Francisco Lindor to be reevaluated in three weeks -- 'relatively quick progression' possible if all goes well

After placing star Francisco Lindor on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain on Thursday, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza and president of baseball operations David Stearns gave some more insight into the timeline for the shortstop.

Mendoza had said Thursday that Lindor will be "down for a while," but did not share any other information as the team was still reviewing his MRI results. He said Friday ahead of the team's game against the Colorado Rockies that Lindor will wear a walking boot for the next week and be reevaluated in three weeks.

"He's going to be in a boot for the next week," Mendoza said. "So trying to take the pressure off it. And then the other timeline we got is in three weeks we'll do reimaging. So that's the latest that we got here, he's going to be down for a while."

When asked about the best-case scenario for when Lindor could return, Stearns said they will need the full three weeks to determine that. He did note that the progression could be "relatively quick" if the next three weeks go as planned.

"I can't even answer that right now," Stearns said. "I think we are not going to be able to provide really more substantive information for three weeks, I think we got to see where this is in three weeks. See how the healing goes and then we'll be able to provide hopefully some more clarity.

"From my understanding there, if all goes well, we can see a relatively quick progression there. But we'll see where we are in three weeks."

Mendoza also mentioned that the team did not get a medical grade on his calf injury as they're still determining the location of the strain in the calf. He said Lindor's calf injury is different from Juan Soto's, which was labeled a "minor strain," and caused him to miss 14 games.

"No. We still got a lot of people looking at this, because the location, where it's at, we want to make sure we're not missing anything," Mendoza said. "I asked that question too. They're not saying anything as far as the grades go. It's just the location and just want to be smart, making sure we're not missing anything there."

He added: "It's the tricky part. We knew like with Soto, we knew right away, the trainers, the location of it, we're going to be in a good place here. With Lindor, we're going to have to be careful."