Jose Alvarado
23-Year-Old
2019 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.86
K
16
SV
4
Rest-of-Season Projections
2019 Fantasy Outlook
Closers need a couple things: two quality pitches (or one amazing one) and command. Alvarado has two excellent pitches in a fastball that tickles triple digits and a hard, 11-5 breaking ball that batters have a tough time picking up out of his hand. Early in 2018, he lacked the command portion of that equation and had a 14% K-BB rate despite his stuff because he could not hit his spots consistently. That changed midseason and Alvarado had a 28 K-BB% in the second half while holding hitters to a .154 batting average and a .244 slugging percentage. He allowed one home run on the season to the 263 batters he faced, which while fortunate, also speaks to how tough he is for batters to pick up. A few year ago, the club had Felipe Vazquez on the roster and traded him to get Jose Lobaton. They have Vazquez 2.0 here and will not repeat that mistake. As long as the Rays do not try to game the arbitration system, this is their new closer. Read Past Outlooks
Shaky outing produces save
Alvarado worked around a hit and a walk to earn the save after a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 3-0 win over San Francisco. He struck out one batter.
ANALYSIS
Alvarado put two runners on base but forced Brandon Crawford to ground out to finish off the team shutout. It was his fourth save of the season, and he's yet to allow a run. The flamethrower is proving to be a legitimate, high-end closer this season.
Alvarado put two runners on base but forced Brandon Crawford to ground out to finish off the team shutout. It was his fourth save of the season, and he's yet to allow a run. The flamethrower is proving to be a legitimate, high-end closer this season.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-31%
BAA vs RHP
2019
-36%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | Batters | K | BB | H | HR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017vs Left | .234 | 154 | 39 | 15 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Since 2017vs Right | .162 | 268 | 86 | 27 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2019vs Left | .091 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019vs Right | .143 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018vs Left | .215 | 90 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2018vs Right | .167 | 173 | 54 | 19 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2017vs Left | .298 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2017vs Right | .156 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-42%
ERA on Road
2019
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| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017Home | 3.10 | 0.90 | 58.0 | 11.9 | 2.9 | ||||
| Since 2017Away | 1.80 | 1.33 | 45.0 | 9.6 | 4.6 | ||||
| 2019Home | 0.00 | 0.50 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2019Away | 0.00 | 1.50 | 3.1 | 13.5 | 8.1 | ||||
| 2018Home | 2.70 | 0.93 | 33.1 | 12.7 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2018Away | 2.05 | 1.30 | 30.2 | 9.7 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2017Home | 4.82 | 0.96 | 18.2 | 9.2 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2017Away | 1.64 | 1.36 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 4.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jose Alvarado compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings). The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
K/BB
4.00K/9
15.4BB/9
3.9HR/9
0.0Fastball
98.4 mphERA
0.00WHIP
0.86BABIP
.279GB/FB
3.67Strand %
100.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2018 Fantasy Outlook
Alvarado's fastball-slider combo had enticed during his rise through the farm system, but he hadn't shown an ability to locate with consistency prior to 2017. The lefty issued walks at a 6.4 BB/9 clip in a 16-game stint at Triple-A and hadn't posted a mark under 4.0 at any level. All of a sudden, Alvarado began hitting his spots and ended up with an above-average walk rate (2.7 BB/9) in his first exposure to big-league hitters. The swing-and-miss came with him to the majors, with Alvarado averaging close to a strikeout per inning, and he induced groundballs 53.7 percent of the time. His FIP was more than a run lower than his ERA at 2.55 -- that was good for 18th among 291 relievers with at least 20 innings. Alvarado was excellent against righties (.193 wOBA), and if Alex Colome is dealt this winter, Alvarado could get a look in the ninth.
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Earns third save
Alvarado posted a strikeout, walk and hit over one inning while nailing down his third save of the season in a 5-2 victory against the Giants on Friday.
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Strikes out side
Alvarado pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out the side, in a 1-0 loss to the Rockies on Wednesday.
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Grabs second save
Alvarado struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to record his second save of the season in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Astros.
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Notches first save
Alvarado secured his first save of the year and allowed a hit and a walk while striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning Friday against Houston.
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Spring ERA unblemished
Alvarado fired a scoreless sixth inning in which he also recorded
a strikeout during a Grapefruit League win over the Pirates on Friday.
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