P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 170 lbs | Age: 36
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
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 8.74
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 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 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
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 21.4 78.6 28.6 35.7 14.3 35.7 21.4 42.9 21.4 0.0 0.0 14.3 21.4 42.9
2016 40.3 59.7 25.8 25.8 8.1 37.1 29.0 33.9 17.7 14.5 8.1 19.4 14.5 25.8
2017 44.0 56.0 24.0 22.0 10.0 30.0 50.0 20.0 16.0 22.0 6.0 14.0 28.0 14.0
Player 39.7 60.3 25.4 25.4 9.5 34.1 36.5 29.4 17.5 15.9 6.3 16.7 20.6 23.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 0.0 7.1 50.0 21.4 0.0 14.3 10.5
2016 4.8 25.8 30.6 27.4 3.2 8.1 4.4
2017 8.0 26.0 28.0 30.0 2.0 4.0 2.4
Player 5.6 23.8 31.7 27.8 2.4 7.1 4.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2017 Slider TEX L 195 82.0 40.5 1.1 9.7GLV 3.2 1.0 2.0 9.7GLV 4.1
2017 Sinker TEX L 3 93.2 27.4 5.4 13.4ARM -1.9 4.2 6.8 13.4ARM -0.4
2017 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 119 92.1 19.7 -3.4 8.7ARM 0.1 12.7 -4.3 8.7ARM 0.7
2016 Cutter TEX L 11 85.8 29.7 2.5 4.5GLV 0.8 8.2 -0.1 4.5GLV 5.6
2016 Curveball TEX L 260 83.2 37.1 -9.0 6.5GLV -4.5 3.1 -11.2 6.5GLV -0.2
2016 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 189 93.5 20.7 -3.0 12.7ARM 4.4 11.0 -4.8 12.7ARM 3.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 0.2 0 195 61.5 51 .238 .262 .317 45.5 31.4 24.2 .178 .239 .268 25.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -5 119 37.5 28 .429 .667 .536 23.8 0.0 0.0 .329 .505 .432 40.9
2017 Sinker 14.2 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 8 31 -3 1 0 0 -2
2015 19 70 -2 1 0 -1 -2
2016 112 461 1 2 -1 -2 1
2017 82 320 0 1 -4 -2 -4
Player 221 882 -3 5 -4 -3 -8
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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 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 91 58
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.35 6 4.3 2 1 5 1 16.7
2017 22.54 1 0.5 1 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.24 7 4.8 2 2 6 1 14.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 6 4 4 5 3 5 6 4 2 4 5 5 3 5 6 3 4 3 5 3 2 6 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 2
2017 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 7 4 2 4 5 6 3 5 7 3 4 4 5 4 3 7 8 6 4 4 7 7 5 2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .292 +.017 .275 -.058 .333
xBA .223 +.021 .202 -.080 .282
OBP .415 +.073 .342 -.102 .444
xOBP .369 +.089 .280 -.122 .402
SLG .385 -.076 .461 -.272 .733
xSLG .320 -.031 .351 -.247 .598
ISO .092 -.094 .186 -.214 .400
xISO .097 -.052 .149 -.167 .316
BABIP .367 -.026 .393 +.120 .273
wOBA .357 +.017 .340 -.154 .494
xwOBA .324 +.050 .274 -.157 .431
wOBACON .377 -.136 .513 -.008 .521
xwOBACON .322 -.071 .393 -.041 .434
BACON .380 -.072 .452 +.067 .385
xBACON .303 -.034 .337 +.012 .325
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 32.0 -9.9 41.9 +6.2 35.7
Avg Exit Velocity 85.4 -4.4 89.8 +2.0 87.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 26.0 -1.4 27.4 -15.5 42.9
Barrel % 4.0 -4.1 8.1 -6.2 14.3
Avg Launch Angle 11.3 -4.5 15.8 -13.2 29.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.1 -1.0 93.1 +1.4 91.7
Breaking Velocity 82.0 -1.2 83.2 +1.8 81.4
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 2 -3 5 +3 2
Popup % 10.0 +1.9 8.1 -6.2 14.3
Flyball % 24.0 -1.8 25.8 -2.8 28.6
Line Drive % 22.0 -3.8 25.8 -9.9 35.7
Groundball % 44.0 +3.7 40.3 +18.9 21.4
Pull % 30.0 -7.1 37.1 +1.4 35.7
Straight Away % 50.0 +21.0 29.0 +7.6 21.4
Opposite Field % 20.0 -13.9 33.9 -9.0 42.9
Weak Contact % 8.0 +3.2 4.8 +4.8 0.0
Pull Airball % 14.0 -5.4 19.4 +5.1 14.3
Topped Contact % 26.0 +0.2 25.8 +18.7 7.1
Under Contact % 28.0 -2.6 30.6 -19.4 50.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 30.0 +2.6 27.4 +6.0 21.4
Solid Contact % 2.0 -1.2 3.2 +3.2 0.0
HR/FB % 8.3 -29.2 37.5 -12.5 50.0
Popups 5 0 5 +3 2
Flyballs 12 -4 16 +12 4
Line Drives 11 -5 16 +11 5
Groundballs 22 -3 25 +22 3
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.6 -0.3 45.9 -5.5 51.4
Out of Zone % 54.4 +0.3 54.1 +5.5 48.6
Edge % 43.1 +3.8 39.3 +13.6 25.7
Zone Swing % 54.8 -6.1 60.9 -16.9 77.8
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 -8.7 32.8 +12.2 20.6
In Zone Contact % 71.3 -10.4 81.7 -11.2 92.9
Out of Zone Contact % 45.2 -3.0 48.2 -8.9 57.1
Whiff % 37.7 +6.4 31.3 +17.0 14.3
First Strike % 51.2 +5.6 45.6 -1.8 47.4
First Pitch Swing % 24.4 +3.3 21.1 -5.2 26.3
Swing % 38.0 -7.7 45.7 -4.3 50.0
Meatball Swing % 60.0 -18.0 78.0 +28.0 50.0
Meatball % 6.3 -4.4 10.7 +5.0 5.7
Zone Swing & Miss % 28.7 +10.4 18.3 +11.2 7.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 54.8 +3.0 51.8 +8.9 42.9
In Zone 146 -69 215 +179 36
Out of Zone 174 -79 253 +219 34
Edge 138 -46 184 +166 18
In Zone Swings 80 -51 131 +103 28
Out of Zone Swings 42 -41 83 +76 7
In Zone Swing & Misses 23 -1 24 +22 2
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 23 -20 43 +40 3
Basic
Pitches 321 -147 468 +398 70
PA 82 -32 114 +95 19
AB 65 -37 102 +87 15
Hits 19 -9 28 +23 5
Singles 15 -6 21 +18 3
Doubles 3 +2 1 +1 0
Triples 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 1 -5 6 +4 2
Walks 14 +6 8 +7 1
Strikeouts 17 -24 41 +39 2
K% 20.7 -15.3 36.0 +25.5 10.5
BB% 17.1 +10.1 7.0 +1.7 5.3
HBP 1 -2 3 +1 2
Batted Balls 50 -12 62 +48 14
Number of Fastballs 122 -78 200 +154 46
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 195 -65 260 +236 24
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 110 .346 69 2 2.9 41 4 9.8
2017 Shifts 82 .357 46 1 2.2 36 7 19.4
! 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