The Mets' young catcher and future star is on pace to return in a month.
Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters that the team's young star catcher, Francisco Alvarez, will begin taking batting practice at Citi Field during the Mets' next homestand, which begins on Friday against the San Francisco Giants. Alvarez is recovering from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb, and is on pace to return in mid-to-late June.
" is doing a lot more nowadays," Mendoza said. "He's already catching, swinging the bat, hitting off the tee, hitting soft toss. He has the splint that is helping... he's also scheduled to catch off a velo machine today, and will be taking BP on the field when we get back home over the weekend. So he's progressing well."
Francisco Alvarez is "progressing well" and is scheduled to take live BP with the Mets when they return homeAlvarez's importance to the Mets can best be summarized by the team's struggles without him. Since his injury on April 20 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Mets have played in nine series and won just one of them. Even with Alvarez struggling at the plate to begin the year, hitting .236 with just one home run and a .
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