Carlos Mendoza made a compromise. The Mets manager wanted to give Francisco Lindor a rare day off on Sunday as the shortstop continues to deal with a fractured pinky toe. But Lindor wasn’t having it.

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Mets' third baseman Mark Vientos has progressed quickly in his recovery from a right hamstring strain suffered in Los Angeles a week ago.