{"id":28202,"date":"2025-08-25T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/alvarez-starts-rehabilitation-mets-hope-for-star-catchers-return\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:05:39","slug":"alvarez-starts-rehabilitation-mets-hope-for-star-catchers-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/alvarez-starts-rehabilitation-mets-hope-for-star-catchers-return\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1lvarez Starts Rehabilitation: Mets Hope for Star Catcher&#8217;s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Francisco \u00c1lvarez Begins Rehabilitation in Minor Leagues<\/h2>\n\nThe Venezuelan catcher for the New York Mets, Francisco \u00c1lvarez, is about to return to action. After making good progress in his recovery from a torn ligament in his right thumb, the young player will begin a rehabilitation assignment in the minor leagues this week.\n\nThe injury, suffered on August 17th, seemed to keep \u00c1lvarez away from the diamonds for a long time. However, his rapid recovery has surprised everyone.\n\n\u00c1lvarez has already participated in batting practice at Citi Field, demonstrating his progress. He is expected to see action in minor league games between Wednesday and Thursday.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI couldn&#8217;t believe it when they sent me a video of him batting. I thought: \u2018There&#8217;s no way this kid is swinging,\u2019\u201d commented Carlos Mendoza, Mets manager.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Carlos Mendoza<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nDue to the short downtime, \u00c1lvarez might not need a long adaptation period before returning to the main team. The catcher&#8217;s medical situation allows him to continue playing as long as he can tolerate the pain.\n\nAlthough surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament will be inevitable, it is scheduled for the winter. This would give him enough time to be ready for Spring Training in 2026.\n\nBefore the injury, \u00c1lvarez was having a significant offensive impact for the Mets. His absence has forced the team to rotate between Luis Torrens and Hayden Senger, unable to replicate the Venezuelan&#8217;s offensive production.\n\nThe Mets&#8217; plan is to reincorporate him as the starting catcher, although they do not rule out using him as a designated hitter if his defensive performance is affected. This would open an internal debate about the rotation of hitters, which includes Starling Marte and Mark Vientos.\n\nWith his imminent return, \u00c1lvarez represents a hope for the Mets in the final stretch of the season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francisco \u00c1lvarez Begins Rehabilitation in Minor Leagues The Venezuelan catcher for the New York Mets, Francisco \u00c1lvarez, is about to return to action. After making good progress in his recovery from a torn ligament in his right thumb, the young player will begin a rehabilitation assignment in the minor leagues this week. The injury, suffered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2052,4533,755,1230],"class_list":{"0":"post-28202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-batting","9":"tag-francisco-alvarez","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-rehabilitation"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}