JUPITER, Fla. — Francisco Alvarez, 20 years old and without a game at Double-A yet under his big belt, was never going to make the Mets out of camp. Still, in the catcher’s few weeks of play with t…
JUPITER, Fla. — Francisco Alvarez, 20 years old and without a game at Double-A yet under his big belt, was never going to make the Mets out of camp.Buck Showalter recently compared the top prospect to longtime major leaguer Jimmy Wynn — the “Toy Cannon” in the 1960s and ’70s with prodigious power from a 5-foot-9 frame. Alvarez, who appeared in five Grapefruit League games and went 1-for-4 with a home run, was among the 11 cut from major league camp Monday.
“He knows — most of it is the receiving,” the Mets manager said before Tuesday’s game against the Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium. “He’s showing he’s got a chance to be an offensive force and got good arm strength and got great energy. “But [he needs to work on] just the things you’ve got to do to make pitchers confident to throw to you. And he’s got that, he’ll figure that out. He’s got a chance to be a really good one.”
Alvarez, who posted an .889 OPS with 22 homers in 84 games with High-A Brooklyn last year, likely will begin his season at Double-A Binghamton.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dodgers starters building up faster than expected, even after lockout delayOnce fearful of a patchwork pitching plan, the Dodgers are confident their pitchers will be built up close to normal despite condensed spring training.
Read more »
Adam Haseley's Run With Phillies Ends; Traded to White Sox for Pitcher McKinley Moore⚾ The Phillies have dealt outfielder Adam Haseley to the WhiteSox for a young pitcher.
Read more »
Colin Kaepernick makes his big return with pop-up workouts - The San Francisco ExaminerKaepernick called his current road trip “the best approach that we have at this point,” a proactively engineered campaign while there are favorable conditions in the league for his potential return.
Read more »
Footage captures woman smash taxi cab window with cinder block in Manhattan robberySHOCKING VIDEO: Police released footage of a woman wanted for smashing the window of a yellow taxi with a cinder block before making off with an iPhone and cash in New York City.
Read more »
After successful winter fair, Tucson's Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair returnsWith COVID numbers way down, organizers are feeling more confident about this weekend's big event.
Read more »
The military wants AI to replace human decision-making in battleDARPA, the innovation arm of the U.S. military, wants artificial intelligence to make battlefield medical decisions, raising red flags from some experts and ethicists.
Read more »