Lindor's Calf Strain: Mets' Shortstop Options

0:00It's April 23rd. This is MLB News Today. Your AI-powered source for everything, MLB. The match just placed Francisco Lindor on the 10-day injured list with a strained left calf. It happened while he was running the bases during Wednesday nights 3-2 win over the twins, which finally snapped their 12-game losing. Striek. They brought up infielder Ronnie Mauricio from Triple-A to fill the spot. Lindor was heating up right before this, going 7 for 17 over his last 5 games with a homer, a double, 4 RBIs, and 3 runs scored. He'd been bad in cleanup for the first time since 2023, especially with Juan Soto back in the lineup. For the season though, he's sitting at 226 with a 314 on base and 355 slugging. Fans are feeling the sting since this is only Lindor's third trip to the IL in his career, and his first since that oblique issue back in 20. 21. They kept him out over 5 weeks. Calf strains like this can sideline guys anywhere

1:02from weeks to months depending on how bad it is. Soto missed just 2 and a half weeks with his. Now the Mets have options as shortstop. They could slide Boba shed back to his natural spot there, like he did for the end of that win, or stick with Mauricio who's crushing it at 2. 93. With a 987 OPS in Syracuse, the former top prospect even had a 3-homer game this week. Either way, the lineup shuffle comes at a tough time, but snapping that skid shows they've got depth to lean on while Lindor heals up.