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A serious injury hit in New York Mets Spring training as a start -up catcher Francisco Alvarez will not be with the team on the opening day.
Manager Carlos Mendoza announced reporters on Sunday that the 23-year-old catcher will be operated on to repair a broken left hamate bone (hand), which will force him to miss six to eight weeks.
Alvarez, as soon as the team’s top prospect is in the minors, is someone with high expectations that deal with them 2025 seasonBut it doesn’t start as he and the organization would like.
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New York Mets Catcher Francisco Alvarez plays during a spring training in the Clover Park Fang. (Sam Navarro-Mimagn pictures)
“It is always difficult when one of her boys goes down,” said Mendoza about Alvarez. “But you have to go on again. Nobody will be sorry. Everyone deals with injuries. We will get him back.”
Mendoza added that the operation that was necessary after the Hamate bone was injured during the live bat on Saturday will take place on Monday.
The Hamate bone is an interesting injury to baseball players because it can lead to electricity consumption on the plate, which is gifted. The Mets wanted to see more than 11 Homer of him in 2024 after mixing 25 in 2023, but he has proven that he could send it a long way when he drives it.
It remains to be seen whether this injury will lose this power.
Alvarez is also a very good defensive catcher who has a rocket for an arm and good framework skills. Obviously, the left hand is his catch hand, a strong rehab, to ensure that it can maintain high speeds at every field.
In the meantime, Mendoza and the Mets on Alvarez ‘Backup, Luis Torrens, support, a veteran who looked at the first defender man behind the court.
New York Mets Catcher Francisco Alvarez meets a single against Washington National in the Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches. (Sam Navarro-Mimagn pictures)
Torrens was at the Mets in 2024 after being traded out of that Seattle Mariners To queens. He scored .229/.292/.373 with an ops .665 ops with only three homers and 15 RBI over 47 games.
This is not the first big blow for the MES squad before the opening day, as starting Pitching has scored a goal.
Sean Manaea, whose solid campaign led to a three -year contract in 2024 to sign again with the METs, burdened a slope and will not be ready for the beginning of the regular season.
In addition, Frankie Montas, a Free Agent Signee who was expected to delivers a good depth in the rotation, loaded his right Lat and is also six to eight weeks. This injury occurred on February 17th.
Finally, Nick Madrigal, UtilityMan the Mets, to offer Mendoza’s constellations, misses versatility, and missed the entire 2025 season after letting and broken his left shoulder.
This is certainly not the injury messages who wanted to see the Mets, but they can definitely survive the storm in 2024. Her battle in the second half led to a magical post-season lying area and run, which ended in the NLCs in the hands of the final World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez runs on a single after the first basis against the Houston Astros in Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Mimagn pictures)
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But of course New York won the historical bidding war for Juan Soto’s services in this low season and drove him to a 15-year $ 765 million deal, which is an MLB record.
Soto was added to a line -up made from Star Shortstop Francisco Lindor, Brandon Dimo, Starling Marte, Mark Viento and Pete Alonso, who finally signed again with New York.
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