Francisco Alvarez exited a Triple-A Syracuse rehab game after being hit on his left hand in the top of the sixth inning against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Per SNY, he was struck on the pinky and the extent of the injury is currently unknown. The 23-year-old had been rehabbing a sprained UCL ligament in his right thumb suffered Aug. 17 against the Seattle Mariners and was placed on the 10-day injured list two days later. Alvarez had started batting practice and throwing and reported no pain while doing so. Since July 21 across 21 games he had batted .323 with a 1.054 OPS, four homers and 13 RBI.
New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was forced to leave his rehab outing with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday night after being hit on the left hand in the top of the sixth inning against the Yankees' affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Per SNY, he was hit on the pinky, but the extent of the injury is unknown at this time. Francisco Alvarez has left the game for Triple-A Syracuse after being hit on the hand pic.twitter.com/Y53td17K2t SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) August 28, 2025
The 23-year-old was attempting to make his way back from a sprained UCL ligament in his right thumb, which he suffered on Aug. 17 against the Seattle Mariners. He was placed on the 10-day IL two days later. Alvarez has been ahead of schedule over the last week. He started taking batting practice and throwing on Sunday and on Tuesday, said that he was not feeling any pain while doing it.
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