The New York Mets fans will not be happy with how their season has started, especially with the season starting similarly to their 2025 season. But the Mets could have easily had a better record if Francisco Lindor had not made a couple of major mistakes. But all is not lost, as even the best of players can have an off day.

And that is exactly what Mets legend Jose Reyes said in his latest post. Reyes wrote, “Relax everybody… my guy Francisco Lindor gonna be good. Bad days happen — that’s baseball.”

The Mets lost 2-1 to the Cardinals in extra innings, but the loss hurt more knowing that it came due to mistakes from the Queens’ beloved Francisco Lindor. In the very first inning, Lindor tagged a man at 2nd but had a brain fade moment and forgot how many outs there were.

He missed an easy double play that would have ended the innings and kept the pitch count for Freddy Peralta to a minimum.

Another blunder came in the 6th inning when Lindor was picked off at 1st base just before Juan Soto hit a solo homer. We know that it can happen to anyone, but the fact that it happened to a player like Francisco Lindor was a big surprise, especially with how agile he is.

Those miscues helped the Cardinals score a run to tie the game and take the game to extras and eventually win it.

Manager Carlos Mendoza called these mistakes “inexcusable” but defended Lindor’s aggressive base-running strategy. Mendoza said the pickoff was more about trying to create momentum than a lapse in focus. But the blame isn’t on Lindor alone.

In the 11th inning, the Mets had a bases-loaded situation with just one out, but they failed to score even a single run, and the Cardinals took advantage of that and walked it off. To show how bad the Mets’ offense was, they were 1-29 with runners in scoring positions in this series.

The problems in the offense run deeper.

Star acquisition Marcus Semien is 2‑for‑20 at the plate, with the 2 hits coming on Opening Day. Although Soto has hits, he has often failed to deliver in crucial positions, adding to the problems.

The team went 0-11 with runners in scoring position in the final game against the Cardinals. But we have seen in the previous season how Lindor has bounced back.

In 2025, Lindor had a slow start to the season with just 5 hits in the first 8 games. But finished the season with an average of .267 with 31 homers and 31 stolen bases. This proves why a legend like Jose Reyes is still backing Lindor after a tough day in the office.

Even through tough times, Francisco Lindor backs Bo Bichette

It is not only Lindor who is going through a tough phase, but being the leader he is, Francisco Lindor is stepping up to back his players.

Bo Bichette‘s start to his Mets career has been very tough. He is going on 3-28 after the series against the Pirates and the Cardinals. He has struck out 8 times already and has gone hitless in some serious situations, like the 4-3 loss against the Pirates.

Coming off a three‑year, $126 million contract, expectations were high, and every at‑bat felt amplified in New York. Bichette admitted that, “I thought my at‑bats were terrible, too,” after the Mets fans booed him. But Lindor didn’t back down.

Francisco Lindor believes in Bichette and said, “He’s going to execute,” and that Bichette will “come through more than he fails.” Bichette did prove Lindor right in the first game against the Cardinals as he hit a go‑ahead, RBI single in a 4‑2 win. But went 1-8 in the next two games.

After the Cardinals, Bichette and the Mets head to face the San Francisco Giants, where he has another chance to make an impact with his bat. He will want to step up in the Giants series, as he will not want to be remembered as the guy who went 3-28 with the Mets.

With Lindor’s faith still spoken aloud and the team behind him, there’s room for a turnaround that brings the New York Mets’ offense to life in a new city.