Mets’ Francisco Alvarez missing time with injury could ‘throw him off for the rest of the year’

Fonte: New York Post

Access 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. Try it free The Mets hadn’t announced the results of Francisco Alvarez’s MRI exam as of Monday, a day after the catcher suffered an injury to his right thumb while diving into second base during Sunday’s win over Seattle, but they know how much they can’t afford to lose him for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, they’ve had experience with that before, a history Carlos Mendoza noted Sunday night, when he acknowledged there was “concern” over the thumb.