The Mets will place catcher Francisco Alvarez on the injured list today due to his right thumb injury, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post. An exact diagnosis isn’t clear just yet, but Alvarez exited Sunday’s game early after injuring his hand on a slide into second base. Manager Carlos Mendoza noted that night that Alvarez was headed for an MRI to evaluate the extent of the injury (link via The Athletic’s Tim Britton).
Losing Alvarez for any period of time is a crushing blow to a flailing Mets club that has come out of the All-Star break with an 11-16 record — including just a 4-11 mark in August. The 23-year-old backstop has been the team’s hottest hitter after a monthlong reset in Triple-A. He’s come to the plate 71 times since being recalled on July 21 and turned in a brilliant .323/.406/.645 batting line (193 wRC+) with four homers, six doubles and a triple.
With Alvarez out for at least the next nine days — his stint can be backdated to Monday — the Mets will have to lean on backup Luis Torrens and rookie Hayden Senger behind the dish. It’s a notable offensive downgrade, with Torrens hitting just .214/.280/.301 in 225 plate appearances this season and Senger carrying a .174/.208/.196 slash in 49 plate appearances as a 28-year-old rookie.
Alvarez missed significant time in 2023 with a thumb injury, though that was due to a ligament tear in his other (left) thumb. He’s also missed time due to a fractured hamate in his left wrist. While it’s perhaps the smallest of silver linings that this latest injury didn’t occur in the same hand that’s already caused him to miss significant action on two separate occasions, his absence will be prominently felt.
I just love it when injury prone hands slide into a base head first. Unacceptable
Soto hates playing for the Mets, well known. Would have been happier with the Padres, Yankees, Nationals, Orioles, etc.
What does this have to do with anything in this story?
No evidence, just wishful thinking by envious fans.
“There’s been a major change since the contract signing. He’s like a different person, almost unrecognizable and very glum. No pep in his step anymore and the Soto Shuffle has been replaced with the Soto Sulk.”
Devastating.
This drivel is what you’re going off of? LOL
nytimes.com/athletic/6319495/2025/04/29/where-has-…
Owned.
The NY fake times? Nice source dippy
Why is it always “fake news”? Do you have anything to rebut the article or are you just a denier?
Funboy knows
April 29? He’s been doing the shuffle since. Very dated.
Maybe because the NYT has a long history of inaccurate fake news. He’s getting older. Do you do the same things you did in your early twenties?
Lmao lol and lmmfaorofl
Are you for real? He’s a year older and only 26.
I’m gonna start a paper called the NY Fake Times. Dubbs, Steve, Tim, Leo, Gwynning, etc etc if this actually works, I will gladly pay y’all to contribute
I’m a met fan since the 80’s. Not that I need to even respond to this, I watch the games and follow the team every day. Its absolutely fake news and so is the NY times. Fake news.
story from April
It’s been replaced because he got paid 765 million dollars not that hard to understand how a player can become lazy when he already gets his fat pay day. Not saying it’s right but to say it’s because of the Mets is highly inaccurate. He’s just lazy plain and simple and would be the same way anywhere.
Yet he said no to the Nats, Padres and Yankees. Nobody would be happier with Nats or Orioles. Maybe stop trying to create drama that isn’t there.
Would have also been happier with the Rays, Phillies, Cubs, Brewers.
Do you always find it hard to get over your exes?
I doubt he minds. Cashing those checks. In a playoff race. He’s all good.
Braves, Astros, Marlins, Cardinals, etc.
None of those teams are paying him.
Diamondbacks, Guardians, Pirates, etc.
On an article that has nothing to do with Juan Soto, you bring up a months old report to rile up Mets fans.
Clear pointless troll behavior. The only answer is the mute
Yankees are even lamer than the Mets.
Cry harder, yankee fan.
False, robots are incapable of human emotions.
youtu.be/jwlYo8EYTWI?si=tpJqODvd7UsqWtNO
Oh Alvy. 😕
That’s sucks, he has been on fire, and raised his season OPS by over 100 points since getting recalled. They really need a bat like that right now.
Should have been wearing his oven mits like every other base runner
Since this happened while legging out a double, are you suggesting he swing the bat with oven mitts on or put them on when rounding first base?
Adirondacks doesn’t actually watch the games. Just comments.
He’s all thumbs
“I wish I had more hands so I can give those ti***es four thumbs down”
What a joke war is. He’s been sent to aaa, 767 ops 1.6 war. Yellich is on a 1st place team, Better than expected ABOVE the dodgers but his war is 2.7.
Citizen
Huh?
I don’t think he knows how WAR works
Choof
“I don’t think he knows how WAR works”
Most everyone who criticizes it, doesn’t.
Touche
It’s time for your afternoon nap.
When are base runners going back to sliding feet first? I would think that there would be less injuries
Ali Sanchez you are a New York Met
Get the feeling that the Mets will slip right out of the playoffs. Maybe that’s just recency bias, but most of the rotation and bullpen looks like a mess. Not what you want when you’re hanging onto the last wild card spot by your fingernails.
I think there’s something to be said for teams having their year. It doesn’t mean they will win it all because another may also be having their year as well.
There’s also something to be said for teams definitely not having their year. Doesn’t mean they’ll crash and burn but they also won’t go far.
Then there’s the occasional team that manages to have both in the same year. It’s all about which half of the season is the good half.
The Mets look like it’s not their year.
But, just like horseshoes, checkers, ordering pizza and backing out of your driveway, you never know.