The receiver of the New York Mets Francisco Alvarez will miss the next six to eight weeks after having undergone a hammate bone in his left hand, Manager Carlos Mendoza told journalists on Sunday. Alvarez will undergo surgery on Monday. Alvarez suffered the injury during a swing during live bats, said Mendoza.
Alvarez, 23, is not far from being one of the best hopes in baseball, and he left a solid campaign in 2024 during which he reduced .237 / .307 / .403 with 11 circuits in 100 games for dishes. For his young career, Alvarez has an ops + 99 in the parts of three Mlb seasons. It is a useful production for a recipient, and it has the potential to produce at a much higher level. Last season, Alvarez missed about seven weeks with an inch ligament torn in the same left hand.
With Alvarez, the amount of dishes to give Luis Torrens the primary duty behind the plate. Jakson Reetz, Chris Williams and Hayden Singer, all in the camp as Nris, could be able to be registered as a safeguard of torrens until Alvarez returns. President of Baseball David Stearns operations said Sunday That the team does not “foresee that it is an extremely long injury” and “we feel good with the guys we have in the camp”.
The dishes are one of the many teams that are hard affected by an injury this spring. Two key members of the rotation – Sean Manaea (oblique) and Frankie Montas (LAT strain) – are currently sidelined. In addition, the public service player Nick Madrigal should miss all 2025 season after suffering from a fractured shoulder.
The dishes, which came out of a place in the playoffs in 2024, are fishing for the struggle for the title of the National League-East this season. It is not easy since the division also houses the braves of Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta, but the dishes improved their lot significantly by signing Juan Soto to a record contract of $ 765 million earlier this offseason. The loss of Alvarez, however, is an early blow for these hopes, because the NL East race could be the one in which each victory or loss is critical.
