{"id":44168,"date":"2025-03-27T01:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T01:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44168"},"modified":"2025-03-27T01:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T01:24:57","slug":"breaking-news-francisco-lindor-discloses-juan-soto-research-verdict-before-mets-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44168","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Francisco Lindor discloses Juan Soto &#8216;research&#8217; verdict before Mets signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4624,h_2601,x_0,y_66\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_mets\/01jq7h8hqybp3ks78zfm.jpg\" alt=\"Mar 17, 2025; Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) shares a laugh with teammates between the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Clover Park. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images \" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"tagStyle_1bmarg5-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>New York Mets slugger Francisco Lindor had a research assignment before Juan Soto&#8217;s signing that came to a clear conclusion.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_eltp0gxai\">One of the most heartwarming aspects of the New York Mets&#8217; 2025 spring training for fans to witness has been how well superstar slugger Juan Soto has acclimated to his new team.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_jnodswsv2\">It&#8217;s probably pretty tough to be grumpy after you&#8217;ve signed a 15-year, $765 contract. But it didn&#8217;t take the 26-year-old Soto long to seemingly feel completely at home with his new team, quickly developing relationships with teammates that will hopefully translate into success on the field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Juan Soto &amp; Jose Siri share a laugh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tMBaVLJllX\">pic.twitter.com\/tMBaVLJllX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNY_Mets\/status\/1892239867066663062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_ek8i7cdib\">Before making a $765 investment, it made sense that the Mets&#8217; front office would do some digging to ensure that Soto would be a good fit within their roster. And according to a March 25 article from <em>Sports Illustrated&#8217;s<\/em> Tom Verducci, one Mets star was tasked with a Soto research assignment that came to a conclusive verdict.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_yvmnytbl2\">Read more: Juan Soto thought Mets weren&#8217;t a &#8216;good fit&#8217; for this reason<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_dq64xw7xd\">&#8220;The Beverly Hills meeting lasted only 90 minutes or so. Meanwhile, [Steve] Cohen asked [Francisco] Lindor to gather any player intelligence on Soto. How would he fit in the clubhouse? Cohen has especially close relationships with Lindor and left fielder Brandon Nimmo, both of whom are signed to long-term deals,&#8221; Verducci wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_ufpsow8nw\">\u201cI said I\u2019d do my research,\u201d Lindor is quoted as saying, \u201cbut at the end of the day, he was just a guy that worked hard. And they did all their research themselves, you know? Steve is somebody that takes people\u2019s opinions. He gathers information and makes decisions based on the information that he\u2019s got. It\u2019s not just him, him, him, him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mets<\/a>: endearing, entertaining &#8230; and eternal underdogs. But the franchise vibes are changing thanks to a billionaire owner who bleeds orange and blue.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Verducci on how Steve Cohen signed Juan Soto <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZrLYi8FX08\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZrLYi8FX08<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pBmX0EYfBL\">pic.twitter.com\/pBmX0EYfBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1904505724022976950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_6y8wnibkh\">While it remains to be seen how Soto&#8217;s presence will impact the Mets&#8217; success, it&#8217;s safe to say that Lindor&#8217;s research assignment received the highest marks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most heartwarming aspects of the New York Mets&#8217; 2025 spring training for fans to witness has been how well superstar slugger Juan Soto has acclimated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Francisco Lindor discloses Juan Soto &#039;research&#039; 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