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• ‘It’s on Me’ – 23-Year-Old Star Eases Mets’ Fears With an Encouraging Injury Update
New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez speaks out about his latest injury. What did he have to say about it, and how long will he be out?...2025
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Francisco Alvarez (C - Mets) The Mets announced Alvarez will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing hamate surgery. This is a big blow for owners who have already drafted as Alvarez has slugged 36 home runs over the past 2 seasons and is seen as one of the better young hitting catchers in baseball. This does continue an injury trend for him tho as he played in just 110 games a year ago as he was hurt in...2025
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• Francisco Alvarez’s Left Hand Strikes Again

After fracturing the hamate bone in his left hand, Francisco Alvarez will miss six to eight weeks. The Mets will miss Francisco Alvarez....2025
• Braves News: Jurickson Profar Gets Positive Update, AJ Smith Shawver, more

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Positive Vibes all around to start the week. Last Monday, the Braves learned that Sean Murphy would be out of action for at least a month due to injury. It looked as if it could be deja vu over the weekend due to a wrist injury to Jurickson Profar. However, yesterday it was revealed that Profar is likely dealing with a bone bruise ...2025
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• Do Mets need to push panic button after Francisco Alvarez injury?

The New York Mets have been built to win this offseason, but should a sudden question mark at catcher cause them to go back to the free-agent market?...2025
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• Francisco Alvarez out six to eight weeks

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will undergo surgery to fix a fractured left hamate bone....2025

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• Braves News: Jurickson Profar Gets Positive Update, AJ Smith Shawver, more
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• Francisco Alvarez injury: Mets catcher to miss 6-8 weeks after breaking hamate bone

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• Mets lose starting catcher Alvarez for 6-8 weeks
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will undergo surgery on a broken left hamate bone and miss six to eight weeks....2025
• Francisco Alvarez Out 6-8 Weeks Due To Left Hamate Surgery
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will undergo surgery to fix a fractured left hamate bone, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters (including Newsday’s Tim Healey). Alvarez will miss the next 6-8 weeks recovering from the procedure. It’s an unwelcome development for both Alvarez and the Mets, and it marks the second straight season that Alvarez has suffered…...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 17, 2024
Francisco Alvarez (C-NYM) enters the 2025 campaign as a question mark after a torn thumb ligament suffered in April forced him to miss a chunk of last season. He's reportedly retooling his swing this offseason at the suggestion of J.D. Martinez to lift the ball more and use the opposite field more often. After bursting onto the scene with 25 homers in just 423 PA as a 21 year-old rookie in 2023, A...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Laureano was a scrapheap addition who did wonders for the Braves’ battered outfield and even wrested a starting role from others in the process. In a season where so many things went wrong for the Atlanta Braves, there may not have been a more pleasant and unexpected surprise on the offensive side of the ball than Ramon Laureano. It’s prob...2024
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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"Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will undergo surgery to fix a fractured left hamate bone, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters (including Newsday’s Tim Healey)."

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"Francisco Alvarez flied out for the second out, and Stratton seemed close to getting out of the inning."

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"Part of the reason the game was so bad is because he didn’t really buckle down: after blowing a 3-0 lead by allowing a five-run inning that featured a grooved pitch on which Nimmo crushed a grand slam, Strider stayed in and allowed a walk-aided sixth run in the third, and then a two-run homer to Francisco Alvarez in the fourth."

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"Mets To Promote Francisco Alvarez"

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"Francisco Alvarez, Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty, MLB."

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"The Mets have added two of their top prospects to their 60-man player pool, as the team announced that catcher Francisco Alvarez and right-hander Matthew Allan will head to the alternate training site in Brooklyn."

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"7 million deal with catcher Francisco Alvarez, ranked Number 13 on MLB."

