SARASOTA, Fla. -- When the Mets chose Desmond Lindsay in the second round of the 2015 Draft, one of the first things they noted was how Lindsay was a steal. The outfielder out of Out-of-Door Academy (ODA) in Sarasota had slipped to No. 53 after being limited to only seven games during his senior year with the Thunder by a pair of hamstring injuries.
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On Thursday he signed a professional contract with New York at Citi Field, and a day later he was back in Sarasota to speak for the first time since officially becoming a Met.