The feeling was the team needed to come together and talk about what was ahead of them amid such a substantial loss, even for a short period, due to the time of year.
Knowing Francisco Lindor would be missing a few days due to a back ailment — and who knows truly how much in all? — David Stearns and Carlos Mendoza called an impromptu team meeting before Monday night’s series opener with their most vital player out for these most critical of games.
Mets get a late-night playoff gift from the Diamondbacks A few in attendance noted Alonso’s passion in talking about how in his time with the club the Mets were pseudo in a playoff race when he was a rookie in 2019 and did not get to truly celebrate getting into the tournament in 2022 because they did not know until the final regular season day that they were not winning the NL East and falling into the wild card felt like anticlimax.And, beyond that, the Mets hadn’t sniffed the playoffs in Alonso’s other seasons.
The Mets did not yet know the results of Lindor’s MRI on his back when the meeting Monday was called. They only sensed that they would be operating for, at minimum, a few days without their best player, team leader and strong NL MVP candidate. The Mets would announce that the MRI was clean with no structural damage and that Lindor said he expects to play again this season.
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