An 11-year veteran of the Cleveland Guardians and Mets, Lindor is a lifetime .274 hitter. A four-time All-Star, he's also a four-time Silver Slugger, a two-time Gold Glover and a

Lindor drilled a third-inning home run that began 1) a comeback from two runs down and 2) a series of three consecutive batters who homered for the Mets, and many more dingers were to come in an 11-4, skid-busting victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

The team built on its surprising playoff success from last year by handing out the largest contract in baseball history to Juan Soto, and it paid top dollar for other win-now additions like Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas.