{"id":91341,"date":"2025-08-18T07:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/91341\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T07:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:41:08","slug":"francisco-alvarez-exits-mets-game-early-with-hand-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/91341\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Alvarez exits Mets game early with hand injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. \u2014 Francisco Alvarez\u2019s season took another bad turn Sunday, as the catcher suffered another injury scare in a 7-3 win over the Mariners in the Little League Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alvarez was removed prior to the eighth inning after injuring his right thumb on a headfirst slide into second in the bottom of the seventh. <\/p>\n

He\u2019ll return to New York and get an MRI on the thumb Monday, manager Carlos Mendoza said.<\/p>\n

He was checked out by trainers and initially remained in the game before he was replaced by Luis Torrens to start the eighth.<\/p>\n

Francisco Alvarez reacts after getting hurt on a slide into second base during the Mets\u2019 Aug. 17 game. Robert Sabo for the NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d the manager said.<\/p>\n

Alvarez wanted to play catch between innings to see if he could remain in the game, but Mendoza didn\u2019t want to risk it.<\/p>\n

Given Alvarez\u2019s history with hand and wrist injuries, this one is \u201cconcerning. I\u2019m not gonna lie. It\u2019s the third time, but I\u2019m not gonna sit here and speculate,\u201d Mendoza said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Alvarez suffered a left hamate fracture, and when he struggled on both sides of the plate coming back from that injury, he was sent down to Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n

Alvarez also underwent surgery on his left thumb last season.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d impressed the Mets with both his production and work ethic after the demotion, and his play remained improved after his return to the majors.<\/p>\n

Francisco Alvarez reacts after getting injured during the Mets\u2019 Aug. 17 game against the Mariners. Robert Sabo for the NY Post<\/p>\n

Francisco Alvarez reacts after driving in a run during the second inning of the Mets\u2019 Aug. 17 win. AP<\/p>\n

Alvarez entered Sunday on a 6-for-16 tear, with four extra-base hits, including three homers.<\/p>\n

Then he added two doubles and a single before leaving the game.<\/p>\n

Nolan McLean\u2019s past few days began with him at Triple-A Syracuse before being called up to make his MLB debut<\/a> with the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field, then traveling with the team to the Little League Classic in his second day as a major leaguer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a crazy turn of events for me,\u201d McLean said prior to the Mets facing the Mariners on Sunday night. \u201cFrom being in Rochester [with Syracuse] to Citi Field to now Williamsport, I kind of can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLean delivered a much-needed boost<\/a> to the underperforming Mets rotation with 5 \u00b9\/\u2083 scoreless innings in Saturday\u2019s win in Queens.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I got out of the game and then when it was over, the Gatorade bath caught me off guard,\u201d McLean said. \u201cHearing the crowd was surreal for me. It was the biggest crowd I\u2019ve ever played in front of, so that was special.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old allowed just two hits and four walks and struck out eight against the Mariners.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He began the year with Double-A Binghamton before moving to Syracuse after five impressive outings, then put up a 2.78 ERA in 16 games (13 starts) at Triple-A before getting called up.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s debut by McLean was highly anticipated, mostly due to how poorly much of the rest of the rotation has pitched lately, while McLean and Brandon Sproat \u2014 and more recently Jonah Tong at Triple-A \u2014 have impressed in the minors.<\/p>\n

Tylor Megill took an encouraging step to a return to the rotation in a rehab start Sunday with Double-A Binghamton, as the right-hander whiffed nine in 3 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings. <\/p>\n

He threw 55 pitches as he works his way back from an elbow strain that has sidelined him since mid-June.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Helsley, who\u2019d been scored upon in his previous four appearances (seven runs, five earned, in 2 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings), tossed a scoreless eighth inning. \u2026 The start of Sunday\u2019s game was delayed by rain. \u2026 Luisangel Acu\u00f1a served as the 27th man for the Mets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. \u2014 Francisco Alvarez\u2019s season took another bad turn Sunday, as the catcher suffered another injury scare…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[62342,363,1189,99],"class_list":["post-91341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-francisco-alvarez","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}