Francisco Lindor Talks Life, Luxury, Family, Baseball With Haute Living

In an interview with Haute Living, Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, who made the cover of the magazine, talks life, luxury, family and baseball.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is one of the happiest men in the world.

Rightfully so. He has built a nice life for himself and his family, and signed a 10-year, $341 million contract with the Mets, which gives him security. 

In an interview with Haute Living, in which he made the magazine's cover, Lindor talked life, luxury, family and baseball, among other topics.

“I try to live life the same,” Lindor told Haute Living, regarding his New Year's resolutions. “I don’t try to change much. Like, I don’t think, It’s a new year, so I have to try this now. No. For me, it’s life, and I try to keep my life as consistent as possible. My goals vary throughout the months, weeks, and days. I don’t go, Oh, it’s 2023. I want to own a home or start a business. I don’t play that way.”

Francisco Lindor poses on the love seat of his home / Haute Living

However, there is one exception, as Lindor sets new goals in baseball each year. 

“Every year I have new goals, and I would call them resolutions, but to me, it’s not that important or urgent to create a resolution on New Year’s Day. If it gets done, it gets done at the appropriate time.”

After a rough first season in Queens, Lindor bounced back in a big way for the Mets last year. The 29-year-old posted a 6.8 fWAR, 127 wRC+ and hit 26 home runs, the most for a Mets shortstop in team history. He also played Gold Glove caliber defense at short. These numbers were good enough to see him finish ninth in the NL MVP voting.

"Usually my goals come as the offseason progresses, when I go back through my notes of how I did the previous year. I have a lot of thoughts that I write down throughout the year, and I use them to create my approach for my goals in the year to come.”

“I try to work on building, hitting, running — everything I can to get better each year. I don’t let how good I did one year affect me to the point that I can say, ‘I’m done working on that.’ The moment I stop working on something, it suffers. I’m a big believer that God gave me the ability to have talent, but I have worked hard on my craft. Am I going to be perfect? No, but I strive to be.”

Since becoming a husband and a father, Lindor is still devoted to the game of baseball, but he has had to learn how to balance his profession and family time.

“Before my family — my wife and my daughter — baseball was probably 85% of my life. Now, it has shifted a little bit,” Lindor said.

In order to spend more time with his family, Lindor has invested in an at home gym, recovery machines and a daily masseuse that visits him at his house.

Francisco Lindor, wife Katia and daughter Kalina / Haute Living

Family is certainly very important to Lindor, but so is baseball. To Lindor, who was rocking a Mets chain in his interview, being a Met means the world to him.

“I’m super proud to be a New York Met,” he admits when I reference his one accessory. “I mean, I was proud and I’m still proud that I was a Cleveland Indian, and I have the utmost respect and love for that organization. They groomed me; they did everything right with me, and I gave everything I had in the moment to them — to the organization, to the fans, to my teammates, to everyone. But once I became a New York Met, I knew we were going to do very special things together. Typically, I wouldn’t wear team hats. Now I wear a Mets hat all the time, and I also wear the chain.”

While Lindor feels secure with the Mets because of his massive contract, he has one thing on his mind moving forward. 

“What we’re going to do is win. We’re going to find a way. There’s nothing else; there’s no more trying to get to know each other. It’s time. It’s time to win the World Series and to be the best shortstop I can be.”

Lindor is doing everything he can to try to bring a World Series title back to Queens for the first time since 1986. 

In the meantime, he is enjoying life and all that it brings. He also recognizes how fortunate he is to have the certain types of luxuries that have come along with bigger paychecks. 

Francisco Lindor in front of his luxury vehicle / Haute Living

“Luxury means different things to different people; everything is relative,” Lindor said. “For me, luxury is eating well at great restaurants, having a masseuse, owning great cars. Luxury is the ability to get yourself things that bring you joy, and for me, joy can be found in getting a nice stroller for my daughter, watching a nice TV when I’m sitting by myself on the couch, having a personal chef. I have a nice weight room at my house. I don’t have to leave my house to work out — that is a luxury. Being able to take my daughter to Disney World — even though I don’t like theme parks — that is a luxury, too.”

Another luxury he enjoys are watches. He has more than he can count and wears them constantly. He even sleeps with a watch on, as well as his chains and jewelry. 

“I could have a thousand watches, and for someone else that might be a dumb expense. For me, it’s art. It brings me a lot of joy and a lot of peace looking at my items. For me, a watch used to symbolize success, but not anymore. I have so many in my collection that it doesn’t symbolize that for me anymore.”

For Lindor, who values his alone time, rides his bicycle as a hobby, and collects watches, family and baseball are the two most important aspects of the great life he has built. He is also chasing a championship with the Mets, who he has a decade-long commitment with. 

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