{"id":230402,"date":"2026-05-13T20:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230402\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:20:13","slug":"francisco-alvarez-heads-to-il-as-mets-injury-problems-worsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230402\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Alvarez heads to IL as Mets&#8217; injury problems worsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets can\u2019t catch a break.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Alvarez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right meniscus tear a day after leaving Tuesday\u2019s 10-2 win over the Tigers in the sixth inning <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/12\/sports\/francisco-alvarez-exits-game-early-in-latest-mets-injury-concern\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following an uncomfortable swing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.38941655;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39368410\" width=\"820\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hurts-swing-removed-game-sixth-127596256.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez is removed from the game after hurting himself on a swing.\" class=\"wp-image-39368410\"  \/>Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (4)is removed from the game during the sixth inning after hurting himself on a swing against the Tigers. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>He was replaced by Luis Torrens behind the plate.<\/p>\n<p>There is no timetable for his return, according to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez\u2019s addition to the IL means the team is now without four starters, with Francisco Lindor, Luis Robert Jr. and Jorge Polanco already on the shelf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets can\u2019t catch a break. Francisco Alvarez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61278,20,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":["post-230402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-francisco-alvarez","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}