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José Alvarado PPhillies

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-21-1995
Height6' 2"
Weight245 lbs
Age29 years, 6 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
0.62017
1.72018
0.72019
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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
2017 TBA MLB 35 0 29.7 0 3 0 24 9 29 1 7.3 2.7 0.3 8.8 55% .274 1.11 2.53 3.64 90 3.44 73.2 0.6
2018 TBA MLB 70 0 64.0 1 6 8 42 29 80 1 100 5.9 4.1 0.1 11.3 57% .270 1.11 2.30 2.39 77 2.65 59.3 1.7
2019 TBA MLB 35 1 30.0 1 6 7 29 27 39 2 93 8.7 8.1 0.6 11.7 50% .346 1.87 4.21 4.80 106 5.70 117.0 -0.1
CareerMLB1401123.72151595651484746.94.70.310.855%.2901.292.823.27883.5876.62.1

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-
2012 VTB Rk VSL 12 0 26.0 2 3 0 20 17 20 0 6.9 5.9 0.0 6.9 0% .260 1.42 4.00 3.81 110 4.03 83.9
2014 RAY Rk GCL 12 11 40.3 1 5 0 28 29 46 1 6.2 6.5 0.2 10.3 0% .270 1.41 3.83 3.79 0 0.00 0.0
2015 PRI Rk APP 5 5 17.0 0 2 0 18 13 18 1 103 9.5 6.9 0.5 9.5 0% .386 1.82 5.34 9.53 114 7.32 160.5
2016 BGR A MID 10 0 24.7 2 0 2 12 17 34 0 4.4 6.2 0.0 12.4 73% .245 1.18 2.90 1.46 91 2.98 65.7
2016 PCH A+ FSL 27 0 46.0 2 1 0 38 38 51 1 7.4 7.4 0.2 10.0 57% .306 1.65 3.79 3.91 106 4.85 107.2
2017 TBA MLB AL 35 0 29.7 0 3 0 24 9 29 1 7.3 2.7 0.3 8.8 55% .274 1.11 2.53 3.64 90 3.44 73.2
2017 MNT AA SOU 9 0 11.3 2 1 0 4 5 14 1 3.2 4.0 0.8 11.1 78% .136 0.79 3.11 2.38 92 2.70 57.5
2017 DUR AAA INT 16 0 18.3 0 2 1 11 13 26 1 5.4 6.4 0.5 12.8 43% .244 1.31 3.34 3.93 96 3.32 70.7
2018 TBA MLB AL 70 0 64.0 1 6 8 42 29 80 1 100 5.9 4.1 0.1 11.3 57% .270 1.11 2.30 2.39 77 2.65 59.3
2019 TBA MLB AL 35 1 30.0 1 6 7 29 27 39 2 93 8.7 8.1 0.6 11.7 50% .346 1.87 4.21 4.80 106 5.70 117.0
2019 PCH A+ FSL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 67% .000 0.00 3.31 0.00 110 4.52 93.0
2019 DUR AAA INT 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 6.8 6.8 3.4 10.1 43% .167 1.50 8.50 3.38 111 4.13 85.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 467 0.5011 0.4368 0.7402 0.5812 0.2918 0.8235 0.5735 0.2598
2018 1036 0.4894 0.4266 0.6810 0.5641 0.2949 0.8182 0.4295 0.3190
2019 585 0.3863 0.4017 0.6851 0.5796 0.2897 0.7939 0.5481 0.3149
Career20880.46310.42190.69540.57230.29270.81260.49490.3046

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
2026 PHI $500,000
2025 PHI $9,016,667
2024 PHI $9,016,667
2023 PHI $3,466,667
2022 PHI $1,900,000
2021 PHI $1,000,000
2020 TBA $573,100
2019 TBA $570,600
2018 TBA $549,800
2017 TBA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$8,060,167
2019Current$9,016,667
7 yrPvs + Cur$17,076,834
2 yrFuture$9,516,667
9 yrTotal$26,593,501

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 82 dOL Baseball3 years/$22M (2023-25), 2026 option

Details
  • 3 years/$22M (2023-25), plus 2026 club option. Signed extension with Philadelphia 2/17/23, replacing contract signed 2/10/23 for 1 year/$3.45M (avoided arbitration, $3.7M-$3.2M). $50,000 signing bonus. 23:$3.45M, 24:$9M, 25:$9M, 26:$9M club option ($500,000 buyout). Award bonuses: $100,000 each for WS MVP, Reliever of Year ($50,000 for second or third for Reliever of Year). $50,000 each for All Star, MVP, Gold Glove.
  • 1 year/$1.9M (2022). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1M (2021). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$573,100 (2020). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/20. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Tampa Bay 12/29/20.
  • 1 year/$570,600 (2019). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/19. Placed on restricted list 6/9/19 (family medical emergency). Activated 6/28/19.
  • 1 year/$549,800 (2018). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 11/18/16. Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/17.
  • Signed by Tampa Bay 3/13/12 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela. $50,000 signing bonus.

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 8.6 0 3 62 0 70.5 40 35 87 4 .231 1.07 2.50 2.71 2.1 0.2
80o 7.6 0 2.6 56 0 63.8 40 35 79 4 .247 1.17 2.90 3.14 -1.0 -0.1
70o 6.9 0 2.4 52 0 59.2 39 34 73 4 .258 1.24 3.18 3.46 -2.9 -0.3
60o 6.4 0 2.1 49 0 55.3 38 34 68 4 .268 1.30 3.44 3.74 -4.3 -0.5
50o 5.9 0 2 46 0 51.8 38 33 64 4 .277 1.36 3.68 4 -5.5 -0.6
40o 5.4 0 1.8 43 0 48.4 37 32 60 4 .286 1.43 3.92 4.26 -6.4 -0.7
30o 4.9 0 1.6 39 0 44.8 36 31 55 4 .295 1.50 4.18 4.56 -7.4 -0.8
20o 4.4 0 1.4 36 0 40.7 34 30 50 3 .307 1.58 4.50 4.9 -8.1 -0.9
10o 3.7 0 1.1 31 0 35.2 32 28 43 3 .322 1.70 4.95 5.4 -8.9 -1.0
Weighted Mean5.801.945051.23732634.2741.353.643.95-5.1-0.6

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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-02-25 16:00:00 (link to chat)Who is currently not a closer that you predict will be the closer mid season. Specifically, I am looking for the next Edwin Diaz.
(BK from Toronto)		Well, the next Edwin Diaz will probably be someone who is in the role already but has a breakout and/or visit from the luck elves. Look at Jose Alvarado in Tampa Bay: the Rays are always near the top of the leaderboard for saves chances and while they may do a modified committee, Alvarado could run away with the job early. For committee situations where a closer hasn't been named, I like Trevor May in Minnesota a lot. Sleepers that could get into save roles: Joe Jimenez in DET, Trevor Rosenthal in WAS (an inevitable Doolittle injury away), Diego Castillo in TB, Reyes Moronta in SF. (Jon Hegglund)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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José Alvarado has thrown 6,801 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (98mph) and Cutter (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (92mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (85mph).