Twenty-One Prediction Fun: Francisco Alvarez

[Edgy MD]

Hi, I'm the catcher of the future. Yeah, Met fans have been down that road, but I'm something. Even as a teenager, I've projected nothing but manhood. I skipped over the DSL entirely and at 17, I slugged over .500 between the GCL and Kingsport. Who does that?



I do. So maybe I'm just an early peaker. Or maybe I juice like a maniac. Or maybe I've found a new, cool secret way to lie about my age. But I say I'm 19 and my game says I'm 25, so believe what you want. I'm built low to the ground but broad and strong just like God and Ivan Rodriguez intended catchers to be.



So you can believe in me or you can doubt. I understand. I understand you've been burned in the past on this whole catcher-of-the-future deal, but I'm asking you right here and now what my 2021 is going to look like, and if any of you accidentally call me "Francisco Peña," I'm going to start punching.



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If you make it to 2:10 or so there's a really cool ballpark cut out of the rocks.

[smg58]

Another guy who has a summer to get to know the ins and outs of Coney Island.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Looks like a real catcher. I think he'll rise up in the rankings and trigger plenty of McCann Sucks Promote Him Already Sandy anxiety by year-end.

[MFS62]

Swift rise to AA by year's end. Maybe a cuppa' at AAA in their playoffs.

Swift rise to top 10 or 15 on all the prospect lists next year.

He'll continue to hit and begin to impress with his defense.



Later

[LWFS]

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[Edgy MD]

Alvarez is gonna play football for the coach?

[LWFS]

He just might come shining through... but not this year

[kcmets]

If this guy is a year (or a tiny bit more) away then why sign McCann for four years?

And according to one roto-site, Alvarez is like #7 on the C depth chart.



What does this all mean? 2023 at the earliest to try and make a splash? He'll still be 21.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think he becomes the guy in 2023, and McCann can either become a backup or get traded.