drop in the lineup. The fact that the offense showed life in Philadelphia, where the Mets won two of three games over the weekend, may have lessened the pressure on the manager to consider such a move.

The second scout said that it would be foolish for the Mets to go on a panic just one month in a season.

The second scout said, “He enjoys playing and is very positive.” “I don’t see any mental aspect of it, where it’s really going to start the pressure. I think if we are talking about a month from now, then suddenly it will be alright. “

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