Francisco Lindor is leading the Mets' charge and challenging Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP

NEW YORK (AP) — Most of this summer, the NL MVP race looked like a one-man Sho.

Francisco Lindor has turned it into a hot topic.

With his laudable leadership and everyday brilliance on both sides of the ball, the New York Mets’ streaking shortstop is giving Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani a real run for his money.

“I’m glad that I don’t have to vote,” Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said this week at Citi Field. “It’ll be interesting. The kid is doing everything.”

A proud Cora still calls the 30-year-old star “kid” because he's known Lindor and his family since Lindor was a Little Leaguer in Puerto Rico. And certainly, Mr. Smile plays ball with a refreshingly boyish joy even 10 seasons into his marvelous major league career.

But there's nothing callow about the way he's carrying the Mets during a pressurized National League playoff chase.

“Every time he’s at the plate, we feel good about our chances,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He’s locked in right now.”

“He's got a hard job. Playing shortstop for the New York Mets is not an easy job,” Mendoza added. "And the way he’s doing it on an elite level, both sides of the ball, whether it’s defensively, offensively, baserunning, and the impact in the locker room, the impact in the organization — so yeah, we’re talking about a special guy here.”

Walking up to “My Girl” by The Temptations, Lindor is batting .365 with six homers, eight doubles, 12 RBIs and 15 runs during a 15-game hitting streak that matches his career best. The leadoff man has reached base in a career-high 33 straight games, the longest active streak in the majors.

Not coincidentally, the Mets (76-64) have won seven in a row and are tied with the rival Atlanta Braves for the final NL wild card.

Quite a turnaround for a team that was 11 games under .500 in early June. And now, Lindor is serenaded with “MVP! MVP!” chants every night at Citi Field.

“I feel the love from the fans," Lindor said Tuesday after hosting kids at the ballpark for his regular charity program promoting dental hygiene. "But, I've got to win. I've got to win. I've got to win. I've got to win. I've got to be in the postseason. And I think that’s what the fans are demanding, and that’s what I want.”

Lindor provides much more than offensive production — and that's where the MVP debate takes shape.

The dazzling Ohtani is hitting .290 with 44 home runs, 99 RBIs, 111 runs and a .988 OPS over 137 games in his first season with the NL West-leading Dodgers (84-56) since signing a $700 million contract as a free agent.

He tops the NL in homers, runs, slugging (.613), total bases (334) and OPS, as the Japanese superstar attempts to join Hall of Famer Frank Robinson as the only players to win an MVP award in both leagues.

And with 46 stolen bases to go with his 44 homers, Ohtani is nearing the first 50/50 season in big league history, with 22 games left to accomplish the feat.

Lindor's numbers at the plate, impressive as they are, don't quite stack up with all that: After a dreadful start (he got booed at home early and was batting .190 on May 18), the switch-hitter is at .274 with 30 homers, 84 RBIs, 98 runs, 26 steals and an .844 OPS.

However, the durable Lindor also delivers steady and sometimes spectacular glove work at a premium defensive position. In the third season of a $341 million, 10-year deal, he's played in all 140 games for New York, starting 139 at shortstop.

“It’s part of my contract to show up and be here every single day and I take a lot of pride in that,” he said. "I love being able to post up. I love to be consistent, not only on the playing field but how I treat people and how I walk around and who I am as a person. ... And if I win MVP, it would be a dream — but I want to win a World Series.”

Ohtani took home AL MVP trophies in 2021 and 2023 as a two-way player enjoying unprecedented success for the Los Angeles Angels. But he's not pitching this season while rehabbing from another elbow operation, so it's impossible to dismiss he doesn't contribute at all on defense.

No primary designated hitter — besides Ohtani when also a pitcher — has won an MVP award. Don Baylor made 65 starts at DH for the 1979 Angels and 97 in the outfield.

Lindor leads Ohtani 7.3 to 6.6 in total Wins Above Replacement (WAR), according to the FanGraphs formula. Ohtani is ahead 7.0 to 6.3 on Baseball-Reference.com.

Much more difficult to measure, of course, are intangibles like leadership.

“It’s crazy how he went from zero to 100,” young Mets third baseman Mark Vientos said about Lindor. “Coming to the field every day, seeing him put his head down and work as hard as he does, and I say to myself, `Hey, like, if the franchise guy is working that hard, why am I not working hard?’ So he’s made me better this season, and like I said, he’s been a big part of my success.”

