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Mets Afternoon News: Preparing for the Braves, calling up Alvarez

The Mets were off yesterday, and waited until the wee hours of the night to announce that they were calling up Francisco Alvarez to be a part of their right-handed platoon for the rest of the season and, possibly, the playoffs.

Anthony DiComo wrote up the forthcoming debut for MLB.com.

Tim Britton discusses how the call-up was not in the cards just eight days ago.

Tim Healey talks about how Alvarez has rare power, especially for a catcher.

Buck Showalter told WFAN that Starling Marte will not play this weekend, and that his return is ‘not imminent.