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Jose Alvarado

Phillies
Number #46
Position RP
Bats L
Throws L
Age 31
Height 6' 2"
Weight 245 lbs
Birth Place Maracaibo, Venezuela
Born May 21, 1995

Key Insights

2026
Both sides hit him about the same

20% of the contact right-handers make against Alvarado is hit hard, against 36% of what left-handers make.

180 pitches to right-handed hitters, 140 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak

Contact against Alvarado is weak: 84.4 mph off the bat on average, 91st percentile.

320 pitches in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 49th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 87.3 mph off the bat against Alvarado and left-handers 82.1.

20 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 25 from left-handers.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 28.9% of the contact Alvarado gives up is hit hard, 90th percentile.

320 pitches in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 56th in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Alvarado averages 95.8 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.

320 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 7th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

54.3% of the balls put in play against Alvarado have gone to centre field.

25 of 46 located batted balls allowed.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 21, 1995
Birth Place Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height 6' 2"
Weight 245 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/L