Unlike Mike Piazza, Francisco Lindor Might Not Need Fate To Become A New York Mets Franchise Player

It was twice as likely Tom Seaver, who originally signed with the Braves but was ruled a free agent due to a technicality, would end up with someone else — the Indians or Phillies — as with the Mets when commissioner William Eckert picked a name out of a hat in 1966.