Jose Alvarado
24-Year-Old
10-Day IL
Injury Oblique
Est. Return 8/1/2019
2019 Stats
W-L
0-5
ERA
5.06
WHIP
1.69
K
34
SV
7
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
Lands on injured list
Alvarado (oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
The move was expected, as Alvarado is in line to miss at least six weeks with an oblique strain. Expect Emilio Pagan and Diego Castillo (shoulder) to receive the bulk of the save chances for the Rays in his absence.
The move was expected, as Alvarado is in line to miss at least six weeks with an oblique strain. Expect Emilio Pagan and Diego Castillo (shoulder) to receive the bulk of the save chances for the Rays in his absence.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-21%
BAA vs RHP
2019
-22%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | Batters | K | BB | H | HR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017vs Left | .241 | 184 | 44 | 20 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Since 2017vs Right | .191 | 326 | 99 | 37 | 54 | 3 | ||
| 2019vs Left | .219 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019vs Right | .279 | 82 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 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
-39%
ERA on Road
2019
-21%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017Home | 3.95 | 1.11 | 68.1 | 11.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| Since 2017Away | 2.42 | 1.40 | 52.0 | 9.7 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2019Home | 5.51 | 1.65 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 6.1 | ||||
| 2019Away | 4.35 | 1.74 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 7.0 | ||||
| 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.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against this season's data (min 20 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against this season's data (min 20 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.79K/9
11.5BB/9
6.4HR/9
0.7Fastball
98.5 mphERA
5.06WHIP
1.69BABIP
.368GB/FB
2.07Left On Base
68.7%Exit Velocity
89.1 mphBarrels/BBE
5.8%Spin Rate
2256 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
34.8%Swinging Strike
13.1%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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Out longer than expected
Alvarado (oblique) could miss 6-to-8 weeks, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Out 2-to-6 weeks
Alvarado (oblique) is expected to miss 2-to-6 weeks depending on the results of his MRI, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Dealing with oblique strain
Alvarado left Saturday's game against the Yankees with a strained oblique, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports.
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Exits with side injury
Alvarado left Saturday's game against the Yankees with an apparent side injury, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports.
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Lower-leverage role on tap?
Alvarado, who's allowed seven runs (six earned) across three appearances since returning from an extended absence due to personal reasons, may be used in lower-leverage situations in the short term, Marc Topkin of the Tamp Bay Times reports. "In all fairness to him, us, probably try to find a softer spot for him,'' manager Kevin Cash said. "Unfortunately we don't have many soft spots, and there's not a soft spot when you face the New York Yankees."
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