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Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor will not be in the lineup for Thursday night’s series opener against Philadelphia, SNY has learned.
It does not appear that Lindor will be able to talk his way into the lineup upon reporting to Citi Field, either. He is still progressing from the back issue that cost him this week’s series against Washington, and just resumed baseball activities on Wednesday.
Lindor received good news on the back with a clean MRI on Monday. He said at the time that he could return in two to five days, and has not yet exceeded the high end of that estimate.
Lindor has played his way into the National League MVP conversation, and unlike his competitor for the award, Shohei Ohtani, he uses a glove this year. But the steamrolling Mets managed to sweep the Nationals without him, propelled in part by rookie Luisangel Acuña‘s seven hits and two home runs in the series.
The Mets solidified their playoff chances by gaining two games on Atlanta for the final Wild Card, and drawing even with Arizona for the second Wild Card spot.
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