Lindor notably called a players-only meeting following an ugly loss to the Dodgers on May 29. As players explained it, the Mets aired some issues in the clubhouse that day and committed themselves to positivity, effective preparation and a team-first approach dedicated to helping each other and winning games.

Since then, with Lindor leading the charge, they have the best record in the majors at 54-31.

“It's easy to quantify what he does on the field, and that’s really impressive. Much harder to quantify the impact he has both by what he says and also by how he acts," Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said. "He works so hard, he takes so much pride in his own preparation — but also ensuring that his teammates prepare appropriately. And it’s the entire package that I think allows him to contribute so much to the organization.”

Or, as Cora put it: “He’s just an impactful individual. There’s a vibe about him that not too many guys have at the big league level. From the walk-up song — this place is going nuts — to his smile, to the energy, to the commitment, to the structure, to the discipline. This kid is on point with everything.”

“He has learned the hard way here in New York, right?” Cora added. “I think that right now, he’s the guy for them. Everything revolves around him. ... I think this year he has put everything together.”

With all that in mind, Stearns was asked recently what the most valuable player looks like.

“I think he looks like the guy who runs out to shortstop every day for us at 7 o’clock,” Stearns said with a smile. “It’s been an unbelievable season to watch. We’re getting to the point, I think, where we’re talking about perhaps the greatest individual position-player season in the history of this franchise. I’ve been around some really special seasons. I’ve been around some MVP seasons. This is right up there with anything I’ve seen on a day-to-day basis.”

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New York Mets' Francisco Lindor looks back at his teammates after his lead-off single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy (31) slides into second base safely under the tag by New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor reacts after applying a tag on San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill for an out during a stolen base attempt in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Brandon Sloter)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, right, rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run as Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas, left, looks on during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor hits an RBI single against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor (12) scores a run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on a sacrifice fly out by Jesse Winker in the fifth inning during a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, left, celebrates with Brandon Nimmo, right, after they defeated the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, left, returns a ball to a fan after autographing it before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Thursday, Aug 29, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Thursday, Aug 29, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor (12) reacts after hitting an RBI single against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) reacts after hitting an RBI single against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, right, makes a jumping throw on a single hit by San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Brandon Sloter)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, left, scores a runs after beating the throw to Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong during the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) follows through on his two run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor reacts after hitting a two run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Shogun” had historic wins in an epic 18-Emmy first season, “Hacks” scored an upset for best comedy on what was still a four-trophy night for “The Bear,” and “Baby Reindeer” had a holiday at an Emmy Awards that had some surprising swerves.

“Shogun," the FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan, won best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai won best actress. Sanada was the first Japanese actor to win an Emmy. Sawai became the second just moments later.

”‘Shogun’ taught me when we work together, we can make miracles,” Sanada said in his acceptance speech from the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Along with 14 Emmys it claimed at the precursor Creative Arts Emmys, it had an unmatched performance with 18 overall for one season.

“Hacks” was the surprise winner of its first best comedy series award, topping “The Bear,” which most had expected to take it after big wins earlier in the evening.

Jean Smart won her third best actress in a comedy award for the third season of Max's “Hacks,” in which her stand-up comic character Deborah Vance tries to make it in late-night TV. Smart has six Emmys overall.

Despite losing out on the night's biggest comedy prize after winning it for its first season at January's strike-delayed ceremony, FX's “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.

And Liza Colón-Zayas was the surprise best supporting actor winner over competition that included Meryl Streep, becoming the first Latina to win in the category.

“To all the Latinas who are looking at me,” she said, her eyes welling with tears. “keep believing, and vote.”

Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer” won best limited series. Creator and star Richard Gadd won for his lead acting and his writing and Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor, won best supporting actress.

Accepting the series award, Gadd urged the makers of television to take chances.

“The only constant across any success in television is good storytelling," he said. "Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail in order to achieve.”

“Baby Reindeer” is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being sexually abused along with other emotional struggles.

Accepting that award, he said, “no matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.”

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Gadd has.

Jodie Foster won her first Emmy to go with her two Oscars when she took best actress in a limited series for “True Detective: Night Country.”

