Alvarez rushed into the trainer’s room after feeling his wrist pop. He thought that maybe he had broken his wrist, a far worse scenario than what was actually the case. An MRI revealed a hamate fracture in his left hand, a fairly common injury around baseball with a timeline of 6-8 weeks to return.

Mets backup catcher Luis Torrens is ready to slide in as the starter with Francisco Alvarez sidelined for six-to-eight weeks to begin the season.