Tomas Nido’s advice to his rookie protégé is “breathe.” It’s Nido’s way of reminding Francisco Alvarez to slow down as he attempts to learn to be a big league catcher.
Alvarez, 21 years old and the Mets’ top prospect, possesses a powerful right-handed bat that might already be capable of producing solid numbers for the club. But until Alvarez demonstratesGlenn Sherlock, the team’s catching instructor, has been entrusted with overseeing most of that development. But Alvarez has also turned to Nido and Omar Narvaez this spring for help.
“When I’m working, [Narvaez] is always kind of patient and telling me ‘You do that. You do that,’ ” Alvarez said. “Now I am working with him on waiting a little bit more for the ball.” Last season, Alvarez got a taste of the big leagues with a call-up from Syracuse in the final week of the regular season. During the stint, he hit his first major league home run and showed enough to convince team brass he was worthy of a spot on the NL wild-card roster. Alvarez received one plate appearance against the Padres and struck out.
Alvarez split most of last season between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse. Overall, he owned a .260/.374/.511 slash line with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in 112 games in the minors.
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