Dario Álvarez
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 170LBS | Age: 35
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 1 0 12.27 6 0 0 3.2 2 1.64
2016 3 1 5.06 26 0 0 26.2 41 1.31
2017 2 0 2.76 20 0 0 16.1 17 2.02
4 Seasons 6 1 5.06 56 0 0 48 61 1.63
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 6 1-0 12.27 3.2 2 1.64
2016 26 3-1 5.06 26.2 41 1.31
2017 20 2-0 2.76 16.1 17 2.02
4 Seasons 56 6-1 5.06 48 61 1.63
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 26 70 14 2 14.3 10.5 87.8 106.0 29.0 42.9 .282 .598 .494 .431 .434 35.7 10.5 5.3 12.27 8.68
2016 27 468 62 5 8.1 4.4 89.8 108.4 15.8 27.4 .202 .351 .340 .274 .393 41.9 36.0 7.0 5.06 3.12
2017 28 321 50 2 4.0 2.4 85.4 108.0 11.3 26.0 .223 .320 .357 .324 .322 32.0 20.7 17.1 2.75 4.54
Player 859 126 9 7.1 4.2 87.9 108.4 15.4 28.6 .216 .361 .360 .306 .369 37.3 27.9 10.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Alvarez relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(61.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(37.5%) ,
Sinker
(0.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 21.4 28.6 35.7 14.3 35.7 21.4 42.9 0.0 7.1 50.0 21.4 0.0 14.3 10.5
2016 40.3 25.8 25.8 8.1 37.1 29.0 33.9 4.8 25.8 30.6 27.4 3.2 8.1 4.4
2017 44.0 24.0 22.0 10.0 30.0 50.0 20.0 8.0 26.0 28.0 30.0 2.0 4.0 2.4
Player 39.7 25.4 25.4 9.5 34.1 36.5 29.4 5.6 23.8 31.7 27.8 2.4 7.1 4.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2017 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 119 92.1 19.7 -3.4 -21 8.7 0.1 1
2017 Slider TEX L 195 82.0 40.5 1.1 3 9.7 3.3 50
2017 Sinker TEX L 3 93.2 27.4 5.4 25 13.4 -1.9 -12
2016 Curveball TEX L 259 83.2 37.1 -9.0 -19 6.5 -4.5 -41
2016 Cutter TEX L 11 85.8 29.7 2.5 8 4.5 0.8 22
2016 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 187 93.5 20.7 -3.0 -17 12.7 4.4 53
2015 Curveball NYM L 24 81.4 39.4 -9.4 -19 10.7 1.7 18
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 44 91.7 21.3 -3.1 -17 10.1 2.2 28
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2017 Slider 0.6 1 195 60.7 51 .238 .262 .317 45.5 31.4 24.2 .178 .239 .268 25.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball -6.5 -8 119 37.1 28 .429 .667 .536 23.8 0.0 0.0 .329 .505 .432 40.9
2017 Sinker 9.0 0 3 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .031 .034 .028 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 112 461 -1 1 0 -3 -3
2017 82 320 0 0 -5 -2 -7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 70 51.4 77.8 92.9 20.6 57.1 25.7 47.4 50.0 14.3 5.7 50.0
2016 468 45.9 60.9 81.7 32.8 48.2 39.3 45.6 45.7 31.3 10.7 78.0
2017 321 45.6 54.8 71.3 24.1 45.2 43.1 51.2 38.0 37.7 6.3 60.0
Player 859 46.3 60.2 79.5 28.6 47.7 39.6 47.9 43.2 31.8 8.6 71.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2016 59 94 8 54
2017 37 90 58
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.4 6 4.3 2 1 5 1 16.7
2017 22.5 1 0.5 1 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.2 7 4.9 2 2 6 1 14.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 6 4 4 5 3 5 6 4 2 4 5 5 3 4 6 3 4 3 5 4 2 6 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 2
2017 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Player 7 8 4 4 5 3 6 7 4 2 4 5 6 3 4 7 3 4 4 5 5 3 7 8 6 4 4 7 7 5 2
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.7 93.1 1.4 92.1 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.4 83.2 1.8 82.0 -1.2
Exit Velocity 87.8 89.8 2.0 85.4 -4.4
Launch Angle 29.0 15.8 -13.2 11.3 -4.5
Barrel % 14.3 8.1 -6.2 4.0 -4.1
Hard Hit % 35.7 41.9 6.2 32.0 -9.9
Sweet Spot % 42.9 27.4 -15.5 26.0 -1.4
xBA .282 .202 -0.080 .223 0.021
BA .333 .275 -0.058 .292 0.017
xwOBA .431 .274 -0.157 .324 0.050
wOBA .494 .340 -0.154 .357 0.017
xSLG .598 .351 -0.247 .320 -0.031
SLG .733 .461 -0.272 .385 -0.076
K% 10.5 36.0 25.5 20.7 -15.3
BB% 5.3 7.0 1.7 17.1 10.1
Swing % 50.0 45.7 -4.3 38.0 -7.7
Whiff% 14.3 31.3 17.0 37.7 6.4
In Zone % 51.4 45.9 -5.5 45.6 -0.3
Out of Zone % 48.6 54.1 5.5 54.4 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 32.8 12.2 24.1 -8.7
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 21.1 -5.2 24.4 3.3
First Pitch Strike % 47.4 45.6 -1.8 51.2 5.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 110 .346 69 5 7.2 41 8 19.5
2017 Shifts 82 .357 46 1 2.2 36 9 25.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 2 15.7 0.0% 0.0% 7 20.5 0.0% 0.0%
2015 19 18.6 26.3% 5.3% 9 24.6 11.1% 0.0%
2016 146 18.7 22.6% 3.4% 73 22.3 1.4% 19.2%
2017 61 19.8 13.1% 3.3% 92 23.8 0.0% 15.2%
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Pitch Distribution


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