NEW YORK -- In his latest setback, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was diagnosed with a fracture in the pinkie finger in his left hand, manager Carlos Mendoza said on Thursday.
Alvarez sustained the injury when he was hit by a pitch on his left hand during a game for Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday. Mendoza said Alvarez will wait until the inflammation in the finger diminishes -- he estimated two or three days -- before resuming baseball activities. The third-year catcher was already on the injured list and on rehab assignment with an ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his right thumb.