It’s a funny thing about the New York Mets: they can make a blockbuster trade, land a superstar shortstop, watch him put up All-Star numbers, and still find a way to be left staring at the October party from the sidewalk. That’s where Andres Gimenez, once just a promising infield prospect, enters the chat with a statistic that Mets fans might wish didn’t exist.
While Francisco Lindor has delivered every ounce of star power promised, Gimenez has somehow logged more playoff games, first in Cleveland and now in Toronto, than Lindor has in Flushing. It’s not a knock on Lindor, who’s been worth every cheer, but rather a reminder of the bigger story.