Francisco Alvarez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 233LBS | Age: 21
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 14 12 3 2 1 0 .167 .286 .500 .786
2023 400 362 48 78 23 2 .215 .290 .439 .729
2 Seasons 414 374 51 80 24 2 .214 .290 .441 .731
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 1 0 .786
2023 .215 23 2 .729
2 Seasons .214 24 2 .731
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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 .253 .655 .336 .421 .564 37.5 28.6 14.3
2023 21 1538 260 32 12.3 8.0 90.0 114.1 12.1 28.5 .210 .412 .314 .304 .365 44.6 25.5 8.0
Player 1597 268 35 13.1 8.5 90.0 114.1 12.2 28.7 .211 .419 .315 .308 .371 44.4 25.6 8.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 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 44.6 31.5 15.8 8.1 38.1 41.2 20.8 3.5 36.9 23.8 15.0 8.5 12.3 8.0
Player 44.8 31.7 15.7 7.8 38.1 41.4 20.5 3.4 36.9 23.5 14.9 8.2 13.1 8.5
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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.

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 1.1 5 401 26.1 93 .282 .628 .431 35.0 25.8 22.6 .260 .564 .402 66.7
2023 Sinker -1.2 -4 323 21.0 93 .190 .429 .311 15.2 16.1 21.7 .201 .411 .300 39.1
2023 Slider 0.1 0 293 19.1 79 .247 .466 .332 41.5 32.9 29.5 .179 .345 .259 46.8
2023 Changeup -1.0 -2 152 9.9 40 .158 .316 .225 47.8 40.0 28.6 .162 .286 .218 27.3
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 137 8.9 36 .152 .273 .224 21.6 27.8 20.0 .132 .252 .206 26.1
2023 Cutter -3.5 -5 135 8.8 31 .103 .138 .144 29.2 16.1 17.2 .213 .308 .255 45.8
2023 Sweeper 1.6 1 52 3.4 18 .176 .529 .311 42.9 22.2 30.8 .254 .525 .350 30.8
2023 Splitter 9.4 3 31 2.0 6 .500 .667 .508 28.6 33.3 15.4 .516 .775 .550 50.0
2023 Slurve -9.2 -1 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .141 .144 .127 100.0
2023 Forkball 7.7 0 2 0.1 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 .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-Seamer -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 400 1,538 0 -20 10 7 -2
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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 1,538 47.1 66.2 77.0 25.8 48.1 42.5 40.3 44.8 31.8 7.4 76.3
Player 1,597 46.9 66.5 76.7 26.1 48.0 42.8 41.3 45.0 32.1 7.3 76.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 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 22 3 44 71 6 63 79 61 91 67 28 44 15 70 28
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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 24.4 23 18.7 4 4 12 11 47.8
Player 24.6 24 19.7 4 4 12 12 50.0

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 23 15 17 16 20 20 21 13 18 15 20 20 17 17 22 19 20 15 20 22 18 21 24 22 16 15 18 22 19 20 18
Player 24 16 18 17 21 21 22 14 19 16 21 21 18 18 23 20 21 16 21 23 19 22 25 23 17 16 19 23 20 21 19
! 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 90.0 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 15.3 12.1 -3.2 ↓
Barrel % 37.5 12.3 -25.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.5 44.6 7.1 ↑
Sweet Spot % 37.5 28.5 -9.0 ↓
xBA .253 .210 -0.043 ↓
BA .167 .215 0.048 ↑
xwOBA .421 .304 -0.117 ↓
wOBA .336 .314 -0.022 ↓
xSLG .655 .412 -0.243 ↓
SLG .500 .439 -0.061 ↓
K% 28.6 25.5 -3.1 ↓
BB% 14.3 8.0 -6.3 ↓
Swing % 50.8 44.8 -6.0 ↓
Whiff% 40.0 31.8 -8.2 ↓
In Zone % 42.4 47.1 4.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 57.6 52.9 -4.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 25.8 -6.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 71.4 40.3 -31.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 71.4 64.5 -6.9 ↓
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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 400 26 6.5 .313 .319
! 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 425 15.3 45.4% 0.7% 245 18.9 8.2% 0.4%
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