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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Brewers season ends in heartbreaking 4-2 loss to Mets

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee comes up two outs short as Williams loses it in ninth Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets met this evening in a winner-take-all elimination game, the only game three of any of the Wild Card series. It was a game that non-partisan fans will surely call a classic, a pitcher’s duel between unlikely forces (the rookie Tobias Myers and the 35-year...2024
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• Travis d’Arnaud starts at catcher for Game 1 of Braves-Mets doubleheader

Brett Davis-Imagn Images So basically, they’re going with their usual lineup for the biggest game of the season. We’ve got lineups for the first of what will surely be a doubleheader that both sets of Atlanta Braves and New York Mets fans won’t forget for a long time, yet. As you would imagine for the Braves, they haven’t made any serious changes heading into this final day of the season ...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 28

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Braves came away with a big day on Friday, setting themselves in prime position for the playoffs The Atlanta Braves couldn’t have asked for a better day on Friday, getting a huge win over the Royals while taking a huge leap in the standings thanks to losses from the Mets and Diamondbacks. The Braves hold the tiebreaker over both squads, putting them i...2024
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• Don't Forget about Francisco Alvarez - September 22, 2024
Francisco Alvarez (C-NYM) went 2-4 with a homer and 3 RBI against the Phillies on Saturday. The 22 year-old backstop has underwhelmed in 2024, in large part because of a torn ligament in his thumb that kept him out of action for nearly two months. Through 324 PA, Alvarez is batting .238 with 11 dingers, 44 RBI, and 36 runs scored, with a slightly above-average 103 wRC+. While his 25% strikeout rat...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 20

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images At least the Braves still won? Let’s start off with some good news, shall we? The Atlanta Braves absolutely smacked the Cincinnati Reds on their way out of Ohio in order to win their series. That was awesome! Yesterday’s game was really fun to watch, which was a real and true relief since usually easy wins for the Braves seem to coincide with someone ge...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 18

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Atlanta’s choke job pushes them further back Tuesday’s action wasn’t a total loss for the Atlanta Braves, with three of the four teams in the wild card picture taking losses, but their unfortunate late-inning collapse now looms large with such small margins. The Mets kept rolling, lengthening the Braves chase to earn a spot back into the playoff picture. C...2024
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents

Allan Henry-Imagn Images With the Brewers currently sitting as the third seed in the NL, they’d take on the last wild card team in the field Coming off a big series win over the Diamondbacks and a series-opening win over the Phillies, the Brewers’ magic number now sits at two, meaning any combination of two Brewers wins and Cubs losses would clinch the NL Central division. After they surpa...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 28
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 22

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images An Acuña is currently helping an NL East team get into the Postseason. It’s not Ronald and it’s not the Braves, though. For what feels like the umpteenth time in this NL Wild Card race for the Atlanta Braves, it was one step forward but two steps back. Atlanta got the job done against the Marlins but unfortunately, everybody else in the rac...2024
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• Braves News: Hand Fracture Sidelines Austin Riley, Reynaldo Lopez to Start on Tuesday, more

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Braves start a big series against the Phillies on Tuesday. Monday brought news of the worst-case scenario when it came to Austin Riley and his early exit from Sunday’s game due to being hit on the hand by a fastball. Unfortunately, that occurrence resulted in a hand fracture for Riley, who now is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks. This likely ends his reg...2024
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• Francisco Alvarez takes a tipped ball right to the beans in spring training

BASEBALL IS BACK! Spring training is a time to iron out things for MLB teams, and in the case of Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez: Perhaps time to think about ordering a new cup. The Mets and Red Sox faced off in Spring Training on Monday afternoon and Paul Blackburn was developing his rapport with Alvarez when a pitch got tipped by Alex Bregman and rocketed right into the catcher’s bean bag. It’s...2025
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• Brewers season ends in heartbreaking 4-2 loss to Mets
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• Braves bullpen picks an awful time to collapse in 8-7 loss to Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach dominated the Mets again but his relievers let him down in a major way. Despite Spencer Schwellenbach delivering another great performance for the Atlanta Braves against the New York Mets, Atlanta’s bullpen picked the worst possible time during this regular season to deliver one of their worst performances of the...2024
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• Travis d’Arnaud starts at catcher for Game 1 of Braves-Mets doubleheader
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• Braves struggle in 16-4 loss to Mets

