3 reasons Mets star Francisco Lindor will win the NL MVP bigger than any statistic

3) Francisco Lindor will win the MVP because it’s a great story

It’s the baseball writers who vote for the MVP. What a great story this would be. The dramatics and history will give everyone their own unique angle.

Lindor was getting booed in 2021 and the whole thumbs down fiasco had him in an indefensible position with many fans. It was a bad way to begin the relationship.

Fans would eventually turn in his favor. A fantastic 2022 campaign with the playoffs at the end followed by an equally as productive 2023 season had many fans believing he was indeed the star we always needed in Queens.

Heading into what looked like a transitional season, Lindor started off the year so badly that it felt like games wouldn’t matter by Memorial Day. It was right around that time when Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers pummeled the Mets and sent Jorge Lopez’s glove into the stands. Unknowingly, the Dodgers gave Lindor his biggest signature play of the year after: the team meeting.

The Mets immediately turned things around after the Dodgers sweep. They were a different kind of beast in June which was atypical for this franchise. The impressive month brought them back from the dead and the wake-up call from Lindor was the main reason why.

If the MVP vote is strictly on statistics, Ohtani is probably the guy who’ll get the award. Why even have the human element then? Have a machine vote instead.

A strong finish from Lindor and a Mets playoff appearance can help secure something many believe is already true: the NL MVP resides in Queens.