It's been a compelling and chaotic week of international football across Africa, with the World Cup qualifying campaign ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Francisco Alvarez was back in Mets camp Wednesday following surgery to remove the fractured hamate bone in his left hand. And the catcher said he was frustrated that he would ...

The hamate — a tiny bone that connects the hand and wrist — was fractured. He had surgery in Pennsylvania on Sunday and returned to Mets camp by Wednesday morning. Written on his cast were the ...

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has a fractured hamate bone in his left hand that will require surgery. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday that Alvarez sustained ...

You can add catcher Francisco Alvarez to the growing list of players ruled out of the Mets’ Opening Day roster. On Sunday, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza revealed that Alvarez had fractured the ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — For a second straight season the Mets will be without Francisco Alvarez for a significant stretch. The catcher fractured the hamate bone in his left hand and will undergo ...

6-8 weeks back in major league competition,” Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters on Saturday. “He’s a catcher and this is his receiving hand, so realistically ...

“That’s our expectation, 6-8 weeks back in major league competition,” Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters on Saturday. “He’s a catcher and this is his receiving hand ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will miss about the first month of the season because of a broken bone in his left hand that will require surgery. Monday’s operation will ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has a fractured hamate bone in his left hand that will require surgery. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday that Alvarez ...