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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5349150, member: 289"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6134951/2025/02/13/mets-francisco-alvarez-jd-martinez/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=5973799&source=dailyemail[/URL] "Former Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez recommended Alvarez to Maven Baseball Lab, a training facility many professional players frequent. Martinez’s relationship with Tyler Krieger, who leads instruction on the hitting side at Maven, stretches several years. At Maven, Alvarez revamped his swing. “He wants to be a complete hitter, not just a power hitter,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In order for anyone to be a complete hitter, you need to use the whole field. There’s value to it. J.D. Martinez was an RBI machine, and he still is, because of his ability to go the other way when he needed to, his ability to take the single when he needed to with runners in scoring position." [/QUOTE]