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On the left side of the infield, Baty’s hitting his stride as another full-season debutante. But it’s just continuing to mature and grow.” “And that’s not to say that he’s not going to blow any timeframe or thoughts that we have out of the water because he’s doing that currently. “Catchers take a little bit of time to develop and be like what you see in the big leagues,” Barnes said. “We allow him to conduct so many advanced screenings to give his insight on hitters.”īarnes added that Alvarez is doing all the right things and is already playing above the high expectations the organization set.

“It takes time to be a younger catcher with older young men pitching, and they’re starting to trust him,” Blankmeyer said. Alvarez added he’s made defensive improvements with catching coordinator Bob Natal. That reflection, Blankmeyer says, goes hand in hand with the teenager’s “keen insight” and leadership behind the plate. Alvarez said in hindsight he feels he “disrespected” the Yankees. One to wear his emotions on his sleeve, Alvarez flung his bat after admiring a go-ahead homer against the Yankees’ Hudson Valley affiliate last month. #Amazinstartshere #milb /6Fk1BGF1rk- Brooklyn Cyclones June 12, 2021 Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th with a runner aboard, Francisco Alvarez turns the score around. 538 slugging percentage entering Wednesday. He’s worked specifically on hitting sliders and fared well against higher-level pitching, blasting seven homers with a. After 15 games, he was elevated to Brooklyn.

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Alvarez, 19, started his first full season with Low-A St. That legwork is paying dividends in 2021. It was just a year of preparation, hard work and getting mentally strong.” “You have to catch more than 100 games, and I want to play a full season,” Alvarez said through a team interpreter. Even without a minor league season last year, Alvarez feels he’s on track. With Mauricio and Baty, Alvarez went to the Mets alternate site in Brooklyn last year and was at this year’s big league spring training in Port St. Signed out of Venezuela in 2018, Alvarez, a 5-foot-10, 233-pound catcher, has become an offensive force and been dubbed the “baby bull” by Blankmeyer. … You feel a lot more confident on my side that they’re going to reach their ceilings - and their ceilings are very high.” “It’s really unique to have all of your top guys live up to the expectations. “Those guys have been rock stars,” Barnes said. Ronny Mauricio, Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty. Jeremy Barnes, the team’s new director of player development initiatives, likes what he’s seen from the trio. “They’re major league players in our book.” “And, more importantly to me, they have the passion to succeed. “All three have different personalities, but they’re good teammates and good men,” Blankmeyer said. They’ve carved unique paths, but all have something in common - tools of bona fide major leaguers. Alvarez and Baty have been selected to represent the organization at the Futures Game on Sunday at Coors Field. 1, 2 and 4 Mets prospects, respectively, are turning heads with the Cyclones. Now 20 miles west on the Belt Parkway at Maimonides Park, Blankmeyer is in his first year managing professionals and hoping to help turn a prospect-laden bunch with the Mets’ High-A Brooklyn affiliate into big league stars.įrancisco Alvarez, Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty, MLB.com’s Nos.

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