{"id":575677,"date":"2026-02-16T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/575677\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:02:27","slug":"mets-francisco-lindor-optimistic-about-opening-day-chances-believes-2026-mets-are-better-than-last-years-team-sny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/575677\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#039; Francisco Lindor &#039;optimistic&#039; about Opening Day chances, believes 2026 Mets are better than last year&#039;s team &#8211; SNY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQWWRqTTRnSkpreHo2MUVnVzlOeDQ3dVpvM1hicDJSVnVWd2pJdHdpb212VkY1YldJV0RUckhhQlUzTFF6aGxwNV9aVmpTdFI4T204QVNJYkQzSjVQRnpoTTRReWc3MlRGVmJ4X214eGNudmk2WVlrczQyUHN5Uk9CYkROQ1htYlZyZndaUnBoanUwYkxGZXprVWQwRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mets&#8217; Francisco Lindor &#8216;optimistic&#8217; about Opening Day chances, believes 2026 Mets are better than last year&#8217;s team<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SNY<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTE9ndGttUzhHU1U3QnlFUmd0YjI4Q3VkeDU1bFJDQkNXYjI2MW9hU1JoR0w0T2JfajhnN0NkWnFrQVVVdzB0dXJPakJlQXJMT3FEel9udG9md25Fb2hGSVBKcXhOTEFCY1FPUjlRZNIBeEFVX3lxTFBVb0FBUkdyWnFsTFJGQXdrT19zUDhmcEhsUVlDS09hM3VFZnQ2R1Z5QjZSMmxnLWVla3NDYXJGbW5lQWdwTjVUZVY2MmQ1VmlSZ3NuRjlFUGYtWlUwN0xvc1p4aEh2Zk5VVWJuSWoybEpOOFAwaUJLUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Limited by bandaged hand, Lindor still all over new-look Mets camp<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MLB.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOLWtLZFRPX1BQbzhNd1FJWVFsSDE4VFJGektMOGE5NmY1cGxpcUxkWHZqcnZqRHIwSUNnTUlVeHJMQVZXMTZGUDhrRlJiTUpRQkpWWEhyRDEtSjlvRTltM1pFdThURW1NV2w2a3BXMXBRdXBuSm05VUZQN1JnbHBpdkw2cWhhYnZLUktPS05hM3JBbTVOcF9ZQzlMMHVNVHhrWnY0R2VNdFVGODJxSmZfREJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Francisco Lindor talks hamate injury, Mets\u2019 clubhouse, Bad Bunny\u2019s insurance offer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPLUpGTXl1ejExQTZwcU1DekZfc1lGNUVtN1BHWXNlWktaTzJhMGV3a2lOQ0pqVFJ4WG90TGRTbUlqdUY4MDVGY0QzM0FwZVFRZWRod2hzT1dGVzdjTDluY1JUYjRyREk3dEJ1cEQ2dmlBNWctazJDVXFfZjZPeVVHNndtdG9vcWpmMGoxMkpnb0xCR3ZCbkxLb0haX1VPUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Francisco Lindor To Undergo Surgery For Hamate Fracture<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MLB Trade Rumors<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQaHdQWXc3NWd2bWlkZ0JqaFhOSks5elZUSkxIOGxielp3M1hMTHZYUG1mbDNJb1I3amdhV2llNl83N1hUaThRVlpwZV9nc3dQMTJ3TFFkMFJ4dUhZbXBHck4tZ0tyNVBvUnFoa1ltQU1WX21oTnJjQm9ocmlGRTktSlgxWWVrLThZbFI0VmhyVzNZWXE2YWNXX1psZmRuR3lKOTR1bGItMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Francisco Lindor \u2018very optimistic\u2019 about his Mets Opening Day status after hand surgery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Francisco Lindor &#8216;optimistic&#8217; about Opening Day chances, believes 2026 Mets are better than last year&#8217;s team&nbsp;&nbsp;SNYLimited by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,227,75495,74448,75494,101,42579,4964],"class_list":{"0":"post-575677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-francisco-lindor","10":"tag-lindor-bad-bunny","11":"tag-lindor-injury","12":"tag-lindor-wbc","13":"tag-mets","14":"tag-mets-clubhouse","15":"tag-mets-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116080918422464782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}