On the same night Juan Soto returned to the lineup from a strained right calf, the Mets lost Francisco Lindor to left calf tightness in Wednesday’s game against the Twins.
With the Mets looking to snap a 12-game losing streak, Lindor was removed after scoring from first base on Francisco Alvarez’s run-scoring double in the bottom of the fourth.
Lindor managed to just beat the throw home to give the Mets a 2-1 lead, but he was slow rounding the bases and remained down at home plate momentarily before he got to his feet and returned to the dugout.
He was removed in the top of the fifth, with Brett Baty entering to play third base, while Bo Bichette moved from third to shortstop.
It occurred just as the Mets got Soto back from the IL after the star was sidelined for over two weeks with the calf injury he suffered while running the bases in San Francisco on April 3.
The Mets’ offense was nonexistent without Soto and they’d hoped the return of the $765 million star would turn their fortunes around, but missing Lindor for any extent of time would also hurt.
Ronny Mauricio had a three-homer night at Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday and could be in line to be called up if Lindor ends up on the IL, as he almost certainly will.
Lindor has already had an injury-marred 2026, with surgery to repair a hamate bone fracture during spring training. He got off to a slow start to the season, but hit a three-run homer in Tuesday’s loss and added an RBI single in the first on Wednesday.
