Francisco Lindor is 0 for 30, but the NY Mets star hasn't been right for much longer

It’s almost as if this season is going the complete opposite for the New York Mets. They picked things up in June of 2024. This season, that was when they bent (but did not break). It applies directly to some players as well. Francisco Lindor is the one receiving the brunt of the attention with an 0 for 30 skid. He hasn’t even drawn a walk in the second half.

Nearing the end of what we all hope is his roughest patch of the season, it’s not exactly brand new. Lindor had an amazing March/April and followed it up with a satisfying May. An OPS of .872 in the first month followed by .802 in the second full one of the season, it’s those games when he built up his 2025 All-Star resume.

For the second straight month, Lindor hasn’t been quite the same. He batted only .204/.259/.369 last month. July hasn’t been better, hoisting a .183/.247/.352 slash line this month. What’s wrong with our captain? It’s probably about when this all started.

Francisco Lindor hasn’t been his best since his broken pinky toe

It was on June 5 when Lindor’s broken pinky toe was reported. He sat that day then came back the next for one plate appearance in Colorado. He had a 2-run double in a 4-2 Mets win over the Rockies.

Following it up with 3 hits the next day, all looked good for Lindor. He was going to play through the broken toe and tolerate the pain. He was batting .289/.360/.498 after his 3-hit game in Denver. He took an 0 for 5 the next day. Ever since he has gone 26 for 151. He has walked only ten times.

One can wonder if the pain management has been too much for Lindor. Enough distance between the injury and the present has made many of us dismiss this as the lone reason. Baseball players are streaky. Lindor just happens to be in the midst of a massive oh-no-fer.

Somehow, the Mets have managed to go 3-3 since his 0 for 30 began. Rattling off three straight victories without much participation from their star shortstop is impressively bittersweet. The narrative had been the Mets go wherever he takes them. Right now, he’s not taking them anywhere.

Nobody cares more about the success of the Mets than Lindor. He has the kind of mentality where he can’t bear to be away from the action if he can avoid it. That’s fine if the team is winning (which they are all of a sudden). But there may have been a benefit of him healing up a little more or at least receiving a little more time off. He didn’t get the same kind of break as others last week. 

The team has only gone from 16 games over .500 to 14 since the toe injury was announced. We may have a huge June from Juan Soto to thank for that.