{"id":1002122,"date":"2026-08-15T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1002122\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:45:42","slug":"francisco-lindor-opens-up-to-the-post-about-his-mets-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1002122\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Lindor opens up to The Post about his Mets future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA \u2014 Barring a miraculous finish, Francisco Lindor will still be without a World Series ring when this season concludes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mets shortstop will be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/31\/mets-francisco-lindor-reach-342-million-contract-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">halfway through the $341 million, 10-year contract<\/a> that went into effect for the 2022 season. He fully expects he will play those remaining five seasons in a Mets uniform and continue toward his goal of winning at least one championship in Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan is to be here for my contract,\u201d Lindor told The Post before going 1-for-3 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/11\/sports\/mets-nolan-mclean-rebounds-with-dominant-start-in-loss-to-braves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-0 loss to the Braves on Tuesday night<\/a>. \u201cWhen I signed up here, it was to be in the good times and bad times and to win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lindor\u2019s statement of allegiance to the organization follows a lead-up to the trade deadline in which his name swirled as potentially somebody who could be traded, especially if the Mets are years away from contending. But Lindor, who has no-trade protection, views this season as just a blip, not an indicator the franchise has taken a step backward.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 Barring a miraculous finish, Francisco Lindor will still be without a World Series ring when this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1002123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[6335,3689,1266,1305,62,2225,88558,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1002122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-exclusive","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus","tag-steve-cohen","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117098887680651092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1002123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}