MLB · NL East

Francisco Alvarez

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

New York MetsCBats: R · Throws: R
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The read

Elite power and contact quality, with plenty of swing-and-miss.

At a glance

This season

BA

.247

OBP

.313

SLG

.380

OPS

.693

5 HR · 14 RBI · 39 K (23%) · 13 BB · 166 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

BA

.278

HR

1

RBI

3

K

11

BB

2

10-for-36

Power & contact quality

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 166 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.404
76
Avg Exit V
90.4 mph
79
Barrel %
15.4%
95
Hard-Hit %
52.7%
74
Chase %
33.1%
30
Whiff %
27.9%
22
K %
23.5%
39
BB %
7.8%
40

Where he hits it

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

30%LF26%LCF21%CF9%RCF8%RF← Pull

56%

Pull

25%

Center

19%

Oppo

Pull-air 41% of BIP · 93.3 mph · 34° LA

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.341
xSLG
.615
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
112.6
EV90
108.4
Launch angle
8.7°
Sweet-spot%
31.8%
Avg distance
269 ft
EV on barrels
106.1
EV on hard-hit
103.2
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
63.9%
O-Contact%
55.1%
Z-Contact%
82.3%
Contact%
72.2%
SwStr%
13.2%
CSW%
29.8%
In-zone%
46.5%
1st-pitch swing%
34.7%
2-strike K%
41.5%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.473
7d K%
20.8%
7d Barrel%
11.8%
7d Whiff%
33.3%
14d xwOBA(con)
.418
14d K%
28.9%
14d Barrel%
12.0%
30d xwOBA(con)
.418
30d K%
28.9%
30d Barrel%
12.0%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.371
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.392
Behind xwOBA(con)
.354
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.412
Ahead Whiff%
26.4%
2-strike Whiff%
22.3%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.336
RISP
.274
Loaded
.000
High leverage
.351
Clutch
.302
Innings 1-3
.311
Innings 4-6
.489
Innings 7+
.380

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Platoon split

Slightly better against righties than lefties (reverse-split for his bat side).

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.250.245
OBP.318.286.323
SLG.404.350.391
OPS.722.636.714
Sample42 PA124 PA

How he handles each pitch

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Curveball5.000.000.14836.4%20.0%0.0%0.0%84.0 mph-3.6°
Cutter6.200.200.17214.3%16.7%40.0%0.0%89.8 mph13.6°
Changeup19.376.805.42831.6%21.1%41.2%19.6%90.2 mph-1.6°
Sinker45.209.209.30618.8%17.8%45.5%6.3%90.8 mph7.9°
Slider51.230.419.32333.8%19.6%39.8%19.7%88.8 mph12.2°