Whereas star shortstop Francisco Lindor has been considered by many outsiders because the New York Mets’ unofficial group captain for years, there’s by no means been any actual signal that Mets proprietor Steve Cohen has come all that near naming Lindor or anyone else the membership’s acknowledged captain.
Whereas talking with reporters on Monday, Cohen appeared to make it clear that neither Lindor nor every other Mets participant shall be rocking a “C” on his jersey anytime quickly.
Mets will “by no means” do that underneath Steve Cohen
“My view is the locker room is exclusive, and let the locker room kind it out 12 months in and 12 months out,” Cohen defined, per Andrew Tredinnick of NorthJersey.com. “There’ll by no means be a captain.”
Final February, Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza revealed that he “had some conversations with” group president of baseball operations David Stearns about finally naming Lindor the fifth group captain in franchise historical past. Extra just lately, a since-deleted MLB.com video from final summer time teased that the Mets have been getting ready to call Lindor their first group captain since David Wright retired after the 2018 season. A group supply later poured chilly water over that declare.
Lindor, outfielder Brandon Nimmo and first baseman Pete Alonso have been usually talked about as favorites to finally function a Mets captain. Nonetheless, the Mets let Alonso attain free company following the 2025 marketing campaign, and he in the end signed with the Baltimore Orioles. This previous fall, the Mets traded Nimmo, a preferred homegrown expertise, to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien.
Steve Cohen appears to be like “at issues in another way” than earlier Mets regimes
“Having a captain in baseball does not occur usually. It is really uncommon,” Cohen stated. “No matter earlier possession did, that was their approach of doing issues. I have a look at issues in another way.”
Lindor signed a 10-year contract extension price as much as $341M within the spring of 2021. In December 2024, the Mets signed outfielder Juan Soto to a historic 15-year, $765M contract.
For higher or for worse, Soto and Lindor are actually seen as leaders for a group that moved on from acquainted faces corresponding to Alonso, Nimmo and utility man Jeff McNeil after the 2025 Mets allegedly dealt with clubhouse points as they suffered a brutal collapse en path to lacking the playoffs.
“I feel there’s a chance within the locker room the place individuals can actually take pleasure in being with one another, and I feel that solely makes for a greater group,” Cohen added on Monday.
A part of that course of will contain the Mets not having a acknowledged captain underneath Cohen’s watch.
