The acquisition of Lindor is great for the Mets. I see no down side.

But when Mike Lupica is talking about the Mets, you can expect him to be ... optimistic.

 

Is Lindor as good as Mookie Betts? No.

Is Lindor instantly the best player in New York? Well, no.

Better than deGrom? 

Better than Cole? 

Better than LeMahieu (free agency asterisk attached)? 

Better than a resurgent Gleyber (crossing fingers on that one)?

Better than Judge (if Judge stays healthy, of course)?

Lindor might be the best player on the Mets; the best player in New York; the best player in the National League.

His WAR last year was 1.1. Half an Urshela.

He hit 8 home runs in 236 at-bats. 29.5 AB/HR. A real Tyler Wade.

He had 6 stolen bases. As many as Mike Tauchman.

 

Lots of good players had bad years in 2020. It was a weird year. I totally expect Lindor to get back to relative greatness.

But if I was to use last year as a guide, Lindor was merely mediocre.

 

As for Lupica's prognosis ... best all-around Met ever? ... I'll bet the Fanboy "Frankie" stuff was similarly applied to Jason Bay and Jeromy Burnitz.

I also guess Lupica's just ignoring pitchers for some reason?

Can he do that?