Francisco Alvarez

Perez gave the Mets' youngster advice on coping with a thumb injury: “I think he’s going to be one of the best catchers in the game."

Senga might not pitch for the Mets in the first half of the season, but the Mets received better news about Francisco Alvarez.

The Mets will do their best over the next two months to keep Alvarez involved with the big-league team.

The Mets will lean on Omar Narvaez and Tomás Nido while missing a key presence in the middle of their batting order.

José Quintana says he always tells Alvarez, “Hey, speak. Tell me what you think.”

Though both sides appear open, Alvarez said there have been no progress on extension: "Right now, there is nothing."

Megill unleashed a splitter modeled on Kodai Senga’s “ghost fork" and will continue to refine it during the offseason.

Will Marte return this season? Might the Mets throttle back with Kodai Senga? And how many games will Francisco Álvarez catch?

A win Sunday would claim a third straight series for the Mets and give them momentum for the second half of the season.

The league started to pitch Álvarez and Baty differently, and it was up to the coaching staff to guide them to better outcomes.

The move comes as the Mets activate Omar Narváez from the IL.

After a winter spending spree that focused on pitching, the Mets would still like to add more.

Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Francisco Álvarez proved crucial in a group of games that restored excitement to an otherwise dreary season.

“They're just tired of losing,” manager Buck Showalter said. “Sometimes it’s as simple as that.”

It's starting to look like whatever the Mets get from Max Scherzer this year is icing, when they don't yet have a cake in the oven.

Is Brett Baty making the leap? Can the pitchers keep the ball in the yard? Is time to get Tommy Pham going?

Are you tired yet of hearing about the Dodgers blueprint? It's been a linchpin of analysis around the Mets' long-term construction.

In his second start since getting called up after Omar Narváez's injury, Álvarez went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.