At this point, it might take a nuclear explosion to get Francisco Alvarez out of the lineup.

One night after getting hit by a 100 MPH pitch just above his left elbow, the Mets backstop is back in the lineup against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, refusing to take time off to heal the nagging injuries he’s been playing through this month. Alvarez is currently playing with a sprained right thumb UCL that will require surgery after the season, and a broken left pinky.

“As soon as it happened last night, when I went out to the field, I thought he was going to be done,” said manager Carlos Mendoza. “It didn’t sound good from the dugout. You look up and it’s 100 that got him on the elbow, and he was in pain big time. I knew he was coming out of the ball game, right? But before the game’

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