Frayed Knot wrote: Lindor is essentially this NYM era's version of Beltran ... except that he's not as smart a player. you mean one of the best players in the game at his position? Yes, but the brains of the operation haven't caught up to the talent level yet. Now granted, Beltran was older when he came here but, unlike Lindor, he wasn't bunting with two outs and no one on base while passing up the opportunity to bunt in an earlier AB while leading off the inning when they were giving him one entire side of the infield. Instead he simply pulled the ball into the shift on the first pitch and was an easy out. Baez HR'd on the next pitch.