While Carlos Mendoza and the Mets were in Atlanta on Sunday, the manager received a video from a staffer back at Citi Field. It was injured catcher Francisco Alvarez swinging a bat, something the Mets didn’t think he’d be able to do for a few more days.

“I was pretty impressed,” Mendoza said Monday at Citi Field ahead of the start of a series against the Philadelphia Phillies. “I couldn’t believe it. Yesterday, somebody sent me a video of him hitting here, back at Citi Field, and when I was looking at it I was like,’ There’s no way this guy is swinging the bat.”

Alvarez sprained the ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb during MLB’s Little League Classic eight days ago in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He was expected to be shut down for 7-10 days before being reevaluated, but he

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