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Mets people believe Francisco Alvarez has at least a 50 percent chance of being able to play through the pain of his right thumb injury. 

Dustin Pedroia managed to play through a similar torn UCL thumb injury in 2013, and wound up leading the league with 724 PA, making his fourth All-Star team and helping Boston win the World Series. 

Postscript: Pedroia <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/sports/dustin-pedroia-knows-consequences-francisco-alvarez-faces-from-doable-injury-plan/">told The Post’s Mark Sanchez</a>, “It’s doable … [but] it’s going to suck.”

One plus: It’s not his receiving hand.{ai:summary}Mike Puma’s Sports+ texts offer Mets buzz: Alvarez has about a 50% chance to play through his right thumb injury, not his throwing hand.Pedroia played a torn UCL thumb in 2013, had 724 PA, helped Boston win; "It’s doable … but it’s going to suck," he said. #sports

Where Mets stand on Francisco Alvarez’s ability to play through the pain

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