Mets starting catcher Francisco Alvarez out 6-8 weeks with broken left hand

A pugnacious wounded stroke occurred successful New York Mets outpouring training, arsenic starting catcher Francisco Alvarez volition not beryllium with the squad connected Opening Day and past some. 

Manager Carlos Mendoza revealed to reporters connected Sunday that the 23-year-old catcher volition acquisition country to repair a breached near hamate bony (hand), which volition unit him to miss six to 8 weeks. 

Alvarez, erstwhile the team’s apical imaginable successful the minors, is idiosyncratic with precocious expectations heading into the 2025 season, but it isn’t starting the mode helium and the enactment would like. 

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New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez plays drawback during a outpouring grooming workout astatine Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

"It’s ever pugnacious erstwhile 1 of your guys goes down similar that," Mendoza said astir Alvarez. "But again, you’ve got to support going. Nobody’s going to consciousness atrocious for us. Everybody deals with injuries. We’ll get him back."

Mendoza added the surgery, which was required aft injuring the hamate bony during unrecorded at-bats connected Saturday, volition hap connected Monday.

The hamate bony is an absorbing wounded for shot players due to the fact that it tin origin a dip successful powerfulness astatine the plate, thing that Alvarez is talented with. The Mets wanted to spot much than 11 homers from him successful 2024 aft mashing 25 successful 2023, but he’s proven helium tin nonstop it a agelong mode erstwhile helium barrels it up. 

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Whether this wounded volition diminish that powerfulness remains to beryllium seen. 

Alvarez is besides a precise bully antiaircraft catcher, possessing a rocket for an limb and bully framing skills. Obviously, the near manus being his catching hand, beardown rehab volition beryllium needed to marque definite helium tin prolong precocious velocities coming successful with each pitch. 

In the meantime, Mendoza and the Mets volition person to thin connected Alvarez’s backup, Luis Torrens, a seasoned considered a defense-first antheral down the dish.

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez hits a azygous against the Washington Nationals astatine Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

Torrens was with the Mets successful 2024 aft being traded from the Seattle Mariners to Queens. He deed .229/.292/.373 with a .665 OPS with conscionable 3 homers and 15 RBI implicit 47 games. 

This isn’t the archetypal large stroke to the Mets’ roster earlier Opening Day, arsenic starting pitching has taken a hit. 

Sean Manaea, whose coagulated 2024 run led to a three-year woody to re-sign with the Mets, strained an oblique and won’t beryllium acceptable for the opening of the regular season. 

Also, Frankie Montas, a escaped cause signee expected to supply bully extent successful the rotation, strained his close lat, and is retired six to 8 weeks arsenic well. That wounded occurred connected Feb. 17. 

Finally, Nick Madrigal, the utilityman the Mets brought successful to supply versatility for Mendoza’s lineups, volition miss the full 2025 play aft dislocating and fracturing his near shoulder. 

This is surely not the wounded quality the Mets wanted to see, but they tin surely upwind the tempest aft doing truthful successful 2024. Their conflict successful the 2nd fractional led to a magical postseason berth and tally that ended successful the NLCS astatine the hands of the eventual World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers. 

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez runs to archetypal basal aft hitting a azygous against the Houston Astros astatine Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

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But New York, of course, won the historical bidding warfare for Juan Soto’s services this offseason, inking him to a 15-year, $765 cardinal deal, which is an MLB record. 

Soto was added to a lineup that consists of prima shortstop Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, Mark Viento and Pete Alonso, who yet re-signed with New York. 

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