Mets’ shortstop Francisco Lindor has been honored by his friends by being named the 2022 Marvin Miller Man of the Year. One of the MLBPA Players Choice awards, this one is given yearly to the participant who excelled on the sphere and locally and is voted on by different gamers. Marcus Semien of the Texas Rangers and Brent Suter of the Milwaukee Brewers had been the opposite two nominees.
Lindor has lengthy been lively with the MLBPA as a consultant with Cleveland, and he’s at the moment an alternate affiliation participant rep with the Mets. The Puerto Rico native is barely the third Latin-American-born participant to serve on the union’s government subcommittee, following Carlos Villanueva and Elvis Andrus.
In his second season with the Mets, he grew to become a valued clubhouse chief, serving to information the workforce by means of the highs and lows of a profitable 101-win season. The tradition of the clubhouse is vital to Lindor because the Mets proceed to construct underneath new proprietor Steve Cohen, and the 28-year-old shortstop nicknamed “Mr. Smile” has been influential in serving to foster optimistic change.
Lindor was one of the vital beneficial gamers on the sphere this season posting a 6.8 fWAR, the sixth-best in baseball and the fifth-best within the National League. He missed solely a single sport this season and slashed .270/.339/.449 with a .788 OPS and 26 dwelling runs. Over the second half of the season, he was particularly impactful, hitting .299 with a .830 OPS.
Off the sphere, Lindor has been lively in serving to with hurricane reduction efforts in Puerto Rico. When the island that many MLB gamers name dwelling was hit by Hurricane Fiona in September, the Amazin’ Mets Foundation partnered with Team Rubicon and Global Empowerment Mission to help with reduction efforts. Lindor donated $50,000 to Team Rubicon and Mets proprietor and president of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, Alex Cohen, pledged to match the donation by means of the inspiration.
Lindor has lengthy been concerned in mentoring younger folks by means of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Boys and Girls Clubs and his former college, Montverde Academy in Montverde Florida. Last yr, and in 2021 he donated $1 million to Montverde Academy in Florida and established the Francisco Lindor Scholarship Fund.
The award has been given annually since 1997 and Lindor is the second Mets participant to win, with retired outfielder Curtis Granderson profitable his first of three Marvin Miller Man of the Year Awards in 2016.
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