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If at some point Francisco Alvarez is down to nubs for hands, count on the slugger using tape and glue to affix a bat to one of his limbs.

With a torn UCL ligament in his right thumb that requires surgery and with a broken pinkie on his left hand , Alvarez was back on the field taking batting practice — and launching home runs into right-center and rocketing would-be doubles off the left field wall — while looking like himself, albeit with a guard on his right hand.

“There’s no hesitation,” manager Carlos Mendoza said before the Mets topped the Marlins 19-9 on Friday. “He’s not favoring anythin

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