OAKLAND, Calif. — Francisco Alvarez still isn’t hitting, but he received positive reviews from his manager Saturday for his handling of the Mets’ pitchers. So much so that Buck Showalter is conside…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Francisco Alvarez still isn’t hitting, but he received positive reviews from his manager Saturday for his handling of the Mets’ pitchers.
“I thought [Alvarez] did real well behind the plate with a lot of different pitchers today,” Showalter said following theAlvarez fielded a bunt by Esteury Ruiz in the ninth inning and threw to first base for the first out.At the plate, Alvarez went hitless in three at-bats and is 1-for-11 since arriving from Triple-A Syracuse following Omar Narvaez’s placement on the injured list with a left calf strain.
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