New York Mets Provide Devastating Injury News on Young Superstar Catcher

The 23-year-old Alvarez is one of the top young catchers in baseball and a key part of the Mets lineup. He battled injury last season but still managed to hit 11 homers in 308 at-bats. He also had 47 RBI as the Mets got all the way to the NLCS.

He burst onto the scene in 2023, hitting 25 homers and driving in 63 in 123 games. He will eventually pair with Pete Alonso, Juan Soto and Mark Vientos to make a solid middle-of-the-order in Queens.

After signing Soto and bringing back Alonso, the Mets are supposed to be World Series contenders, but so far, all they've had is rotten injury luck.

The team signed left-hander Sean Manaea to a multi-year deal in free agency, and they brought in veteran Frankie Montas, but both are slated to begin the year on the injured list as well.

If Alvarez's 6-8 week timeframe holds up, he'll likely be ready for baseball activity by mid-April, but then he'd need a ramp-up period and a rehab assignment, so it's certainly plausible that we don't see him in the lineup until at least early May.