That was fast.

Just 73 days ago, when the Mets held a number retirement ceremony for David Wright on July 19, fans were expecting a new captain to be crowned, shorstop Francisco Lindor .

That didn’t happen

Now, SNY host Sal Licata is proposing that the Mets actually get rid of Lindor.

“I would look to trade Lindor,” Licata said on SNY’s “Baseball Night in America” on Tuesday, via X/Twitter . “It’s not that I don’t think Lindor is any good; it’s because they’re trying to get ahead of it. I think there’s still great value there. I don’t know if he would accept it or not ... He’s also declining defensively, which is my primary reason here.”

The comment came during a segment where a panel of four, including former Mets general manager Jim Duquette, discussed the issue of making ch

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