Alvarez to IL

[Edgy MD]

Francisco Alvarez heads to the 10-Day IL with 2026's favorite injury* — meniscus tear in his right knee.  Hayden Senger is joining the team and planning on doing Hayden Senger stuff while he is here.

* Calf strain supporters may beg to differ.

[MFS62]

Bad luck for Alvarez...  again.

Later

[Centerfield]

Timeline will depend on the severity.  Mike Tauchman (who should be ramping up anytime now) had surgery and the timeline was 6 weeks to return to baseball activities.

If it's a full tear, it can be 3-6 months.

[Edgy MD]

This thread went up at the same time as the other.

I have some admin privileges, but I cannot seem to merge the two threads.

Would be interesting to see if Melendez gets to do some catching.

[seawolf17]

Oof. At this point, just contract the team and try again in February.

[metirish]

Well this is disappointing,  a big year for Alvarez 

[ashie62]

Get well soon. He was not moving the needle that much

[Centerfield]

6-8 weeks is the estimate. Per Mendy. Not bad if true. 
 

He says they’ll know more once they get in there. Tauchman has been out 7 weeks. Jared Young is set to start his rehab after 4. Fingers crossed. 

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Not good considering he crouches for a living. Hes too thick and bulky. Obviouly works out too much.

[Frayed Knot]

This will almost certainly mean it's another season where Alvarez will fail to play over 100 games. Only in 2023, his first full season, did he pass the century mark (123). 2024 saw him in exactly 100, and 2025 just 76. So that's three seasons with < 300 G played combined.

Meanwhile I noticed that Drake Baldwin, the second year catcher for Atlanta, appeared in 126 during his rookie year and this year has started and finished all 42 Braves to date this season (11 as DH).