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Dario Álvarez PTwins

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-17-1989
Height6' 1"
Weight170 lbs
Age35 years, 3 months, 2 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-0.12015
0.82016
0.32017
2018
0.02019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2014 NYN MLB 4 0 1.3 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 93 27.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 0% .500 3.00 11.35 13.50 48 1.44 35.3 0.0
2015 NYN MLB 6 0 3.7 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 89 12.3 2.5 4.9 4.9 0% .250 1.64 11.61 12.27 131 7.67 179.2 -0.1
2016 ATL 0 16 0 15.0 3 1 0 11 5 28 3 92 6.6 3.0 1.8 16.8 33% .333 1.07 3.25 3.00 69 1.97 43.7 0.5
2016 TEX 0 10 0 11.7 0 0 0 17 2 13 3 113 13.1 1.5 2.3 10.0 46% .438 1.63 5.24 7.71 103 3.18 70.4 0.2
2017 TEX MLB 20 0 16.3 2 0 0 19 14 17 1 10.5 7.7 0.6 9.4 44% .367 2.02 4.61 2.76 89 3.56 75.7 0.3
2016 TOT MLB 26 0 26.7 3 1 0 28 7 41 6 101 9.5 2.4 2.0 13.8 40% .393 1.31 4.12 5.06 84 2.50 55.4 0.8
CareerMLB56048.0610562261106610.54.11.911.442%.3871.635.065.06893.2371.21.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2007 DHI Rk DSL 11 8 36.3 1 3 0 22 29 50 0 5.5 7.2 0.0 12.4 0% .275 1.40 2.92 4.46 0 0.00 0.0
2008 DHI Rk DSL 18 5 53.0 4 2 2 44 24 51 1 7.5 4.1 0.2 8.7 0% .289 1.28 2.97 3.23 0 0.00 0.0
2012 ORI Wnt VWL 3 1 5.3 0 0 0 7 1 5 1 11.8 1.7 1.7 8.4 0% .353 1.50 4.35 8.44 0 0.00 0.0
2013 BRO A- NYP 12 12 58.0 2 4 0 48 26 57 1 91 7.4 4.0 0.2 8.8 0% .288 1.28 3.05 3.10 101 4.50 97.7
2014 NYN MLB NL 4 0 1.3 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 93 27.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 0% .500 3.00 11.35 13.50 48 1.44 35.3
2014 SAV A SAL 20 6 61.3 7 1 1 43 14 95 2 103 6.3 2.1 0.3 13.9 0% .315 0.93 1.69 1.32 54 1.91 40.4
2014 SLU A+ FSL 4 0 6.3 2 0 0 1 3 10 0 1.4 4.3 0.0 14.2 0% .143 0.63 1.64 0.00 60 2.41 51.0
2014 BIN AA EAS 5 0 5.7 1 0 1 4 0 9 0 6.4 0.0 0.0 14.3 0% .364 0.71 0.70 0.00 42 2.34 49.5
2015 NYN MLB NL 6 0 3.7 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 89 12.3 2.5 4.9 4.9 0% .250 1.64 11.61 12.27 131 7.67 179.2
2015 BIN AA EAS 32 0 31.0 1 1 0 21 16 43 2 6.1 4.6 0.6 12.5 0% .271 1.19 3.17 3.19 68 2.35 51.6
2015 LVG AAA PCL 16 0 11.0 2 1 0 6 5 19 0 4.9 4.1 0.0 15.5 0% .353 1.00 2.32 2.45 49 1.24 27.2
2016 ATL MLB NL 16 0 15.0 3 1 0 11 5 28 3 92 6.6 3.0 1.8 16.8 33% .333 1.07 3.25 3.00 69 1.97 43.7
2016 TEX MLB AL 10 0 11.7 0 0 0 17 2 13 3 113 13.1 1.5 2.3 10.0 46% .438 1.63 5.24 7.71 103 3.18 70.4
2016 GWN AAA INT 8 0 8.0 0 0 0 4 4 14 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 15.8 43% .286 1.00 1.54 1.13 59 2.41 53.3
2016 LVG AAA PCL 17 0 15.3 0 1 0 22 10 27 3 12.9 5.9 1.8 15.8 54% .500 2.09 4.89 9.98 74 4.53 100.1
2016 ROU AAA PCL 6 0 8.0 2 0 1 8 3 10 1 9.0 3.4 1.1 11.3 45% .368 1.38 3.97 2.25 84 5.80 128.0
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 21 0 8.7 2 3 0 8 6 6 0 8.3 6.2 0.0 6.2 0% .267 1.62 3.38 8.31 0 0.00 0.0
2017 TEX MLB AL 20 0 16.3 2 0 0 19 14 17 1 10.5 7.7 0.6 9.4 44% .367 2.02 4.61 2.76 89 3.56 75.7
2017 ROU AAA PCL 18 1 27.0 2 0 0 24 10 36 3 84 8.0 3.3 1.0 12.0 40% .339 1.26 4.05 2.33 84 3.98 84.7
2018 EVE A- NWL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 0.00 -0.45 0.00 66 2.53 53.5
2018 TAC AAA PCL 27 0 27.3 2 0 0 20 14 28 1 6.6 4.6 0.3 9.2 37% .264 1.24 4.14 1.98 101 3.77 79.7
2018 MRN Rk AZL 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 75% .000 1.00 6.57 0.00 115 3.63 76.7
2019 YUC AAA MEX 2 1 3.7 0 1 0 10 2 5 1 24.5 4.9 2.5 12.3 0% .600 3.27 8.19 17.18 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 31 0.4516 0.6129 0.5789 0.9286 0.3529 0.6154 0.5000 0.4211
2015 69 0.5072 0.4928 0.8529 0.8286 0.1471 0.8966 0.6000 0.1471
2016 460 0.4804 0.4630 0.6854 0.6109 0.3264 0.8222 0.4487 0.3146
2017 313 0.4473 0.3738 0.6239 0.4929 0.2775 0.7246 0.4792 0.3761
Career8730.46960.43870.67280.59710.29560.78570.47340.3272

