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Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez is not ready to shut down what has been a trying 2025 season for him. Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Alvarez acknowledged that he likely will need to have surgery eventually on , but he is planning to put that off until the offseason for an attempt to push through and continue playing through the injury down the stretch. Alvarez, who suffered the injury sliding headfirst into second base on Aug. 17, has while wearing a custom-made splint on his right hand. He will begin a minor league rehab a signment Wednesday night for Triple-A Syracuse. Right now I dont feel any pain. I feel good. Ive been doing a lot to keep my body ready and in shape, Alvarez said through an interpreter before . Realistically I do believe I can return as the same player. If there is an instance where theres Jhon Romero Jersey pain or some discomfort, I will tell the coaches or the staff and be honest about it and I wont play. Francisco Alvarez is all smiles after hitting a single during the fifth inning of the Mets win over the Mariners at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field on Aug. 17, 2025. Kyle Ro s-Imagn Images Explore More But I do have the expectations of being able to have the same type of succe s or being the same type of player I am. The 23-year-old Alvarez opened the season on the IL with a fractured hamate bone that required surgery during spring training. He then started slowly at the plate upon returning, batting .229 with two home runs through June 19 before spending nearly one month at Triple-A. The fourth-year backstop finally had started hitting after he was recalled on July 21 with four homers, 13 RBIs and a .323/.408/.645 slash line in 21 games before the thumb injury occurred. This has been a difficult season for me to begin with, Alvarez said. I got hurt in the beginning of the season and theres been a lot of highs and lows. I got hurt last season, as well, so I think if theres an opportunity that I can come out and play, Im gonna try to play and try to give my 100 percent to this team and help them in any way that I po sibly can. If theres a way to be on the field, Im gonna try it. Delivering insights on all things Amazins Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Alvarez said hes still adjusting to playing with the splint, tinkering with his grip on throws and at the plate. He took batting practice and belted at least one opposite-field home run before Tuesdays game. To this point, it couldnt have gone better, team president David Stearns said Tuesday on The Posts The Show podcast. We havent played a game yet, and that will be the real test. Francisco Alvarez rips an RBI double off George Kirby during the second inning of the Mets win over the Mariners in the Little League Cla sic. AP But I give Alvy a tremendous amount of credit for wanting to do this. Carlos Mendoza estimated that Alvarez shouldnt need more than a couple of days, three days, a week in the minors as long as hes able to tolerate the injury and handle the game conditions. Everything, BP, velo and all that looks good, Mendoza said. But now we gotta see when he gets fooled with a breaking ball and a check swing and how thats going. Catching, defensively, theres a lot that we dont know, but the fact that hes already on his way to play games, thats pretty impre sive. Ryan Jeffers Jersey
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