Francisco Lindor wins 2026 Roberto Clemente Award

ST. PETERSBURG — As a child, Francisco Lindor spent his days learning the same topics as any other Puerto Rican elementary school student. In his classrooms, Lindor absorbed lessons about the island’s indigenous peoples and the Taíno who eventually displaced them. He learned about the Spaniards’ arrival and of Puerto Rico’s modern history.

Always a baseball-obsessed child, Lindor took…