Steve Cohen heard Mets fans loud and clear on Friday night — and that made him plenty happy.
During the Amazin’s 6-1 win over the Royals at Citi Field, fans loudly cheered on Francisco Lindor amid his brutal slump to begin the season that’s seen him hit just .111.
And Lindor, for his part, responded to the cheers, going 1-for-3 with a single, walk and run scored as the Mets won their second game in a row and sixth in the last eight games.
“Thank You Mets fans for your positivity tonight. I know the players felt it,” Cohen wrote on X on Friday night.
Amid Lindor’s struggles to start the season, his wife, Katia Reguero Lindor, shared a few over-the-line direct messages that she received last week that included both threats at the Silver Slugger-winning shortstop and their children.
One account viciously called Lindor a “f–king piece of s–t” and wished “him and your child die screaming.”
Cohen, last Saturday, saw Mets fans’ call to support Lindor when the team returned back to Citi Field.
Not only did he see what fans had said, but he fully endorsed embracing one of the team’s core pieces.
“Love that idea,” Cohen wrote on X. “It worked in Philly with [Trea] Turner. Positivity goes a long way.”
Turner, the Phillies shortstop, struggled for the large part of his first season in Philadelphia, but fans decided to give him standing ovations at Citizens Bank Park in August, and he turned his season around.
In August, the shortstop at an OPS over 1.000 and he followed that up with a September/October OPS of .932, flipping the script on his season.
Lindor said when he heard the cheers on Friday night during his first at-bat against Michael Wacha, he felt like he was in a good place.
“I wasn’t expecting it at all, but it definitely felt good,’’ Lindor said after the win. “It felt good to be able to come home and feel the love of the fans. When I’m playing well or playing bad, it fills my heart.”
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