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Yordan Alvarez DH
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Scouted by Kevin Carter (Jun 6, 2018)
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Birth Date	6-27-1997
Height	6' 5"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	27 years, 9 months, 15 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: 2018
: 0.12019
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2019	HOU	22	87	369	98	26	0	27	52	94	2	0	0	.313	.412	.655	149	25.4	-0.5	-0.5	2.8
Career			87	369	98	26	0	27	52	94	2	0	0	.313	.412	.655	149	25.4	-0.5	-0.5	2.8

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2016	DAR	Rk	DSL	16	57	.239	.314	.322	.378	93	7.6	1.7	-1.1	174	0	-0.2	0.1	3.2	0.4
2017	QUD	A	MID	32	139	.250	.321	.380	.449	104	17.7	3.9	-1.8	190	0	-1.5	-1.6	13.2	1.3
2017	BCA	A+	CAR	58	252	.250	.320	.373	.316	93	2.9	7.0	-3.1	117	0	2.2	-0.2	4.1	1.1
2017	MSS	Wnt	AFL	4	17	.000	.000	.000	.500			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	CCH	AA	TEX	43	190	.269	.339	.416	.377	101	17.8	5.4	-1.9	172	0	3.5	0.2	12.6	2.1
2018	FRE	AAA	PCL	45	189	.275	.340	.430	.315	96	3.6	5.5	-1.9	110	0	-6.3	-2.0	2.8	-0.2
2019	HOU	MLB	AL	87	369	.259	.330	.451	.366	102	33.7	11.1	-6.6	149	7	-0.5	-0.5	25.4	2.8
2019	ROU	AAA	PCL	56	253	.272	.349	.467	.355	94	33.6	8.7	-3.8	176	0	-1.0	-2.3	25.8	2.4

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF
2016	DAR	Rk	DSL	57	44	7	15	2	1	1	22	4	12	7	2	1	.341	.474	.500	.159	1
2017	QUD	A	MID	139	111	26	40	6	0	9	73	33	23	36	2	0	.360	.468	.658	.297	3
2017	BCA	A+	CAR	252	224	19	62	11	3	3	88	36	19	41	6	1	.277	.329	.393	.116	7
2017	MSS	Wnt	AFL	17	16	1	5	0	1	0	7	1	1	6	0	0	.313	.353	.438	.125	0
2018	CCH	AA	TEX	190	169	39	55	13	0	12	104	46	19	45	5	2	.325	.389	.615	.290	2
2018	FRE	AAA	PCL	189	166	24	43	8	0	8	75	28	23	47	1	0	.259	.349	.452	.193	0
2019	ROU	AAA	PCL	253	213	50	73	16	0	23	158	71	38	50	2	1	.343	.443	.742	.399	1
2019	HOU	MLB	AL	369	313	58	98	26	0	27	205	78	52	94	0	0	.313	.412	.655	.342	2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2019	1452	0.4559	0.4339	0.7524	0.5967	0.2975	0.8430	0.6000	0.2476	0.0000
Career	1452	0.4559	0.4339	0.7524	0.5967	0.2975	0.8430	0.6000	0.2476	0.0000

Injury History — No longer being updated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
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Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	HOU	$
2020	HOU	$607,000
2021	HOU	$609,000
2022	HOU	$764,600
2023	HOU	$7,833,333
2024	HOU	$10,833,333
2025	HOU	$15,833,333
2026	HOU	$26,833,333
2027	HOU	$26,833,333
2028	HOU	$26,833,333

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$20,647,266
2019	Current	$15,833,333
6 yr	Pvs + Cur	$36,480,599
3 yr	Future	$80,499,999
9 yr	Total	$116,980,598

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 113 d	MVP Sports	6 years/$115M (2023-28)

Details

6 years/$115M (2023-28). 1 year/$764,600 (2022). Renewed by Houston 3/22. signed extension with Houston 6/3/22. $5M signing bonus. 23:$7M, 24:$10M, 25:$15M, 26:$26M, 27:$26M, 28:$26M.
1 year/$609,000 (2021). Re-signed by Houston 3/21.
1 year/$607,000 (2020). Re-signed by Houston 3/20.
1 year (2019). Contract selected by Houston 6/9/19.
Acquired by Houston in trade from LA Dodgers 8/1/16.
Signed by LA Dodgers 6/16 as a free agent from Cuba. $2M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+
90^o	55	13	3	3	5	15	.265	.333	.510	113
80^o	37	9	2	2	3	10	.273	.333	.515	106
70^o	24	5	1	1	2	7	.227	.292	.409	101
60^o	13	4	1	1	1	4	.333	.385	.667	96
50^o	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	92
Weighted Mean	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	93

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2020-09-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Have to pick 3 of the following 5 keepers, standard 16 team roto: Yordan Alvarez (6th), Jack Flaherty (14th), Jeff McNeil (16th), Matt Olson (19th), Jesse Winker (22nd). Which three would you take? Leaning Flaherty, Olson & McNeil. Thanks! (Kimi from BK)	I agree with your order. I'd consider Winker but I think Olson's AVG jumps up in a full season. (Mike Gianella)
2020-09-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Curious to know what you thought of Jesse/Bret's rankings, and whether there are any players you're notably different on? (Jefferson Airplane from Boston)	Those guys do such a great job, I think arguing with them about dynasty rankings would be a little like me trying to tell Clayton Kershaw how to throw a curveball or arguing with Craig on how to bake pies or do Twitter. I will say that I'm a little more scared of Yordan Alvarez (health) and Victor Robles (productivity) than Jesse/Bret. I wonder if Giolito shouldn't be a little higher (currently behind Clevinger, Paddack, & Snell), and I can't seem to figure out what is going on with Adalberto Mondesi. He's either way low or way high and I can't seem to tell. Which probably just means that he's ranked correctly. (Mark Barry)
2020-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any chance Yordan Alvarez gets 20 appearances at 1st or the OF? Does Alex Kiriloff see any time at 1st base this year when he gets the call? Thanks (Kkelly from IL)	Yes, there is a chance Alvarez gets 20 starts at 1B or the OF, but I doubt it absent an injury. I do expect him to get enough time in the OF to gain eligibility there this year. I am not sure Kirilloff arrives in 2020. He is not on the 40-man roster and he really needs to accumulate plate appearances in the upper minors and stay healthy. If he does arrive, I would expect him to see some time at 1B. The Twins do have a crowded roster as well. (Jesse Roche)
2020-01-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Yordan Alvarez wasn't with the team early enough to have garbage can cheated, right? I don't want people to mean to him if he didn't cheat. (Mountain of Margarine from Land O' Lakes)	The Commissioner's report listed 2017 and 2018 as the seasons and said it was abandoned sometime in 2018. Whether you wanna believe that they'd just stop doing it...that's up to you. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-09-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How high are you on Yordan Alvarez, on a scale of "He'll be an average DH and get non-tendered entering his 4th year of arbitration" to "He's the second coming of David Ortiz" (jgaztambide from Louisville)	More towards the higher end than the lower. I don't think he'll get non-tendered. He's not Chris Carter where there's no hit tool or anything. He'll be a very good hitter for a lot of years. (Craig Goldstein)

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Yordan Alvarez DH
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