NEW YORK — The New York Mets provided some more information Friday on the status of injured shortstop Francisco Lindor.There’s still no projected timeline for Lindor’s return, but the five-time All-Star will wear a protective boot on his lower left leg for the next week. He will undergo imaging again in three weeks and then be re-evaluated.Lindor was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday because of a left calf strain, with manager Carlos Mendoza saying only that the switch-hitter was “going to be down for quite a bit here.”“We’ve still got a lot of people looking at this,” Mendoza said before Friday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies. Lindor got hurt while scoring from first base on Francisco Alvarez’s double Wednesday night in a 3-2 victory over Minnesota that ended New York’s 12-game losing streak.The injury came just hours after star slugger Juan Soto was reinstated from the IL after missing 15 games with a right calf strain that wasn’t as severe as the one sustained by Lindor.“We’ve got to see where this is in three weeks and see how the healing goes,” president of baseball operations David Stearns said.Ronny Mauricio was recalled Thursday from Triple-A Syracuse and he started at shortstop Friday for the second consecutive game.Soto was the designated hitter for the third game in a row since returning, even though he initially had been slated to play left field Thursday night. Mendoza said keeping Soto at DH allowed him to start three straight games.“Finding ways to keep his b …
