A difficult injury stroke occurred during the New York Mets spring training, because the departure receiver Francisco Alvarez will not be with the team on the day of opening, then some.
Manager Carlos Mendoza revealed to journalists on Sunday that the 23 -year -old receiver would undergo surgery to repair a broken bone hammate (hand), which will force him to miss six to eight weeks.
Alvarez, once the first prospect of the team among minors, is someone with high expectations before the 2025 season, but that does not start the way in which him and the organization would like.
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The receiver of the New York Mets Francisco Alvarez plays sockets during a training training in the spring at Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
“It’s always difficult when one of your guys falls like that,” said Mendoza about Alvarez. “But again, you have to continue. No one will feel sorry for us. Everyone treats injuries. We will get it back.”
Mendoza added that surgery, which was necessary after having injured the hammock bone during the lives live on Saturday, will occur on Monday.
The bone hammate is an interesting injury for baseball players because it can cause a drop in power to the set, which Alvarez is good. The dishes wanted to see more than 11 circuits of him in 2024 after having crushed 25 in 2023, but he proved that he could send him far when he does it.
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It remains to be seen if this injury will decrease this power.
Alvarez is also a very good defensive receiver, with a rocket for an arm and good framing skills. Obviously, the left hand being its catch -up hand, a solid rehabilitation will be necessary to ensure that it can maintain high speeds to come to each terrain.
In the meantime, Mendoza and the dishes will have to rely on the safeguard of Alvarez, Luis Torrens, a veteran considered as a man first of the defense behind the dish.
The receiver of the New York Mets, Francisco Alvarez, strikes a single against the Nationals of Washington in Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
Torrens was with the dishes in 2024 after being exchanged from the Seattle Mariners in Queens. He struck .229 / .292 / .373 with a .665 ops with only three circuits and 15 points produced on 47 games.
This is not the first big blow on the list of dishes before the opening day, because the start of pitching took a hit.
Sean Manaea, whose solid campaign in 2024 led to a three-year agreement to re-sign with the dishes, has stretched an oblique and will not be ready for the start of the regular season.
In addition, Frankie Montas, a signatory of the free agent, expected to provide good depth in the rotation, has reached his right lat and is also six to eight weeks. This injury occurred on February 17.
Finally, Nick Madrigal, the Utilityman that the dishes brought to provide versatility to the alignments of Mendoza, will miss all 2025 season after fighting and fracturing his left shoulder.
It is certainly not the news of the injuries that the dishes wanted to see, but they can certainly resist the storm after having done it in 2024. Their battle in the second period led to a magic berth in the playoffs and to the race which ended in the NLC in the hands of the possible dodgers of the world of the world champion of Los Angeles.
The receiver of the New York Mets, Francisco Alvarez, takes place at the first goal after hitting a single against the Astros of Houston at Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
But New York, of course, won the historic auction war for the services of Juan Soto this offseason, the inner in a contract of $ 765 million over 15 years, which is an MLB record.
Soto was added to a program that consists of the star stopover Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, Mark Veno and Pete Alonso, who finally signed with New York.
