Former MLB player Jason Kipnis recently chided the Mets' lack of veteran leadership. When Francisco Lindor had no comment, his wife made her voice heard.
have struggled early on, and a former big leaguer says he knows why.When one of the hosts of the show, fellow former big leaguer A.J. Pierzynski, asked whether Kipnis' former Cleveland teammate Francisco Lindor, the Mets' star shortstop, was a leader, Kipnis doubled down.
Francisco Lindor, left, and Jason Kipnis of the Cleveland Indians celebrate defeating the Minnesota Twins after a game Sept. 6, 2019, at Target Field in Minneapolis."I haven't talked to him. That's how he feels. It is what it is. I don't really have much to say," Lindor said."My husband is such a classy person, would never say what a bully Kipnis was in the clubhouse. Sounds like a true leader versus the opposite of a leader," Katia Lindor tweeted Friday.
However, they are 22-23 in their first 45 games and six games behind the defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves, which are fresh off a 101-win season, one of the best in franchise history. The Mets have dropped series to the lowly Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds in less than a four-week span. From April 22 to May 16, the Mets went 6-16.
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