There was a hard blow of injury in the spring training of the New York Mets, since the initial receiver Francisco Álvarez will not be with the team on the opening day and something else.
Manager Carlos Mendoza revealed to journalists on Sunday that the 23 -year -old receiver will undergo surgery to repair a broken left hamate bone (hand), which will force him to lose six to eight weeks.
Álvarez, once the best prospect of the team in minors, is someone with high expectations that go to the 2025 season, but it is not to start the way he and the organization would like.
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The New York Mets receiver, Francisco Álvarez, plays Catch during a spring training in Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
“It’s always difficult when one of your boys fell like this,” Mendoza said about Álvarez. “But again, you have to move on. No one will feel sorry for us. Everyone deal with injuries. We will recover it.”
Mendoza added the surgery, which was required after injuring Hamate bone during the live bats on Saturday, will occur on Monday.
The Hamate Bone is an interesting injury for baseball players because it can cause a fall in the power, something with which Álvarez is equipped. The Mets wanted to see more than 11 home runs in 2024 after Machar 25 in 2023, but has shown that it can send it a lot when barrier.
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It remains to be seen if this injury will decrease that power.
Álvarez is also a very good defensive receiver, which has a rocket for an arm and good framing skills. Obviously, the left hand is your capture hand, a strong rehabilitation will be needed to ensure that you can keep high speeds that enter with each launch.
Meanwhile, Mendoza and the METS will have to rely on Álvarez’s backup, Luis Torrens, a veteran considered a man of defense first behind the dish.
The New York Mets receiver, Francisco Álvarez, reaches a single against Washington’s nationals in Cotti Park in Palm Beaches. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
Torrens was with the Mets in 2024 after being changed from the Seattle sailors to Queens. Hit .229/.292/.373 with an OPS of .665 with only three homers and 15 races promoted in 47 games.
This is not the first big blow to the list of the Mets before the opening day, since the initial launch has received a blow.
Sean Manaea, whose solid 2024 campaign led to a three -year agreement to sign with the Mets, tightened an oblique and will not be ready for the beginning of the regular season.
In addition, Frankie Moves, a free agent signator, hoped to provide a good depth in the rotation, tensed her right Lat and also leaves six to eight weeks. That injury occurred on February 17.
Finally, Nick Madrigal, the utility that the Mets brought to provide versatility for Mendoza’s alignments, the 2025 season will be lost after dislocating and fracturing the left shoulder.
Certainly, this is not the news of injuries that the Mets wanted to see, but they can certainly resist the storm after doing so in 2024. His battle in the second half led to a post -man -made position and career that ended in the NLC at the hands of the eventual dodgers of the World Series Los Angeles Dodgers.
The New York Mets receiver, Francisco Alvarez, runs to the first base after hitting a single against Houston’s stars in Clover Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn images)
But New York, of course, won the historic offers war for Juan Soto’s services this low season, understanding it to a 15 -year agreement and $ 765 million, which is a MLB record.
Soto added to an alignment consisting of the star Campocorto Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, Mark Viento and Pete Alonso, who finally signed again with New York.
