{"id":586199,"date":"2026-02-22T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/586199\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:37:19","slug":"mets-francisco-alvarez-belts-home-run-in-live-batting-practice-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/586199\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Francisco Alvarez belts home run in live batting practice session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Saturday:<\/p>\n<p>Good sign<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Alvarez, whose early part of the 2025 season was marred by a fractured hamate bone, homered on a back field in a live batting practice session Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p>The catcher is trying to regain the form he showed in the second half of last year, when he had a .921 OPS following his return to the majors on July 21 after a rough first half.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38567289\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Francisco-Alvarez.jpg\" alt=\"Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, pictured taking batting practice earlier in spring training, hit a BP homer on the back field on Feb. 21, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38567289\"  \/>Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, pictured taking batting practice earlier in spring training, hit a BP homer on the back field on Feb. 21, 2026. AP<\/p>\n<p>Two bad<\/p>\n<p>The Mets had some familiar faces in the top half of the lineup, but the team managed just a pair of hits against Miami. <\/p>\n<p>Their first hit didn\u2019t come until Austin Barnes\u2019 single in the bottom of the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>Ronny Mauricio, who got the start at shortstop, also stole second as he looks to carve out a role for himself on the roster with Francisco Lindor out with a fractured hamate bone.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46494993;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38567277\" width=\"864\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ronnie-Mauricio.jpg\" alt=\"Ronny Mauricio reaches first base on an error in the second inning of the Mets' 2-1 spring training loss to the Marlins on Feb. 21, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38567277\"  \/>Ronny Mauricio reaches first base on an error in the second inning of the Mets\u2019 2-1 spring training loss to the Marlins on Feb. 21, 2026. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s ready for the Subway Series? <\/p>\n<p>Probably no one, but the Mets will travel to face the Yankees at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDelivering insights on all things Amazin\u2019s\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Justin Hagenman is expected to make the start. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Martin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Saturday: Good sign Francisco Alvarez, whose early part of the 2025 season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1347,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,4804,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-586199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-francisco-alvarez","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-ronny-mauricio","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116113143304344172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}