The Mets announced that Francisco Lindor underwent a debridement procedure on his right elbow after the 2025 season.

Lindor previously had surgery on the same elbow to remove a bone spur following the 2023 season and went on to have a fully healthy Spring Training and 2024 season (in terms of his elbow, at least). This debridement procedure – typically a minor operation to remove scar tissue of some kind – is more than likely to have little to no impact on Lindor’s readiness for 2026.

It is worth noting that Lindor’s arm strength did decline in 2025 relative to 2024 – his 87.5 MPH max speed was almost 5 MPH lower, and his average of 81.1 was more than a tick-and-a-half down. These figures are not concerning in a vacuum necessarily (particularly given that Lindor was an elite defender wit

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