LOS ANGELES—Forget thumbs. That was so final 12 months. This season, Francisco Lindor’s center finger is making headlines.
Lindor was out of the Mets lineup for his or her collection opener in opposition to the Dodgers on Thursday after an accident in his lodge room.
“After I finished my massage I went to my room,” the shortstop defined at Chavez Ravine. “I have double doors. I went to close one, I didn’t think the other one was going to close, and they closed at the same time. Next thing you know, I got a swollen finger.”
Lindor sported a bloated, black and blue center finger on his proper hand on Thursday.
“I ran around the room for like three minutes,” Lindor recalled. “I didn’t want to look at it, and when I finally looked at it, I was like OK. I felt like I had my heart in that one finger.”
The Mets and Lindor are hopeful that he might be again within the lineup and taking part in shortstop on Friday in opposition to Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson (6-0, 2.90 ERA). On Thursday, Lindor mentioned the damage was impacting throwing greater than hitting, as a result of he couldn’t really feel the feeling in his swollen center finger, which led to a poor grip on the baseball. He mentioned he was 12 years previous the final time he pinched his finger.
Lindor had performed in all 52 Mets video games main as much as the collection opener right here, which leads the key leagues. It was potential, Mets supervisor Buck Showalter mentioned, that the shortstop could be obtainable to pinch-hit on Thursday, which might maintain his streak alive. But Lindor wasn’t too involved about that.
“It wasn’t a goal of mine to play 162 [games],” he mentioned. “I need to be on the market on daily basis; do no matter it takes to assist the crew. But I by no means performed 162, and I wasn’t saying I have to play 162. I need to play essentially the most video games potential.
“Sucks that I’m not out there with the boys. But God has a plan, and I gotta follow it.”
Lindor, who was named the National League’s Player of the Week for May 23-29, entered Thursday tied for fifth within the majors and ranked third within the NL with 37 runs scored. He was additionally tied for third in MLB with 43 RBI, together with 20 of these RBI coming in his final 10 video games. Lindor is hitting .600 (9-for-15) with runners in scoring place throughout his career-high 10-game RBI streak.
The Mets actually might’ve used extra of that manufacturing of their opener in opposition to the Dodgers, who’ve the second-best file within the NL, after the Amazin’s. But sliding lodge doorways had different plans.
“Stay away from those doors,” Lindor mentioned as he walked away from his scrum with reporters within the visiting dugout.
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