Cleveland Indians: Francisco Lindor and martial arts not a good match

Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor had some fun over the weekend, posting a video that may scare some fans ahead of the 2018 season.

The 2017 MLB offseason is off to a rather slow start, and it hasn’t been too friendly to Cleveland Indians fans so far.

Fans are still waiting to hear about Jay Bruce and Austin Jackson, along with any outside reinforcements that may be brought in to replace the likes of Carlos Santana, Bryan Shaw and Joe Smith.

Something that should help calm some nerves is the fact that core players like Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Lindor is so relaxed about his contract status, he was in Japan practicing the martial art of Aikido.

At first glance, this is all good and fun. Lindor is going the extra mile both literally and figuratively to become the best shortstop he can be. Then I see videos like this.

https://twitter.com/Lindor12BC/status/941835884931956737

Mr. Smile, be careful!

Seeing news of Santana leaving followed by watching this video could be enough to cause fans to scream out in pain. The best thing for Lindor to do would be to wrap himself in pillows and stay healthy until Spring Training. Jose Ramirez even seems to agree.

This is all in good fun, but Lindor is the face of the franchise. Seeing him fall to the floor and jokingly cry out in pain may lead to some fans having nightmares and waking up in cold sweats, screaming out Lindor’s name.

Fans don’t want to hear any bad news about any of the core players on this team during the offseason, so maybe Lindor can take up drawing or painting instead of martial arts.

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Lindor can do all the martial arts he wants once he’s retired and is sitting at home with hundreds of millions of dollars and hopefully some World Series rings after a long career in Cleveland.