Francisco Álvarez #50

Enters the 2022 season as the top Mets prospect overall and is ranked as the No. 13 prospect in all of baseball (No. 4 catcher) according to Baseball America...MLB Pipeline lists him as the Mets' best prospect the No. 10 overall prospect in the majors...Also listed as the top organization prospect and eighth in all of baseball according to The Athletic... Was the No. 9 international prospect in the 2018-2019 class according to Baseball America... His favorite sport is basketball...Is a big fan of LeBron James.

2021

Was named the organization's 2021 Minor League Position Player of the Year...Split the season between St. Lucie (A) and Brooklyn (A+)...Was the youngest regular anywhere in High-A (age 19)...Began the season with St. Lucie where he hit .417 (20-48) with 12 runs, five extra-base hits, and two home runs in 15 games, then set a franchise-record with 22 home runs in 84 games with Brooklyn...Led Mets minor leaguers in RBI (70), extra-base hits (43), and slugging (.538)...Was second with 24 home runs...Socked a pinch-hit home run in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field.

2020

Spent part of the season at the New York Mets Alternate Training Site in Brooklyn, NY.

2019

Split his first professional season between Rookie-level Kingsport and Rookie-level Gulf Coast...Combined to hit .312/.407/.510 with 32 runs, 10 doubles, seven home runs, 26 RBI and 21 walks in 42 games between the two levels...Began the season with the GCL Mets where he reached base safely in all seven games...He hit .462 (12-26) with eight runs, two home runs, 10 RBI and four walks in seven games...Went on a 16-game hitting streak with Kingsport from July 8 - Aug. 5, batting .417 (25-60) in that span with 15 runs, three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, four walks and a 1.036 OPS...Socked two home runs on Aug. 24 as a member of Kingsport against Bluefield, going 2-4 with two runs and two RBI.