Jose Alvarado
28-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
0-2
ERA
1.74
WHIP
1.16
K
64
SV
10
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After inking a 3-year extension with the Phillies last February, Alvarado opened 2023 in dominant form. Known for his control issues, the southpaw didn't walk a batter over his first 14.1 innings while striking out 24. Alvarado even earned save chances during that span, racking up 5 over the first month and change before suffering left elbow inflammation that required a trip to the injured list. The 28-year-old missed just over a month of action and clearly wasn't the same upon his return, walking 9 batters over his next 11.1 innings with a 1.80 WHIP. Alvarado then returned to the IL with the same injury, this time missing a month-and-a-half before rejoining the Phillies bullpen in late-August. He closed out 2023 in better form, finishing the year with a career best 1.74 ERA and 10 saves. If Alvarado continues improving his control as he's done the past 2 seasons, he's likely to set a new career-high in the saves category in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Nails down save No. 10
Alvarado struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his 10th save of the season in a 7-5 win over the Mets.
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The lefty fired 11 of his 14 pitches for strikes and topped out at 98.3 mph in another impressive performance. Alvarado appears to have supplanted Craig Kimbrel in the pecking order for saves in the Phillies' bullpen -- he has three saves since Kimbrel recorded his last one Sept. 11, with the right-hander blowing his most recent opportunity Friday. Since returning from elbow inflammation in late August, Alvarado has a 2.70 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 21:9 K:BB through 13.1 innings with four saves and five holds over 14 appearances.
The lefty fired 11 of his 14 pitches for strikes and topped out at 98.3 mph in another impressive performance. Alvarado appears to have supplanted Craig Kimbrel in the pecking order for saves in the Phillies' bullpen -- he has three saves since Kimbrel recorded his last one Sept. 11, with the right-hander blowing his most recent opportunity Friday. Since returning from elbow inflammation in late August, Alvarado has a 2.70 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 21:9 K:BB through 13.1 innings with four saves and five holds over 14 appearances.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Jose Alvarado generally throw?
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What part of the game does Jose Alvarado generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-14%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-14%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .185 | 52 | 20 | 33 | 2 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .214 | 161 | 69 | 77 | 8 | |||
2023vs Left | .217 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
2023vs Right | .187 | 51 | 18 | 20 | 3 | |||
2022vs Left | .237 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .188 | 62 | 18 | 24 | 1 | |||
2021vs Left | .123 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | |||
2021vs Right | .266 | 48 | 33 | 33 | 4 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-29%
ERA on Road
2023
-22%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.69 | 1.26 | 75.2 | 12.6 | 5.2 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 2.61 | 1.44 | 72.1 | 13.3 | 5.6 | ||||
2023Home | 1.93 | 1.07 | 23.1 | 13.5 | 3.5 | ||||
2023Away | 1.50 | 1.28 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 4.5 | ||||
2022Home | 3.55 | 1.14 | 25.1 | 14.6 | 3.9 | ||||
2022Away | 2.81 | 1.29 | 25.2 | 14.0 | 4.6 | ||||
2021Home | 5.33 | 1.52 | 27.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | ||||
2021Away | 3.14 | 1.67 | 28.2 | 11.9 | 7.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jose Alvarado compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.56K/9
13.9BB/9
3.9HR/9
0.7Fastball
98.8 mphERA
1.74WHIP
1.16BABIP
.339GB/FB
2.88Left On Base
75.3%Exit Velocity
82.2 mphBarrels/BBE
2.0%Spin Rate
2136 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.5%Swinging Strike
16.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Alvarado continues to miss plenty of bats. He had the highest whiff rate on any cutter in the league at 55.7% and his 14.3 K/9 was a career best and 3rd highest among qualified relievers. Walks were still an issue as the southpaw issued 24 free passes across 51 innings, but he managed to cut his walk rate by 7.5%, from 18.7% in 2021 (worst in the league among relief pitchers) to 11.2% last year. That mark was still pretty poor with just an 11th percentile Statcast ranking, but Alvarado was elite across several other metrics, including K% (98th percentile), Whiff% (98th), xSLG (97th) and xBA (94th). After recording 22 holds for the Phillies last season, his role at the back-end of Philadelphia's bullpen is secure. He has the upside for 10-15 saves, but will need to improve his command even more to earn more chances in the ninth inning.
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Grabs ninth save
Alvarado picked up the save Thursday against the Mets. He allowed a hit while striking out two over a scoreless inning.
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Secures save in sketchy outing
Alvarado yielded a run on two hits and two walks in one inning Friday. He struck out one and earned a save against the Cardinals.
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Notches save Monday
Alvarado earned a save against the Padres on Monday, issuing two walks and striking out two batters over a hitless and scoreless inning.
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Brought back from IL
The Phillies reinstated Alvarado (elbow) from the 15-day injured list Monday.
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To pitch Tuesday at Triple-A
Alvarado (elbow/hand) is expected to pitch Tuesday for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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