Yordan Alvarez
Houston Astros · No. 44 · DH

Yordan Alvarez

6' 4", 237 lbs·Age 29·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL10 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2019–2026 · 2,172 batted balls
2026 · 97 G
.323
AVG
1.068
OPS
31
HR
72
RBI
114
H
65
BB
72
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
1.067
Best OPS · 2019
37
Most HR · 2022
104
Most RBI · 2021
.319
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18410111.320
Jul 17320120.321
Jul 14210000.500
Jul 12320020.318
Jul 11321220.315
Jul 10421100.312
Jul 8400002.310
Jul 7500001.313
Jul 6510002.318
Jul 5400001.320

Career · Batting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20198731327781.067
20202814
202114453733104
202213547037971.019
20231144103197
20241475523586
202548165627
20269936031731.062
Career7762815201566
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

2,169 BBE · 2019–2026 · 93.6 mph avg EV · 16.9% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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