New York Mets Star Francisco Lindor's Wife Responds to Kipnis
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NEW YORK - The plot thickens.
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor chose not to get involved in a public spat with former teammate Jason Kipnis, who questioned his leadership during the week.
“All those veterans and no leadership,” Kipnis said of the Mets on the Foul Territory podcast this week with former catcher AJ Pierzynski.
After being reminded that he played with Lindor and asked if the shortstop was a leader, Kipnis responded: “I’m gonna repeat it again, all those veterans and no leadership.”
Kipnis played for Cleveland from 2011-2019. He and Lindor were teammates for five seasons during this span.
When asked about Kipnis' comments, Lindor took the high road:
“I haven’t talked to him,” Lindor said before the Mets faced the Cleveland Guardians at Citi Field. “I don’t really have much to say.”
While Lindor opted to leave his comments to himself, his wife, Katia, got involved on Twitter.
“My husband is such a classy person, would never say what a bully Kipnis was in the clubhouse. Sounds like a true leader vs. the opposite of a leader.”
Kipnis has since walked back his comments about Lindor.
“Said what I said, we’ll move on cause I don’t have the energy nor the want to for Twitter back-n-forths!.
“Also Frankie wasn’t expected to be a leader (with Cleveland) when he was so young. I bet he’s grown into a damn good one. We’re just talkin’ about (expletive) cause they’re not winning like they can.”
He also apologized to Katia in a tweet on Friday.
“I’m not so sure about bully but I said it earlier and I’ll say it again,” Kipnis quote-tweeted Katia’s tweet. “Terrible take on my end and I was wrong. Should be proud of the man he’s grown into and nothing but love for the Lindor family. Can admit when I f–ked up. Sorry it even got to here.”
Prior to the 2021 season, Lindor and Carlos Carrasco got traded to the Mets by Cleveland in exchange for Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario.
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