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves fell behind early and went away quietly in a blowout loss Thursday to the Mets The Atlanta Braves fell behind quickly Thursday and things never really got much better in a 16-4 loss to the New York Mets. After a 40 minute delay due to rain, the game finally got underway around 1 p.m. ET. Allan Winans retired Brandon Nimmo to start his afternoo...2024
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• 2023 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Strider was the brightest star and most consistent piece of the Braves’ 2023 rotation, breaking multiple franchise records en route to a 5.5-fWAR season. Coming into 2023, Spencer Strider could have been poised for a sophomore slump. His 2022 saw strikeouts at a historic rate that, in theory, would not be replicated. It also saw his l...2023
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• 2023 Season in Review: The best Royals games

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images There were a few games worth reliving. It was a pretty dreadful season for the Royals, but playing youngsters brought energy to some games with some memorable moments. Here are the top Royals games of 2023. May 29 vs. Cardinals - Mike Mayers near perfecto Mike Mayers was brought in as a non-roster invitee to sop up some innings if needed, and he gave the R...2023
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• Braves dance between the raindrops on Mets’ grave in 7-0 win

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The Braves somehow threw a shutout despite allowing 16 baserunners. Charlie Morton needed a good start. He didn’t get one, but somehow, the Braves didn’t just win — they actively shut out the Mets. Go figure. Meanwhile, the offense did its thing, and the Braves cruised to an easy win against the Mets once again, dancing on their grave, as it were. Serious...2023
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• Simply put: Braves are the best in June 2023
Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was literally the best month for the Braves franchise since the start of the 20th century. I don’t think anyone ever goes back to read any of these monthly recaps, but if one were to do so, the very first part of each would give them a refresher about how the month went relative to expectations. I have a feeling that no one i...2023
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• Braves strike just in time, wipe away Mets in rain-shortened, five-inning game, 4-0
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Braves made the most of their chances right before play stopped in the top of the sixth, earning a rain-shortened victory. It wasn’t a particularly good night for baseball in Queens, but the Braves nonetheless prevailed in a very rain-shortened contest by a 4-0 score, starting their four-game set against the division rivals off on a soggy-but-still-g...2023
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• Royals balk-off the Mets in extras 7-6
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports “We’re where you want to be!” Following their three-game sweep over the first-place Twins, the Royals kept the train moving with walk-off-win in extras, 7-6. Without a win in his last 13 starts, Zack Greinke toed the slab with the hopes of snapping a brutal skid. Though his offense didn’t provide much, the right-hander did more than enough to keep them in the...2023
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• Braves rally from 4-1 deficit to down the Mets 7-5, Michael Harris II leads the way
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The long-awaited Michael Harris II breakout game finally happened as the second-year man went 3-4 with a homer to help Braves overcome the Mets 7-5. For the second time in as many games, the Braves overcame an early 4-1 hole to take down Mets, as Michael Harris II the second had arguably his best game of the season in a 7-5 comeback w...2023
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• Mets To Promote Francisco Alvarez
The Mets will promote catching prospect Francisco Álvarez in advance of the team’s pivotal weekend series against the Braves, reports Daniel Álvarez Montes of El ExtraBase (Twitter link). The 20-year-old is one of the sport’s top minor league talents, checking in sixth on Baseball America’s most recent Top 100 list. It’ll be the first major league call…...2022
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• Cubs 4, Mets 2: Marcus Stroman bites the hand that once fed him
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The righthander had an outstanding outing and timely hitting gave the Cubs another win. Marcus Stroman, who grew up just down the road from Citi Field on New York’s Long Island and who pitched for the Mets for two years, threw perhaps his best game as a Cub against his former team on a chilly, windy Wednesday at Wrigley Field. Stroman became the first Cubs star...2023
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• Braves dance between the raindrops on Mets’ grave in 7-0 win
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• Mets Expected To Designate Tomas Nido For Assignment
The Mets are expected to designate catcher Tomas Nido for assignment and move to a catching tandem of young Francisco Alvarez and veteran Omar Narvaez, tweets Andy Martino of SNY. Narvaez, who’s been out since early April due to a calf strain, has played six minor league rehab games and has been trending toward a…...2023
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• Mets Finally Kicking McCann Down The Road?
"Hey, yo, long-time listener, first-time caller, this is Jimmy from Dyker Heights. The Mets, guy, are killin' me with the freakin' James McCann, guy. I said to my ma, "Ma, what are the Mets doing, guy, they're throwing away everything they've built this year to have this stunod behind the plate. Why don't they try callin' up what's-his-face Francisco Alvarez. He's the future, right, guy? The right...2022
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• Francisco Alvarez injury: Mets catcher to miss 6-8 weeks after breaking hamate bone
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• Three things to look for in Shinnosuke Ogasawara’s Washington Nationals debut

