After a disappointing first year in Queens, Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor enjoyed a record-breaking campaign in 2022. If what he’s done so far this spring serves as foreshadowing, 2023 is bound to be another prime-time performance.
It’s hard for me to call 4.2 fWAR in 2021 a “down” season for Lindor. However, the start of his year was terrible and he was never able to fully rebound from there. But that’s in the distant past now that he’s the franchise record holder for home runs (26), RBI (107), and fWAR (6.8) in a single season for Mets shortstops.