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Los receptores con poder al bate son poco comunes. Los Mets tienen motivos para pensar que han hallado a uno con Francisco ?lvarez.
?lvarez, el prospecto n迆mero 1 de Nueva York y el 38 de Grandes Ligas seg迆n MLB Pipeline, lleg車 al viernes bateando .459/.580/.649 con un cuadrangular, cuatro dobles, siete remolcadas y 11 bases por bolas en 12 compromisos por Clase-A St. Lucie Mets esta temporada. En 50 visitas al plato, se ha ponchado apenas cuatro veces. Aunque la muestra es peque?a, el venezolano de 19 a?os, quien mide cinco pies con 10 pulgadas y pesa 233 libras, ha impresionado con su poder nato y su enfoque avanzado en el plato.?
※F芍cilmente comienza con la manera en que controla la zona de strikes,§ dijo el coach de bateo de St. Lucie, Tommy Joseph, por v赤a telef車nica. ※Que un joven sea capaz de hacer swing a los strikes, dejar pasar las bolas, por sencillo que parezca, es extremadamente dif赤cil. Y ha hecho tremendo trabajo. Y cuando le tiran pitcheos para batear, est芍 dando un swing agresivo y tratando de hacer da?o. Ha sido muy impresionante verlo.§?
?lvarez hizo su debut profesional en el 2019 a sus 17 a?os a nivel de novatos?y bate車 .312/.407/.510 con siete jonrones y 26 remolcadas en 42 partidos. Aunque perdi車 un a?o de competencia debido a la cancelaci車n de la campa?a de liga menor del 2020 por la pandemia del COVID-19, pudo lucir su bate explosivo en la sede alterna de los Mets en Brooklyn, Nueva York el a?o pasado, y agradeci車 la oportunidad de compartir con jugadores con m芍s experiencia.
That*s a double from our @Wendys double stack player of the game Francisco Alvarez to put the Mets at a 13-2 lead! ?? pic.twitter.com/S9p1FZML79
※Es dif赤cil para uno, porque uno quiere jugar y demostrar el talento,§ dijo ?lvarez?por v赤a telef車nica sobre no haber podido jugar en el 2020. ※Me sirvi車 de bastante aprendizaje para m赤, porque estuve con personas que ya hab赤an jugado en Grandes Ligas y que todav赤a est芍n en Grandes Ligas. Me dediqu谷?a aprender bastante de ellos, a ver c車mo jugaban, qu谷 hac赤an, qu谷 no hac赤an. Eso me ayud車 bastante§.??
?lvarez estuvo entre los prospectos de lujo de los Mets que fueron invitados a los entrenamientos primaverales del equipo grande este a?o. El oriundo de Guatire estaba supuesto a jugar por los Sydney Blue Sox de la Liga Invernal de Australia durante el receso de temporada de Grandes Ligas, pero luego de pasar gran parte del 2020 en los Estados Unidos debido a que Venezuela cerr車 su frontera por la pandemia, ?lvarez decidi車 regresar a casa para las Navidades.?
※Ten赤a demasiado tiempo sin ver a mi familia. Quer赤a ver a mi familia y estar con ellos§, expres車??lvarez.?
Se proyecta que ?lvarez llegar芍 a las Mayores en el 2023. El bateador derecho tiene la oportunidad de convertirse en un receptor destacado con el madero, algo dif赤cil de encontrar hoy en d赤a. Hay optimismo de que ?lvarez podr芍 mejorar su defensa lo suficiente como para quedarse detr芍s del plato a largo plazo, lo cual probablemente determine si se convertir芍 en superestrella o no. Su fuerte brazo, que recibi車 un grado de 60 en la escala de evaluaci車n de 20-80 de MLB Pipeline, le augura cosas buenas en ese sentido.?
"Definitivamente, es 谷lite§, dijo Joseph, quien jug車 primera base por los Filis del 2016 al 2017 pero fue receptor en ligas menores. ※Ha atrapado a corredores que f芍cilmente debieron llegar quietos por los pitcheos o los elementos, y 谷l los ha retirado.?Es divertido verlo tirar, eso es cierto§.
Agreg車?Joseph, ※Simplemente necesita seguir jugando, necesita ver m芍s acci車n en los partidos, estar detr芍s del plato en una situaci車n grande con corredores en base tarde en el juego, cuando no puedes dejar pasar nada y tienes que asegurarte de pedir el pitcheo indicado y que est谷s preparado para esa situaci車n. Creo que es en eso que tiene que trabajar y eso viene con el tiempo§.??
?lvarez, quien de ni?o?le iba los Leones del Caracas, se?ala a su compatriota y ex grandeliga Henry Blanco como su inspiraci車n para ser receptor. Es la posici車n que ha jugado desde que tiene 12 a?os y la que espera jugar cuando llegue a las Mayores, donde continuar赤a una rica tradici車n de caretas venezolanos que incluye hoy en d赤a a Salvador P谷rez, Willson Contreras y Wilson Ramos.?
※Es lo que m芍s yo quiero§, dijo??lvarez, considerado el prospecto No. 4 de las Mayores por MLB Pipeline.?※Me gusta bastante ser receptor, porque estamos involucrado con cada lanzamiento, en cada jugada. En todo estamos involucrados y eso me mantiene activo en el juego§.?
?lvarez, quien en el 2018 recibi車 un bono al firmar por US$2.7 millones--lo cual representa una cifra r谷cord para la franquicia de los Mets--ha generado mucha emoci車n con su buen arranque. ?Llegar芍 a colocarse en el Top 20 de los prospectos de liga menor???
※No me cabe duda§, dijo Joseph. ※Tiene el talento, la habilidad, la voluntad y la motivaci車n para alcanzar ese nivel§.