Foster played a salty police chief investigating a mass killing in the round-the-clock dark of an Alaskan winter on the HBO show. While her castmate Kali Reis missed out on becoming the first Indigenous actor to win an Emmy in the supporting category, Foster praised her, and the show's collaboration with Indigenous contributors.

“The Inupiaq and Inuit people of northern Alaska who told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen," Foster said. "That was just a blessing. It was love, love, love, and when you feel that, something amazing happens.”

Greg Berlanti, a producer and writer on shows including “Dawson's Creek” and “Everwood,” received the Television Academy's Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility.

“There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid," Berlanti said. "It’s hard to describe how lonely that was at the time,”

The long decline of traditional broadcast TV at the Emmys continued, with zero wins between the four broadcast networks.

In the monologue that opened the ABC telecast, Dan Levy, who hosted with his father and “Schitt's Creek” co-star Eugene Levy, called the Emmys “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”

Though other than Foster, movie stars didn't fare too well. Her fellow Oscar winners Streep and Robert Downey Jr. had been among the favorites, but came up empty.

“Robert Downey Jr. I have a poster of you in my house!” said Lamorne Morris, who beat Downey for best supporting actor in a limited series, said from the stage as he accepted his first Emmy.

The evening managed to meet many expectations but included several swerves like the win for “Hacks.”

“We were really shocked,” “Hacks co-creator Jen Statsky, who also won for writing, said after the show. ”We were truly, really surprised."

And “Shogun” got off to a quiet start, missing on early awards and not getting its first trophy until past the halfway point.

Still, it shattered the record for Emmys for one season previously held by the 2008 limited series “John Adams” in 2008. And its acting wins would have been hard to imagine before the series became an acclaimed phenomenon.

Sanada is a 63-year-old longtime screen star whose name is little known outside Japan, even if his face is through Hollywood films like “The Last Samurai” and “John Wick Chapter 4.” Sawai, 32, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Japan as a child, is significantly less known in the U.S. She wept when she accepted best actress.

"When you saw me cry on stage, it was probably the 12th time I cried today," Sawai said backstage. “It was just mixed emotions, wanting everyone to win all that. I may cry again now.”

“The Bear” would finish second with 11 overall Emmys, including guest acting wins at the Creative Arts ceremony for Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Bernthal.

The Levys in their opening monologue mocked the show being in the comedy category.

“In honor of ‘The Bear’ we will be making no jokes,” Eugene Levy said, to laughs.

Elizabeth Debicki took best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of “The Crown.”

“Playing this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege," Debicki said in her acceptance. "It’s been a gift.”

Several awards were presented by themed teams from TV history, including sitcom dads George Lopez, Damon Wayans and Jesse Tyler Ferguson and TV moms Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson.

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Anna Sawai, winner of the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun", poses in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Anna Sawai, left, winner of the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun", and Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the awards for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and outstanding drama series for "Shogun" pose in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hannah Einbinder, left, and Jean Smart pose in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hannah Einbinder, left, and Jean Smart accept the award for outstanding comedy series for "Hacks" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jen Statsky, center from left, Paul W. Downs, and Lucia Aniello, and the team from "Hacks" accept the award for outstanding comedy series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Steven Yeun looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Justin Marks, center, and Hiroyuki Sanada, center right, and the team from "Shogun" accepts the award for outstanding drama series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Anna Sawai accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Richard Gadd accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for "Baby Reindeer" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jen Statsky, from left, Lucia Aniello, and Paul W. Downs accept the award for outstanding writing for a comedy series for "Hacks" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Anna Sawai accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Richard Gadd poses in the press room with the award for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie for "Baby Reindeer" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Liza Colón-Zayas arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Ayo Edebiri arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Billy Crudup accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for "The Morning Show" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Yelena Yemchuk, left, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Skye P. Marshall, left, and Kathy Bates arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

William Stanford Davis arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

James Johnson, from left, Princess Daazhraii Johnson, and Cathy Tagnak Rexford arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Sterlin Harjo arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Andrew Scott arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Dan Levy arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Elizabeth Debicki accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Crown" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Selena Gomez arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Steve Martin, from left, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez present the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Liza Colon-Zayas accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

FILE - Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy appear at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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