Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez is headed to the injured list with a right thumb injury, according to a report Tuesday by MLB Network insider Joel Sherman. The club has not confirmed the news.

Alvarez injured his thumb on a slide into second base during the seventh inning of Sunday's 7-3 win over the Mariners , which he exited an inning later.

"At that point, I was like, ‘Let's not mess around with it,'" Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. "And, you know, I basically took it away from him. I didn't want to let him even play catch."

While the Mets headed to Washington, D.C., to open a series with the Nationals on Tuesday, Alvarez returned to New York to undergo an MRI on Monday.

Alvarez missed nearly two months in 2024 after suffering a left thumb sprain, and a fractured left hamate bo

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