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 181 162 18 44 4 1 .272 .343 .432 .775
3 Seasons 618 556 72 126 30 3 .227 .301 .437 .738
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .167 1 0 .786
2023 .209 25 2 .721
2024 .272 4 1 .775
3 Seasons .227 30 3 .738
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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 22 710 119 8 6.7 4.4 88.5 114.8 7.6 24.4 .216 .333 .340 .280 .319 39.5 23.9 9.4
Player 2391 400 46 11.5 7.5 89.6 114.8 11.1 27.5 .212 .401 .319 .300 .359 43.3 25.4 8.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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 51.3 18.5 24.4 5.9 31.1 39.5 29.4 5.0 39.5 24.4 20.2 3.4 6.7 4.4
Player 46.3 28.0 18.3 7.5 36.3 40.5 23.3 3.8 37.5 24.5 16.0 6.5 11.5 7.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 0.5 1 183 25.8 49 .279 .488 .391 28.1 32.7 23.5 .180 .347 .280 55.6
2024 Slider 0.0 0 161 22.7 37 .273 .364 .304 29.3 18.9 14.3 .228 .279 .256 29.6
2024 Sinker -1.0 -1 130 18.3 32 .393 .607 .464 23.0 12.5 11.8 .302 .466 .375 45.8
2024 Curveball -2.5 -2 64 9.0 18 .111 .278 .211 31.0 27.8 27.8 .141 .281 .176 15.4
2024 Changeup 0.2 0 62 8.7 11 .100 .200 .177 42.9 18.2 11.1 .176 .223 .219 12.5
2024 Cutter 5.2 3 54 7.6 11 .500 .800 .568 19.0 9.1 8.3 .349 .504 .391 66.7
2024 Sweeper -7.2 -2 34 4.8 15 .143 .143 .179 43.8 33.3 33.3 .105 .128 .147 22.2
2024 Split-Finger 6.3 1 15 2.1 4 .333 .667 .488 50.0 50.0 20.0 .309 .384 .400 100.0
2024 Knuckleball -5.0 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 2.1 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
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 -1 296 18.2 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 4.9 3 69 4.3 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 179 710 0 -5 2 3 0
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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 710 51.1 65.3 80.2 28.0 48.5 43.1 40.0 47.0 29.0 7.6 72.2
Player 2,391 48.3 65.9 77.7 26.8 48.3 43.0 40.7 45.7 31.2 7.2 75.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2022 47 11
2023 22 2 47 80 6 66 84 65 91 72 25 42 15 68 26
2024 95 20
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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 24.7 4 5.1 -1 2 3 3 75.0
Player 24.7 30 26.8 3 6 15 17 56.7
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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 4 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 6 4 5 6 6 3 6 5 4 4 5 6 3 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 4
Player 30 23 24 24 30 29 31 22 27 22 28 29 25 23 29 27 28 22 28 30 24 30 33 30 23 23 27 31 28 28 25
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 88.5 -1.6
Launch Angle 15.3 12.5 -2.8 7.6 -4.9
Barrel % 37.5 12.8 -24.7 6.7 -6.1
Hard Hit % 37.5 45.1 7.6 39.5 -5.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 28.6 -8.9 24.4 -4.2
xBA .253 .209 -0.044 .216 0.007
BA .167 .209 0.042 .273 0.064
xwOBA .421 .305 -0.116 .280 -0.025
wOBA .336 .310 -0.026 .340 0.030
xSLG .655 .422 -0.233 .333 -0.089
SLG .500 .437 -0.063 .435 -0.002
K% 28.6 26.0 -2.6 23.9 -2.1
BB% 14.3 8.0 -6.3 9.4 1.4
Swing % 50.8 44.9 -5.9 47.0 2.1
Whiff% 40.0 31.8 -8.2 29.0 -2.8
In Zone % 42.4 47.3 4.9 51.1 3.8
Out of Zone % 57.6 52.7 -4.9 48.9 -3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 26.1 -6.3 28.0 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 71.4 40.0 -31.4 40.0 0.0
First Pitch Strike % 71.4 64.3 -7.1 66.7 2.4
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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 179 3 1.7 .344 .000
! 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 154 15.4 44.2% 0.6% 108 18.9 6.5% 0.9%
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