Alvarez rushed into the trainer’s room after feeling his wrist pop. He thought that maybe he had broken his wrist, a far worse scenario than what was actually the case. An MRI revealed a hamate fracture in his left hand, a fairly common injury around baseball with a timeline of 6-8 weeks to return.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets legend David Wright felt like he “stuck out like a sore thumb” every time he visited Clover Park, the team’s spring training facility, in the past. This week, serving as a special instructor, he decided to suit up.

Pedro Pages and Victor Scott II were the only Cardinals to record a hit in a 2-0 loss to the New York Mets Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium.