Steve Cohen said he was happy to hear Mets fans loud and clear on Friday night.
During the Amazin’s 6-1 win over the Royals at Citi Field, fans cheered loudly as Francisco Lindor started the season hitting just .111 amid a severe slump.
Lindor also responded to the cheers, going 1-for-3 with a single, a walk, and an RBI, as the Mets won their second straight and sixth win in the last eight games.
“Thank you, Mets fans, for staying positive tonight. I know our players felt it,” Cohen wrote in X on Friday night.
As Lindor struggles to start the season, his wife Katia Leggero Lindor shares some over-the-top direct messages she received last week, including both threats against the Silver Slugger Award-winning shortstop and their children. did.
One account viciously called Lindor a “son of a bitch” and said he “hoped he and your child would die screaming.”
Cohen saw Mets fans cheering for Lindor as the team returned to Citi Field last Saturday.
Not only did he understand the fans’ opinion, but he fully supported embracing one of the team’s core elements.
“I love that idea,” Cohen wrote of X. [Trea] Turner. Positivity goes a long way. ”
Phillies shortstop Turner struggled for most of his first season in Philadelphia, but fans at Citizens Bank Park in August gave him a standing ovation, and Turner turned his season around.
He flipped the script for the season by posting an OPS of over 1.000 as a shortstop in August, then posting a .932 OPS in September and October.
Lindor said he knew he was in a good place Friday night when he heard the cheers during his first at-bat against Michael Wacha.
“I wasn’t expecting it at all, but it definitely felt good,” Lindor said after the win. “It was nice to go home and feel the love of the fans. It fills my heart when I’m playing well and when I’m playing bad.”
