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PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Francisco Lindor smiled and repeated himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just gotta play well in April,\u201d Lindor said this week. \u201cI gotta play well in April. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets shortstop is coming off a wondrous season that ended with him finishing second in NL MVP voting \u2014 and yet he was not an All-Star.<\/p>\n

Somehow, Lindor has never gone to the Midsummer Classic in his four years with the Mets, and last year part of the issue was his slow start.<\/p>\n

He hit just .197 with a .639 OPS in March and April (including a 1-for-31 beginning to his season), which meant his year-end numbers were far better than his first-half stats.<\/p>\n

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Francisco Lindor, taking batting practice earlier this spring training, said he is \u201cpacing himself\u201d this spring training to avoid a slow start and to remain healthy. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lindor arrived in camp not necessarily with the goal of starting quickly but of building up slowly. After a lower-back injury that cropped up in Game 147 last season \u2014 at a point he had appeared in all 147 games \u2014 Lindor hoped to be incremental in preparing his body this spring for a long season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came in to spring training thinking about not being ready to go from Day 1 [of spring training],\u201d Lindor said. \u201cI\u2019m pacing myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has played in five Grapefruit League games but not yet back-to-back \u2014 a step he reached March 2 last year.<\/p>\n

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Francisco Lindor fields a ground ball during a Mets\u2019 practice earlier in spring training. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Slightly lengthening the ramp toward playing every day is the lone slight preparation change for Lindor this year. For his career, he has been a relatively slow starter \u2014 his .753 OPS in March and April is his worst split of the season \u2014 but he generally begins campaigns far better than he did last year.<\/p>\n

With health and a quicker start, one of the peculiarities of Lindor\u2019s tenure in Queens would be fixed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully,\u201d Lindor said about finally cracking what would be his fifth All-Star Game. \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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