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 MIN $
2018 SEA $
2017 TEX $538,790
2016 NYN $
2015 NYN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$538,790
1 yrTotal$538,790

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 66 d1 year/$0.545M (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/10/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.545M (2018). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/1/17. Claimed by Seattle off waivers from Chicago Cubs 3/21/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 4/25/18. Released by Seattle 8/18.
  • 1 year/$538,790 (2017). Re-signed by Texas 2/17. DFA by Texas 9/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/7/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/4/16. Claimed by Atlanta off waivers 5/25/16 after being DFA by NY Mets 5/23/16. Acquired by Texas in trade from Atlanta 7/27/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/5/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by NY Mets 9/1/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/15/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 2010-12: Did not play
  • Released by Philadelphia 8/18/09.
  • Signed by Philadelphia 1/8/07 as a free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 2 0.3 55 0 49.5 40 22 50 5 .267 1.24 3.47 3.78 -4.2 -0.5
80o 0 1.6 0.3 48 0 43.5 38 20 44 5 .283 1.34 3.89 4.24 -5.8 -0.6
70o 0 1.4 0.2 43 0 39.3 36 20 40 5 .294 1.42 4.20 4.57 -6.6 -0.7
60o 0 1.2 0.2 40 0 35.9 35 19 36 5 .303 1.49 4.47 4.86 -7.2 -0.8
50o 0 1 0.2 36 0 32.8 33 18 33 4 .312 1.55 4.72 5.14 -7.5 -0.8
40o 0 0.9 0.1 33 0 29.7 31 17 30 4 .321 1.62 4.99 5.42 -7.7 -0.8
30o 0 0.7 0.1 29 0 26.5 29 16 27 4 .331 1.69 5.27 5.73 -7.8 -0.8
20o 0 0.6 0.1 25 0 22.9 27 14 23 4 .343 1.78 5.61 6.1 -7.6 -0.8
10o 0 0.4 0.1 20 0 18.1 22 12 18 3 .359 1.91 6.10 6.63 -7.0 -0.8
Weighted Mean010.235032.13217324.3101.544.695.1-7.2-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Dario Álvarez threw 906 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2021, including pitches thrown in . In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (80mph), also mixing in a Cutter (87mph).