"Lind-sanity"? Francisco Lindor makes his case for MVP

 Most baseball experts will concede that the National League MVP likely will go to Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.

Mets fans would beg to differ.

Left for dead at the end of May, the Mets have climbed all the way to 2nd place in the NL East behind Philadelphia, whom they play this weekend & next. At the center of the team's return to respectability has been shortstop Francisco Lindor, in his 4th year with the Mets after coming over from Cleveland. After a slow start, Lindor's offense has exploded.

Wednesday, with the Mets facing a possible no-hitter at the hands of Toronto rookie Bowden Francis, Lindor burnished his MVP credentials. The Mets' YouTube channel revisits the 9th inning.

Nearly two weeks earlier, the Angels' Taylor Ward similarly foiled Francis, as Keith Hernandez & Gary Cohen noted. The snake-bitten Francis ended up with a no decision, as the Mets won, 6-2.

Cohen's call of "Lind-sanity!" recalls when Jeremy Lin became a NYC folk hero with the Knicks several years back. I wonder if the tabloids have picked up on it......!