Andrew Alvarez

With two strikes Alvarez goes to the curveball: 49% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.3% the rest of the time.

Alvarez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.03 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

Alvarez's changeup moves 15.1 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

Alvarez's 4-seam fastball carries 13.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

Alvarez's curveball spins at 2,727 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Alvarez works with 5 pitches: Curveball, 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Sinker, and a little else. The curveball is 31.3% of everything he throws.

Alvarez puts 54.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 34.5% when he is ahead.

Alvarez throws the sinker 27.7% of the time against left-handers and 10.2% against right-handers.

Alvarez releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 56 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

Alvarez's 4-seam fastball averages 92.2 mph, and has touched 95.2.

Alvarez works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.6 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

Alvarez releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.

9.4 mph separates Alvarez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 92.2 against 82.9.

With two strikes Alvarez goes to the curveball: 49% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.3% the rest of the time.

Alvarez puts 54.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 34.5% when he is ahead.

Alvarez's curveball spins at 2,727 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Alvarez works with 5 pitches: Curveball, 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Sinker, and a little else. The curveball is 31.3% of everything he throws.

Alvarez throws the sinker 27.7% of the time against left-handers and 10.2% against right-handers.

Alvarez's 4-seam fastball averages 92.2 mph, and has touched 95.2.

9.4 mph separates Alvarez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 92.2 against 82.9.

Alvarez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.03 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

Alvarez works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.6 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

Alvarez's changeup moves 15.1 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

Alvarez's 4-seam fastball carries 13.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

Alvarez releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 56 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

Alvarez releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.