MINNEAPOLIS — Francisco Lindor introduced Wednesday he has obtained the “captain” title — even when it’s for a staff apart from the Mets.
The star shortstop wrote on Instagram that he has once more been named the captain for Workforce Puerto Rico — reprising his function from 2023 — in subsequent 12 months’s World Baseball Basic.
“Honored to be captain of Team Puerto Rico for the 2026 World Baseball Classic PR Vamos mi borinquén!” Lindor posted.
Lindor has participated in every of the previous two WBCs for Puerto Rico.
In his first look within the occasion, in 2017, he was named MVP of Pool D, through which Puerto Rico went 3-0. He was named to the All-WBC staff following Puerto Rico’s loss to the U.S. within the championship sport.
Workforce Puerto Rico’s final look within the WBC, earlier than the 2023 season, had a direct impact on the Mets, who misplaced nearer Edwin Díaz for the 12 months to a torn patellar tendon.
Díaz sustained the harm throughout an on-field celebration in Miami, after Puerto Rico beat the Dominican Republic.
The Mets haven’t had an official staff captain since David Wright’s retirement in 2018, however Lindor’s title has typically arisen as a pure match ought to the membership resolve to bestow the title on a participant.
“I do feel like I am one of the leaders of the team,” Lindor stated in spring coaching. “There’s a lot of leaders in there. The captain Francisco Lindor named Team Puerto Rico captain for 2026 WBC is something that is not up for me to decide. If it does happen, fantastic, it would be an honor, it would be a privilege. It’s something that I would never take for granted — something that would put me next to the greats in this organization.”
