Craig Carton

He went up to Peralta as soon as the inning was over to say it was his bad.

He is aware that that can't happen.

But some guys just go off into the corner and sulk.

He came up and apologized and recognized what it was.

He's one of the leaders of the group.

He is.

Whether you like it or not, and whether that's going to be good or bad for the Mets, you can't change that right now, whether you put the captain on his chest or not.

By the way, I'm glad they didn't put the captain on his chest because he's not deserving of it.

And maybe that's why Steve Cohen said no captains while I own the team.

Because he knows Soto's not deserving of it.

I think Lindor.

I'm sorry, pardon me, Lindor.

I think there's part of that.

And I wonder, and I said this on Saturday, we talked about it a little bit, the only way this becomes an issue, and I look a lot at the relationship, because whatever happened with the other guys, they're gone.

They're gone, right?

So now you're talking about this team and the relationships Lindor has with this team.

And right now Soto's going to be here for the next 14 years, 13 years.

And if those two don't get along and it forms some sort of click where he's trying to be the leader because he's the best player on the team, Soto, and he's going to be here for 13 years.

But Lindor is hanging on to the idea that he's been the leader over the last five or six.

And you start getting a division on who's following who and who's listening to who.