The Mets are hoping catcher Francisco Alvarez’s latest hand injury is nothing to worry about, but they’re going to make sure. Alvarez will return to New York to undergo an MRI on Monday after sufferin

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez exited Sunday’s 7-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in the Little League Classic in Williamsport with a right thumb injury. Alvarez will return to New York and undergo an MRI on Monday’s day off.

Francisco Alvarez's season with the Mets has taken another unfortunate turn. The catcher was forced to leave Sunday's 7-3 win over the Mariners in the Little League Classic due to

It wasn't long ago that optimism surrounding New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was at an all-time low. After suffering a fractured hamate bone in his left

The Mets took down the Seattle Mariners 7-3 in Williamsport, Pa., in the latest installment of Major League Baseball's Little League Classic. Playing in front of a neutral crowd mostly full of youth baseball players and their families, New York captured its first series win since July 27 in San Francisco.

In that chart, I’ve plotted the Mets’ OPS from catcher all season. But Alvarez was called up on April 7. Since then, New York’s catcher OPS is actually .735. That looks a little better.

During the Mets' 7-3 win on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners during the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Álvarez suffered an apparent thumb injury when he slid headfirst into second base, legging out a hustle double during the bottom of the seventh inning.

Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Saying he “does not believe in absolutes,” Eppler would not dismiss Alvarez making the Mets out of spring training, with the club carrying three catchers.

The Seattle Mariners and New York Mets finished their three-game series with a field trip to Williamsport for the Little League Classic on Sunday night.