3 reasons why the Mets shouldn't entertain the idea of trading Francisco Lindor

3) Any fantasy player could tell you that you don't sell low, and Lindor's value is cratered at the moment

Put aside the financial impact of trying to trade Lindor. Let's just look at it from a pure asset value standpoint. Lindor is hitting below the Mendoza Line through 30 games. Even if a team was willing to bet that he'd positively regress back to his career mean stats, would they be willing to give up anything of real value to take that chance? No way.

Lindor's slow start has ruined his value, and David Stearns is too smart to give him away for (figurative) pennies on the dollar. Instead, the smarter play is to trust that Lindor will find his way. This is a guy that won a Silver Slugger just last year, a guy that has received MVP votes each of the past two years. His talent didn't just magically vanish at the age of 30.

Lindor is one of the most durable players in the league. He's missed only three games in the last two seasons. His defense is still Gold Glove-caliber. He's shown signs of life since receiving that standing ovation, with 18 hits in his last 17 games, including a four-hit, two-homer explosion just a week ago in San Francisco.

To bring it back to Kenny and his half-baked, devil's advocate hot take, what I found hilarious is that as he tried to sell O'Dowd on the idea that the Mets should trade Lindor, a graphic ran on the right side of the screen with the 10 best shortstops in baseball. Lindor was No. 2 on that list, behind only reigning World Series MVP Corey Seager. If money is no object and there's only one guy in the league that's better, what are we even talking about?

Lindor is going to be fine, and the Mets are a lot better with him than without him, even when he's slumping. Let's just be grateful that after an 0-5 start, with Lindor and Brandon Nimmo struggling to find themselves at the plate, and with Kodai Senga and Francisco Alvarez on the shelf with injuries, the Mets have managed to scrap their way to a .500 record through 30 games. This is a dangerous thing to say as a Mets fan, but things are only going to get better from here.