Francisco Alvarez Odds for 2025
Francisco Alvarez
New York Mets
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Good to go after HBP
Alvarez (triceps) will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Padres.
Analysis
Alvarez was lifted for a pinch runner in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 8-3 win after he was plunked by Bradgley Rodriguez's 100-mile-per-hour fastball during his fourth and final plate appearance. Though Alvarez -- who has been playing through a broken pinkie finger on his left hand and a torn UCL in his right thumb -- has now been hit on the left arm by a pitch three times in the last three weeks, he'll be able to fight through any lingering soreness and step back in behind the dish Wednesday.
Alvarez was lifted for a pinch runner in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 8-3 win after he was plunked by Bradgley Rodriguez's 100-mile-per-hour fastball during his fourth and final plate appearance. Though Alvarez -- who has been playing through a broken pinkie finger on his left hand and a torn UCL in his right thumb -- has now been hit on the left arm by a pitch three times in the last three weeks, he'll be able to fight through any lingering soreness and step back in behind the dish Wednesday.