During the same weekend Marvel officially introduced its newest Captain America in movie form, the Mets are now receiving questions about whether they too will hand out the captaincy title to Francisco Lindor. And one former Mets captain has officially given his support.

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“That would be a great choice from one captain to another,” Mets Hall of Fame Reliever John Franco commented on an SNY Instagram post-Saturday afternoon.

That post included press conference soundbites of Lindor fielding questions about whether he sees that as his role on the team.

“I do feel like I’m one of the leaders on the team, but there’s a lot of leaders in there,” Lindor said, “If it does happen, it would be fantastic. It would be an honor. It would be a privilege, something I would never take for granted.”

Lindor has played four seasons in Queens but is coming off undoubtedly his best one, for which he finished second in the National League MVP voting. Lindor has been a steadying force, playing in over 150 games each of the last three years, with only a late-season back injury preventing him from possibly playing every game. When asked about being given sporadic days off this year in his age-31 season, Lindor made his intentions pretty clear, pretty quickly.

“MLB does a fantastic job of putting days off in the calendar, so we’ll see, Lindor said with a smile, “If you think I’m old, I still got seven more seasons.”

While he may not have a vibranium shield (or even a Gold Glove as a Met somehow) Lindor has posted, he’s put up the numbers and may soon be adorned the Captain’s C.

Senga “Looked Good” in Live BP

Kodai Senga threw a live batting practice to hitters in Port St. Lucie on Saturday, reaching 96 mph on the radar gun, according to MLB.com’s Anthony Dicomo.

Senga is hoping to flip the script when it comes to health this year. The “ghost fork” hurler made just a single start in the regular season last year and threw five innings after being rushed back for the postseason.

“I saw a smile on his face, that’s a good sign,” Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza said after seeing him throw, “The fact that he’s facing hitters this early in camp, that’s a good sign, and it was just effortless…he looked good.”

Mets utility man Jeff McNeil also gave his thoughts on Senga, and he too came away pleased.

“I think his first pitch was like mid-nineties, so you know he’s feeling pretty good, McNeil said, “He’s a big part of this team. We need him and hopefully he can be healthy all year for us.”