Francisco Alvarez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 233LBS | Age: 22
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 14 12 3 2 1 0 .167 .286 .500 .786
2023 423 382 51 80 25 2 .209 .284 .437 .721
2024 342 308 39 73 11 1 .237 .307 .403 .710
3 Seasons 779 702 93 155 37 3 .221 .294 .423 .717
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 1 0 .786
2023 .209 25 2 .721
2024 .237 11 1 .710
3 Seasons .221 37 3 .717
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2022 20 59 8 3 37.5 21.4 89.1 108.9 15.3 37.5 .253 .655 .336 .421 .564 37.5 28.6 14.3
2023 21 1622 273 35 12.8 8.3 90.1 114.1 12.5 28.6 .209 .422 .310 .305 .370 45.1 26.0 8.0
2024 22 1331 224 15 6.7 4.4 88.8 114.8 6.9 27.2 .222 .368 .310 .291 .347 42.0 25.1 8.8
Player 3012 505 53 10.5 6.8 89.5 114.8 10.1 28.1 .215 .402 .310 .301 .363 43.6 25.7 8.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 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 44.0 31.9 15.8 8.4 38.5 40.7 20.9 3.3 36.6 24.9 14.3 8.1 12.8 8.3
2024 50.9 20.5 22.8 5.8 33.0 37.9 29.0 4.5 40.2 22.3 19.2 6.7 6.7 4.4
Player 47.1 26.9 18.8 7.1 36.0 39.6 24.4 3.8 38.2 23.6 16.4 7.3 10.5 6.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 329 24.7 85 .260 .493 .383 24.8 28.2 22.6 .228 .462 .348 57.1
2024 Slider -1.8 -5 278 20.9 69 .185 .246 .220 34.8 24.6 20.0 .200 .242 .213 32.7
2024 Sinker 0.5 1 249 18.7 62 .309 .473 .407 18.7 19.4 20.7 .281 .440 .353 48.8
2024 Curveball -2.1 -2 118 8.9 34 .094 .281 .191 31.5 26.5 25.7 .118 .236 .165 20.8
2024 Cutter 4.8 5 113 8.5 24 .500 .800 .581 21.4 8.3 11.1 .334 .541 .425 72.2
2024 Changeup -0.9 -1 103 7.7 24 .174 .348 .277 34.9 16.7 14.8 .230 .371 .275 15.8
2024 Sweeper -2.5 -2 92 6.9 28 .185 .222 .206 45.8 39.3 33.3 .153 .227 .183 25.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.6 1 40 3.0 12 .200 .600 .388 57.9 50.0 28.6 .203 .509 .363 50.0
2024 Slurve 0.1 0 5 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397 .480 .397 100.0
2024 Knuckleball -5.1 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 9 428 26.4 102 .287 .701 .452 34.9 26.5 24.1 .272 .651 .428 68.3
2023 Sinker -1.6 -6 341 21.0 94 .176 .376 .286 15.8 16.0 21.1 .191 .380 .284 37.1
2023 Slider -0.3 -1 294 18.1 80 .230 .378 .294 44.1 35.0 31.8 .174 .313 .243 47.8
2023 Changeup -1.4 -2 170 10.5 49 .152 .283 .202 45.6 40.8 32.8 .158 .264 .201 25.9
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 140 8.6 35 .125 .219 .194 21.6 28.6 19.2 .135 .263 .212 22.7
2023 Cutter -3.4 -5 134 8.3 30 .107 .143 .148 25.4 10.0 10.7 .221 .321 .263 48.0
2023 Sweeper 4.7 3 71 4.4 24 .238 .810 .458 36.4 20.8 27.8 .251 .561 .383 37.5
2023 Split-Finger 7.0 2 32 2.0 6 .500 .667 .508 28.6 33.3 16.7 .492 .746 .529 50.0
2023 Slurve -9.1 -1 7 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .138 .138 .126 100.0
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 .265 .639 .386 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-Seam Fastball -2.8 0 10 16.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .159 .177 .148 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 423 1,622 3 -21 10 7 -1
2024 367 1,421 -3 -15 7 5 -6
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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 1,622 47.3 65.9 76.9 26.1 48.4 42.7 40.0 44.9 31.8 7.2 75.9
2024 1,331 48.8 64.2 79.4 28.9 51.3 43.4 37.1 46.1 29.6 7.5 75.0
Player 3,012 47.9 65.3 77.8 27.5 49.7 43.2 39.3 45.6 31.0 7.3 75.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 47 11
2023 22 2 47 80 6 66 84 65 91 72 25 42 15 68 26
2024 18 10 23 39 14 16 37 44 95 62 28 61 20 47 14
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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 %
2022 27.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2023 24.6 25 20.6 4 4 12 13 52.0
2024 26.5 11 11.7 -1 5 8 6 54.5
Player 25.2 37 33.3 4 9 20 20 54.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 25 17 19 18 22 22 24 16 20 17 22 22 18 19 22 21 23 17 22 23 20 24 26 24 18 17 20 24 21 21 20
2024 11 11 8 13 14 13 15 11 11 10 12 14 12 9 13 10 11 10 11 15 9 11 14 11 10 10 12 14 11 14 11
Player 37 29 28 32 37 36 40 28 32 28 35 37 31 29 36 32 35 28 34 39 30 36 41 36 29 28 33 39 33 36 32
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 90.1 1.0 88.8 -1.3
Launch Angle 15.3 12.5 -2.8 6.9 -5.6
Barrel % 37.5 12.8 -24.7 6.7 -6.1
Hard Hit % 37.5 45.1 7.6 42.0 -3.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 28.6 -8.9 27.2 -1.4
xBA .253 .209 -0.044 .222 0.013
BA .167 .209 0.042 .237 0.028
xwOBA .421 .305 -0.116 .291 -0.014
wOBA .336 .310 -0.026 .310 0.000
xSLG .655 .422 -0.233 .368 -0.054
SLG .500 .437 -0.063 .403 -0.034
K% 28.6 26.0 -2.6 25.1 -0.9
BB% 14.3 8.0 -6.3 8.8 0.8
Swing % 50.8 44.9 -5.9 46.1 1.2
Whiff% 40.0 31.8 -8.2 29.6 -2.2
In Zone % 42.4 47.3 4.9 48.8 1.5
Out of Zone % 57.6 52.7 -4.9 51.2 -1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 26.1 -6.3 28.9 2.8
First Pitch Swing % 71.4 40.0 -31.4 37.1 -2.9
First Pitch Strike % 71.4 64.3 -7.1 62.6 -1.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 14 2 14.3 .393 .000
2023 Shades R 423 26 6.1 .309 .319
2024 Shades R 341 16 4.7 .311 .269
! 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 %
2022 20 19.4 0.0% 5.0% 6 22.2 0.0% 16.7%
2023 458 15.2 46.1% 0.7% 266 18.9 9.4% 0.4%
2024 331 15.7 40.5% 0.9% 224 18.9 5.4% 0.9%
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