The Mets’ roster crunch has lastly arrived, and it has resulted in a troublesome determination to half methods with a homegrown catcher.
The Mets reinstated Omar Narvaez from the 60-day injured listing Monday and designated Tomas Nido for task in a corresponding transaction. This means 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 method onto the roster along with his bat, hitting .292 with seven house runs, 17 RBI and a 1.029 OPS within the month of May. His eight complete house runs are tied for the fourth-most amongst all certified rookies. His protection has additionally improved, with Alvarez making some key performs on the basepaths and gaining the respect of the pitching workers behind the plate.
The plan was to go along with Nido and Narvaez this season to have the ability to give Alvarez time to develop in Triple-A. But the Mets referred to as up the 21-year-old Alvarez after Narvaez strained his left calf within the second street collection of the season in Milwaukee.Nido struggled to supply offensively this season, and whereas his bat has by no means been his calling card he’s been a replacement-level catcher over the previous couple of seasons. But this yr, he collected solely seven hits in 56 at-bats (.125), none for additional bases.
The Mets have used 5 catchers this yr, with Michael Perez and Gary Sanchez seeing stints on the large league roster. Sanchez has since been designated for task and is now with the San Diego Padres.
Nido struggled with imaginative and prescient points final month and was positioned on the injured listing with dry eye syndrome. He returned to affix the Mets on their final street journey, however Alvarez was within the midst of a hitting streak and it was unattainable to not play him.
That hitting streak has since come to an finish, with Alvarez going 0-for-14 over his final 5 video games, however the Mets had seen all they wanted to see to have the ability to decide and Nido’s time with the one membership he’s ever identified has come to an finish as properly.
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Florida, Nido, 29, was drafted by the Mets within the eighth spherical in 2012. He received the Florida State League batting title in 2016, however his offensive prowess on the minor league degree by no means translated to the large 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 harm. He has posted an OPS+ over 100 thrice in his profession and the Mets like that he hits from the left facet.
Nido has seven days to clear waivers. Should he clear, the Mets can outright him to the minor leagues or launch him. However, with greater than 4 years of service time, Nido can reject a minor league task in favor of free company as an alternative. He appeared to know the transaction was coming given the cryptic Instagram put up with the salute emoji, a peace signal and an arrow, which many learn as him saluting his teammates earlier than shifting on along with his profession.
The Mets are going through two of the National League’s greatest groups this week with a six-game street journey that begins Tuesday in Atlanta towards the Braves. The 30-30 Mets could make some noise within the NL East with a collection win over the Braves however it doesn’t get a lot simpler from there, going to Pittsburgh for a weekend collection that begins Friday. The Pirates are eyeing a return to the postseason for the primary time since 2015 and at the moment stand solely 0.5 video games behind Milwaukee within the NL Central and maintain an NL Wild Card spot. The Miami Marlins at the moment maintain the ultimate Wild Card slot and the Mets, who’re desperately making an attempt to forestall the season from slipping away, are two video games behind their NL East foes.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com