The Latest Breaking News from Francisco Lindor

This was weird.

PHOENIX — You could say the New York Mets charmed the Snakes this week in Phoenix, but the Arizona Diamondbacks probably found nothing charming about getting swept.

NEW YORK — Even with a lead, it felt inevitable.

Lindor’s teammate was traded to the Angels in the middle of Friday night’s game, and the Mets shortstop was interviewed shortly after it happened.

HOUSTON — On so many nights during this mediocre season, after the Mets have gotten shut out or at least shut down, they have turned to a familiar refrain, a verbal crutch that sounds good enough when they don’t actually have any answers for what went wrong.

ATLANTA — Six Braves players were on the National League’s All-Star team in 2022. Three of them won’t represent the team this year. Dansby Swanson and William Contreras play elsewhere, and injuries have limited lefty Max Fried to five starts. Yet the Braves still could send six players to MLB’s…

HOUSTON — With the sort of well-rounded, beginning-to-end, pitching-and-hitting effort that they expected to be so much more common this season, the Mets achieved their rarest of feats Monday: a low-stress win.

The star shortstop had extra motivation coming into Sunday’s matchup against the Cardinals.

Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets fans wwere involved in a brawl during a blowout win on the Pirates' home field at PNC Park, with security being forced to swiftly intervene