Francisco Alvarez ‘changed a lot of things’ looking to make good on lofty Mets promise
NY Post
Francisco Alvarez takes big swings, both with his bat and in charting goals.
Coming off an underwhelming offensive season, the young Mets catcher has pledged he will be a better and more selective hitter in 2025.
“I’m working on a lot of things in my hitting. … I have changed a lot of things,” Alvarez said last weekend at the fanfest at Citi Field. “So I’m going to have more plate discipline, and I’m going to have better numbers, too.”
Alvarez arrived in the major leagues for good in 2023 with a minor league reputation as a mighty bat and questionable glove.
As it has turned out, his defense behind the plate has been terrific — working well with pitchers and ranking ninth last season in catcher framing runs despite missing significant time — while his swing has run hot and cold.
In 2023, he did not hit for average (.209) but compensated by slugging 25 home runs in 123 games. In 2024, the contact and average issues remained while the power (11 homers in 100 games) regressed.
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.
The Knicks are on a five-game winning streak and flooded with concerns.
Don’t close the curtain on “Mean” Joe Greene.
The hockey world is getting a new TV adaptation of another romance series that helped define the genre.
What is there about Giants edger ushers and their fixation with single-digit jersey numbers?
Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.
Legal problems continue to follow ex-NHLer Billy Tibbetts.
After legendary Mets broadcaster Howie Rose announced his retirement Thursday, he took to social media to send a message to fans in Queens.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The special teams battle was up for grabs Thursday night.
There’s an intangible part of Jose Alvarado’s game that could be crucial for the Knicks.
PORT ST. LUCIE — One less familiar voice will be heard over the Mets’ airwaves next season.
Carson Wentz impressed the Vikings enough in 2025 that they decided to bring him back, raising further questions about J.J. McCarthy’s future.
Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.