Martín Maldonado’s foul tip struck Alvarez on the side of the mask in the fifth inning. Alvarez was examined by the training ...

New York Mets star Francisco Alvarez receives good news after exiting the San Diego Padres game early due to injury.

Although the New York Mets were swept by the San Diego Padres, they seemingly avoided something much worse. In the bottom of the fifth inning of Wednesday's eve ...

After being hit by a foul ball in the helmet while behind the plate, Francisco Alvarez left the Mets' game with a possible injury.

After tearing up Triple-A pitching for a few weeks, catcher Francisco Alvarez was recalled Monday by the New York Mets and ...

Alvarez managed to finish the inning after the foul tip deflected off his catcher's helmet, but he didn't come back out on defense for the start of the sixth. The Mets will likely evaluate him for a ...

Twenty-nine days later on Monday, the 23-year-old righthanded catcher – after mashing 11 homers in 19 minor-league games – ...

Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio – hitting seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively – came through with clutch ...

The Mets are recalling their young catcher, a source said Sunday, after he laid waste to minor league pitching for nearly a ...

The Mets have recalled Francisco Alvarez from Triple-A Syracuse ahead of their Monday series opener against the Angels.

The Mets promoted the sizzling catcher from Triple-A Syracuse ahead of a series opener against the Angels at Citi Field on ...

Alvarez got out to a bit of a slow start this year. The Mets optioned him to Triple-A about a month ago, as he was sitting on ...