The Mets’ roster crunch has lastly arrived, and it has resulted in a difficult dedication to half strategies with a homegrown catcher.
The Mets reinstated Omar Narvaez from the 60-day injured itemizing Monday and designated Tomas Nido for activity in a corresponding transaction. This implies the Mets are rolling with Narvarez, who signed with the membership as a free agent over the winter, and rookie backstop Francisco Alvarez for the foreseeable future.
Alvarez has pressured his technique onto the roster alongside along with his bat, hitting .292 with seven home runs, 17 RBI and a 1.029 OPS throughout the month of Could. His eight full home runs are tied for the fourth-most amongst all licensed rookies. His safety has moreover improved, with Alvarez making some key performs on the basepaths and gaining the respect of the pitching staff behind the plate.
The plan was to go together with Nido and Narvaez this season to have the power to present Alvarez time to develop in Triple-A. However the Mets known as up the 21-year-old Alvarez after Narvaez strained his left calf throughout the second avenue assortment of the season in Milwaukee.Nido struggled to provide offensively this season, and whereas his bat has not at all been his calling card he’s been a replacement-level catcher over the last few seasons. However this yr, he collected solely seven hits in 56 at-bats (.125), none for extra bases.
The Mets have used 5 catchers this yr, with Michael Perez and Gary Sanchez seeing stints on the massive league roster. Sanchez has since been designated for activity and is now with the San Diego Padres.
Nido struggled with imaginative and prescient factors remaining month and was positioned on the injured itemizing with dry eye syndrome. He returned to affix the Mets on their remaining avenue journey, nonetheless Alvarez was throughout the midst of a hitting streak and it was unattainable to not play him.
That hitting streak has since come to an end, with Alvarez going 0-for-14 over his remaining 5 video video games, nonetheless the Mets had seen all they needed to see to have the power to determine and Nido’s time with the one membership he’s ever recognized has come to an end as correctly.
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Florida, Nido, 29, was drafted by the Mets throughout the eighth spherical in 2012. He acquired the Florida State League batting title in 2016, nonetheless his offensive prowess on the minor league diploma not at all translated to the massive leagues.
The 31-year-old Narvaez is a left-handed hitting catcher who was an All-Star with the Brewers in 2021 and was 4-for-14 (.286) on the time of his hurt. He has posted an OPS+ over 100 thrice in his occupation and the Mets like that he hits from the left side.
Nido has seven days to clear waivers. Ought to he clear, the Mets can outright him to the minor leagues or launch him. Nonetheless, with larger than 4 years of service time, Nido can reject a minor league activity in favor of free firm in its place. He appeared to know the transaction was coming given the cryptic Instagram put up with the salute emoji, a peace sign and an arrow, which many study as him saluting his teammates sooner than shifting on alongside along with his occupation.
The Mets are going by way of two of the Nationwide League’s best teams this week with a six-game avenue journey that begins Tuesday in Atlanta in the direction of the Braves. The 30-30 Mets might make some noise throughout the NL East with a set win over the Braves nonetheless it doesn’t get rather a lot less complicated from there, going to Pittsburgh for a weekend assortment that begins Friday. The Pirates are eyeing a return to the postseason for the first time since 2015 and in the mean time stand solely 0.5 video video games behind Milwaukee throughout the NL Central and keep an NL Wild Card spot. The Miami Marlins in the mean time keep the final word Wild Card slot and the Mets, who’re desperately attempting to forestall the season from slipping away, are two video video games behind their NL East foes.
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