Lindor Demonstrates Limitations of Advanced Stats

Francisco Lindor had a far better year for the Mets in 2022 than in 2021. Right? … Not so fast. If you look at “the analytics,” several of Lindor’s advanced metrics were actually better, at least percentile-wise, in his first year with the Mets than his second. Still, he recorded 4.2 fWAR in 2021 vs. 6.8 fWAR in 2022, reflecting the massive leap in performance that was...