Spring training is typically when players start to put their offseason work into practice. When it comes to Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, there is a lot he is putting into practice, since he

Francisco Álvarez would take the Mets' lineup over the reigning World Series champions Dodgers' any day. Here's what he had to say.

With Alvarez in the on-deck circle, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner signaled to Brazobán, the last pitcher for the day, that he had two pitches left to throw. “Swing at the first pitch,” Alvarez jokingly shouted at left-fielder Jesse Winker,