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“#Francisco Lindor will be ‘great hitter’ again<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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CHICAGO \u2014 Francisco Lindor\u2019s slow start has left Mets officials searching for answers.<\/p>\n

True, the Mets were only 12 game<\/a>s into the season as they arrived at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, but for any starting shortstop \u2014 never mind one who recently received a $431 million contract extension \u2014 a .171\/.327\/.195 slash line is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

Lindor delivered a go-ahead RBI single for the Mets in Jacob deGrom\u2019s victory Saturday at Colorado in the first game of a doubleheader, but otherwise has been invisible for a team that entered play ranked 30th in runs per game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of look at treating [Lindor] like I would a David Ortiz,\u201d said Mets hitting coach Chili Davis, who worked with the Red Sox slugger from 2015-17. \u201cLindor has had so much success in his past and he\u2019s so young he\u2019s been a great hitter, he\u2019s still a great hitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I have got to listen to him, because he is the guy who is feeling what\u2019s going on. But if I can help him and show him some videos and say, \u2018Remember when you used to feel this and that,\u2019 and little suggestions with him, but you don\u2019t want to be in his face every day. You want him to feel it out and find it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In search of clues, Davis recently spent two hours watching video of Lindor with Cleveland, that dated to 2017. Davis has also spoken to Indians assistant hitting coach Victor Rodriguez and was told what kind of pregame drills helped Lindor the most during his slumps in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Davis dismissed the notion that Lindor\u2019s bat speed has diminished.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no possible way that his bat speed is an issue,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a feel. We haven\u2019t played consistently enough games. He left spring training feeling really good. We go to Washington and we don\u2019t play a game, we do simulated BP, it helps, but it\u2019s not like competing against another team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three games at Washington that were postponed because of COVID-19 concerns were just the start of a hellacious month. Since then, four other games have been postponed or suspended for the Mets, who have already played two doubleheaders.<\/p>\n