Yordan Alvarez vs Chris Bassitt

The Almanac's Take

Alvarez enters this left-on-right matchup with a 1.069 OPS and 22 home runs in 68 games, and the platoon edge is real — Bassitt is having a rough season by any measure, sitting at a 5.72 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, and a 6.3 K/9 that signals he's not missing bats. The 29-PA head-to-head history is thin but points the same direction: Alvarez is hitting .346 with 5 home runs and a 93.0 mph average exit velocity against him. Bassitt's pitch mix leans heavily on a cutter (25.4%) and sinker (22.2%), and left-handed hitters with Alvarez's 15.6% walk rate tend to work counts until something elevated arrives.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.346

9-for-26

PA

29

HR

5

K

6

BB

3

Pitches seen

126

Avg exit velo

93.0 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-04-30Strikeout · Curveball 71.1 mph
• 2026-04-30Field Out · Sinker 91.7 mph · 96.1 mph EV
• 2026-04-30Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 91.2 mph
• 2025-04-22Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.0 mph · 74.1 mph EV
• 2025-04-22Field Out · Sinker 91.5 mph · 97.6 mph EV
• 2025-04-22Single · Cutter 89.6 mph · 78.2 mph EV
• 2024-07-04Intent Walk
• 2024-07-04Field Out · Changeup 82.3 mph · 81.2 mph EV
• 2024-07-04Walk · Cutter 88.1 mph
• 2024-04-03Double · Split-Finger 84.8 mph · 109.5 mph EV
• 2024-04-03Home Run · Sinker 93.1 mph · 108.2 mph EV
• 2024-04-03Single · Split-Finger 84.5 mph · 105.4 mph EV
• 2023-06-07Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.1 mph
• 2023-06-07Home Run · Sweeper 73.2 mph · 97.7 mph EV
• 2023-06-07Field Out · Sinker 92.4 mph · 97.6 mph EV
• 2023-04-18Field Out · Cutter 88.1 mph · 78.0 mph EV
• 2023-04-18Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 94.7 mph
• 2023-04-18Field Out · Cutter 91.8 mph · 74.9 mph EV
• 2021-07-06Home Run · Sinker 93.3 mph · 103.4 mph EV
• 2021-07-06Single · Cutter 87.8 mph · 114.7 mph EV
• 2021-07-06Home Run · Cutter 90.6 mph · 109.7 mph EV
• 2021-04-01Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.3 mph · 74.3 mph EV
• 2021-04-01Field Out · Cutter 89.8 mph · 77.4 mph EV
• 2019-08-17Home Run · Sinker 91.0 mph · 111.2 mph EV
• 2019-08-17Sac Fly · 4-Seam Fastball 95.1 mph · 90.9 mph EV
• 2019-08-17Strikeout · Curveball 71.3 mph
• 2019-07-24Strikeout · Changeup 84.5 mph
• 2019-07-24Field Out · Changeup 85.0 mph · 80.0 mph EV
• 2019-07-24Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.3 mph