Francisco Alvarez
C | B/T: R/R | 5' 10" 233LBS | Age: 21

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 123 114 14 28 8 19 0 .246 .301 .509 .810
2 Seasons 137 126 17 30 9 20 0 .238 .299 .508 .807
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .246 8 19 0 .810
2 Seasons .238 9 20 0 .807

Statcast Batting 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%
2022 20 59 8 3 37.5 21.4 89.1 108.9 15.3 37.5 .254 .657 .336 .422 .567 37.5 28.6 14.3
2023 21 450 85 8 9.4 6.5 87.6 113.6 8.3 25.9 .218 .413 .345 .300 .359 34.1 23.6 5.7
Player 509 93 11 11.8 8.0 87.7 113.6 8.9 26.9 .222 .436 .344 .312 .377 34.4 24.1 6.6
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 50.0 37.5 12.5 0.0 37.5 50.0 12.5 0.0 37.5 12.5 12.5 0.0 37.5 21.4
2023 52.9 29.4 10.6 7.1 37.6 40.0 22.4 4.7 43.5 18.8 14.1 9.4 9.4 6.5
Player 52.7 30.1 10.8 6.5 37.6 40.9 21.5 4.3 43.0 18.3 14.0 8.6 11.8 8.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.2 0 107 23.8 18 .467 .867 .586 32.6 16.7 13.6 .268 .495 .385 33.3
2023 Sinker -0.2 0 101 22.4 31 .179 .429 .353 22.5 25.8 38.1 .202 .411 .301 25.0
2023 Slider -1.0 -1 96 21.3 32 .276 .414 .336 43.5 28.1 31.0 .182 .261 .241 35.0
2023 Changeup 6.4 3 41 9.1 15 .200 .600 .327 33.3 33.3 31.3 .216 .511 .305 50.0
2023 Cutter -5.8 -2 38 8.4 8 .000 .000 .000 29.4 0.0 0.0 .272 .293 .248 37.5
2023 Curveball 10.3 3 31 6.9 10 .300 .700 .415 7.7 10.0 12.5 .262 .593 .354 33.3
2023 Sweeper 9.8 2 16 3.6 5 .200 .800 .400 50.0 40.0 66.7 .238 .768 .415 33.3
2023 Splitter 1.1 0 10 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -15.8 -1 4 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .156 .160 .140 100.0
2023 Forkball 8.1 0 2 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .483 .511 .435 0.0
2022 Slider -5.8 -1 15 25.4 3 .000 .000 .000 55.6 66.7 22.2 .003 .005 .003 0.0
2022 Sinker -2.4 0 14 23.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .266 .641 .387 33.3
2022 Cutter 2.4 0 11 18.6 4 .500 1.000 .663 50.0 25.0 50.0 .335 .659 .559 100.0
2022 4-Seamer -2.8 0 10 16.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .172 .192 .161 0.0
2022 Curveball 5.6 0 7 11.9 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .702 2.217 1.181 50.0
2022 Changeup -4.1 0 2 3.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 123 450 1 -4 3 2 3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 59 42.4 76.0 68.4 32.4 45.5 50.8 71.4 50.8 40.0 5.1 100.0
2023 450 46.9 63.0 76.7 26.8 50.0 43.6 38.2 43.8 32.0 5.8 80.8
Player 509 46.4 64.4 75.7 27.5 49.3 44.4 41.6 44.6 33.0 5.7 82.8
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2022 47 11
2023 24 13 49 70 5 32 58 26 90 23 40 16 14 53 42
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 27.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2023 23.8 8 6.1 2 2 3 4 50.0
Player 24.2 9 7.1 2 2 3 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 7 8 6 7 8 6 4 5 7 6 6 6 6
Player 9 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 8 9 7 8 9 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 7
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 87.6 -1.5
Launch Angle 15.3 8.3 -7.0
Barrel % 37.5 9.4 -28.1
Hard Hit % 37.5 34.1 -3.4
Sweet Spot % 37.5 25.9 -11.6
xBA .254 .218 -0.036
BA .167 .246 0.079
xwOBA .422 .300 -0.122
wOBA .336 .345 0.009
xSLG .657 .413 -0.244
SLG .500 .509 0.009
K% 28.6 23.6 -5.0
BB% 14.3 5.7 -8.6
Swing % 50.8 43.8 -7.0
Whiff% 40.0 32.0 -8.0
In Zone % 42.4 46.9 4.5
Out of Zone % 57.6 53.1 -4.5
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 26.8 -5.6
First Pitch Swing % 71.4 38.2 -33.2
First Pitch Strike % 71.4 65.0 -6.4
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2022 R 14 2 14.3 .393 .000
2023 R 122 0 0.0 .348

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 20 19.4 0.0% 5.0% 6 22.2 0.0% 16.7%
2023 29 14.6 58.6% 0.0% 21 17.8 9.5% 0.0%
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