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images What I am looking out for in Shinnosuke Ogasawara’s Nats spring debut. The Washington Nationals first ever signing directly out of Japan Shinnosuke Ogasawara is making his spring debut today on MASN. There is still a lot of unknown surrounding the Japanese left hander. He is definitely the man to watch today. Here are three things I am looking for. The first thing I...2025
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• Mets Catcher Says New York’s Lineup is Better Than The Dodgers

Just days into spring training, the New York Mets are already trash-talking the Los Angeles Dodgers even though the Dodgers beat them in the National League Championship Series and then went on to win the World Series. New York catcher Francisco Alvarez, while speaking with Jon Heyman of the New York Post, shared his opinion …...2025
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• NLCS Game 6 game thread

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Can the Mets force a Game 7? The NLCS heads back to Los Angeles with the Mets trying to stave off elimination once again. Former Royals lefty Sean Manaea gets the start for the Mets as they trail the series 3-2. Mets lineup at Dodgers today, NLCS Game 6:SS Francisco LindorLF Brandon Nimmo3B Mark Vientos1B Pete AlonsoDH Jesse WinkerRF Starling MarteCF Tyro...2024
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• LCS Friday game thread

Photo by Drew Hallowell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Can the Mets stave off eliminiation? The LCS continue today with the Dodgers and Mets playing Game 5 this afternoon. The Dodgers have a 3-1 lead where every win has been a blowout. They can finish things off tonight with mid-season acquisition Jack Flaherty (13-7, 3.17 ERA) facing left-hander David Peterson (10-3, 2.90 ERA). The game begi...2024
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• Random posting for the real start of the postseason

I did this post last year and it got so many "more, more" requests that I'm doing it again this year.As a review, to avoid too much flack for actually daring to root for teams during the postseason for a whole entire post, I went with a "most, oldest, newest" post to recognize the annual October ritual.Yeah, I know I'm a little late. But I planned it like this. I don't know what that thing w...2024
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...2024
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• 2024 Season Preview: New York Mets

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Things can’t get worse after a disastrous 2023 season... right? Everything went wrong for the Mets in 2023. Really, it’s been a downward spiral since the club lost a 10.5 game divisional lead to the Braves in the summer months of 2022 and then quickly bowed out in the Wild Card round against the Padres. A real shame. Objectively speaking, there was no reason ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 11, 2023

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Here’s what Will Smith might look like in a Royals uniform. Anne Rogers covers the Will Smith signing for the Royals. The Royals view Smith as one option for the back end of the bullpen along with Nick Anderson, whom they acquired in a trade with the Braves last month. Younger right-handers James McArthur and Carlos Hernández also have potential to close game...2023
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• Bird App Recap: Mets 5, White Sox 1
Verlander does what Verlander does, and the Sox lose once again Welcome dear readers, to the delicious Oreo cream of the White Sox series at the Mets. It’s game two if you didn’t catch the reference, and the Sox somehow almost pulled off an amazing comeback last night. Starting lineup for the Sox looks like this, with Touki Toussaint taking the bump for the Pale Hose. Tonight's #WhiteSox start...2023
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• Know Your Enemy: New York Mets
The Mets — the White Sox of New York. We visit the second team in the first city The second team in their city. A perpetually underachieving and essentially unloved ballclub. An ignored fanbase, overshadowed by the media-driven hype around some of the most annoying people in baseball. A team that should have been good having themselves a massively disappointing, injury-ridden, luckless, j...2023
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• Outside The Confines: We were on an (All-Star) break!
Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images MLB heads into its last games of the first half. It’s the last Friday before the halfway mark of the season hits. With that in mind, and so-called experts predicting the award winners already, let’s have a little fun and try to predict some of the biggest stories of the second half. I think the Luis Arraez .400 story will go on until at least early Septemb...2023
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