Metropolitan Options Francisco Alvarez -MLB Trade Rumors

The Mets announced today that they chose the receiver Francisco Alvarez Go to Triple-A. catcher Hayden Senger Asked to occupy Alvarez’s position in the active roster.

Alvarez, 23, is in his fourth Major League Baseball season. However, he played in just five games in the 2022 Grand Slam and entered the top ten in the 2023 competition throughout the sport. He hit the respectable .209/.284/.437 (97 WRC+) in 123 games during his rookie campaign, while making it one of the best defensive catchers in the sport. That was enough to make Alvarez a regular catcher for the 2024 Mets, but was helpless due to a manual injury and eventually asked him to perform surgery on his thumb and missed nearly two months of surgery. Last year, Alvarez was able to reach a considerable .237/.307/.403 (102 WRC+), which fell approximately in the league’s average despite a sharp drop in power output.

Although Alvarez’s overall offensive line is comparable to 2024 expectations, there are still concerning reasons. As his blocking ability changes from the average percentage in each Statcast’s qualified catcher to the second percentile, the defense he once crafted just averaged in 2024. Although they are still elite, his pitch frame numbers also slid slightly. In addition to a step back from defensively, Alvarez’s power outage last year led to a harsh metric last year’s judgment on his performance on the plate. His Xwoba dropped from .305 in 2023 to .289 in 2024, although his Woba has remained steady at .310 in two seasons.

The difficult tone familiar to Alvarez started in 2025 as he missed the start of the season due to left-hand surgery, and it was time to repair the fractured Hammat bone. Since its debut on April 25, Alvarez has 91’s WRC+ to 0.236/.319/.333 of 91. This isn’t scary for the standard of catcher position, but is far from the roughly league average product he’s released over his career this year. He has even less motivation than last year, with only three home runs and three doubles in 35 games. The 8.2% barrel rate suggests that this may be due to some beaten ball luck, but further backwards on defense are not easy to fire.

Alvarez still has below average for the back-dial blocker after a tough performance last year, and now he has become one of the worst frame catchers in the league, after which he has been strong in his career ahead of the season. Although he abandoned opposing basic runners with elite rates, Alvarez fell to below average catcher, but based on his total, Alvarez fell to average. Between his offensive trending downwards and his uncharacteristic defense behind the plate, the Mets clearly thought it was time to send him to the minors for a reset.

It was a sign of urgency for a club that had recently failed seven consecutive games, before losing last night with a victory over the Phillies. The Mets are currently competing with Philadelphia for the NL East title, which has put them in a win as they hope to rebuild their lead this summer before the trade deadline and to put the club’s front desk more aggressively before the trade deadline. Although the best version of the Metropolis will regularly involve Alvarez in the lineup Louis Torrence Showing that he should play a regular role in a strong defensive rating and 89 WRC+ in the short term, not far from Alvarez’s own figure this year.

In the short term, it seems that Senger’s mission is to support Torrens. The 28-year-old made his major league baseball debut earlier this year and reached .179/.207/.214 (18 WRC+) in 13 majors in 13 games of the Grand Slam. In the long run, there is no doubt that Alvarez will return to the Grand Slam with the club and rejoin the Torrens, part of the club catching up with the tandem. Track and Field Sammon reported that the Mets were happy with their catch double line at this time and were not expected to seek help in the market entering the trade season.