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Dan Altavilla

Dan Altavilla

31-Year-Old PitcherP
 Free Agent  
2023 Stats
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
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Bats R
Throws R
40 Man No
Height 5'11"
Weight 200
DOB 9/8/1992
Drafted 5th Rd 2014
$Signed a two-year, minor-league contract with the Red Sox in March of 2022. Released by the Red Sox in August of 2023.
Cut by Boston
PFree Agent  
August 15, 2023
The Red Sox released Altavilla on Tuesday, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.
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Altavilla has spent all season working his way back from an undisclosed injury, and he made his way up to High-A ball, allowing three runs in seven innings with Greenville during his assignment. He'll now hit the open market and look to latch on with another franchise as organizational depth. Altavilla hasn't pitched in the majors since 2021.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2021vs Left .333 3 2 0 1 0 0 1
Since 2021vs Right .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Left .333 3 2 0 1 0 0 1
2021vs Right .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2021Home 9.00 1.00 1.0 0 0 0 9.0 0.0 9.0
Since 2021Away 0.00 0.00 .333333 0 0 0 27.0 0.0 0.0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Home 9.00 1.00 1.0 0 0 0 9.0 0.0 9.0
2021Away 0.00 0.00 .333333 0 0 0 27.0 0.0 0.0
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Mound Musings: Trading Places at the Deadline
Mound Musings: Trading Places at the Deadline
September 3, 2020
September 3, 2020
Brad Johnson analyses the aftermath of the trade deadline to see how the changes in latitudes might affect pitchers like Robbie Ray who’s moving to Toronto.
Rounding Third: Week 2 FAAB Results
Rounding Third: Week 2 FAAB Results
August 3, 2020
August 3, 2020
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AL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week
AL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week
August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
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Oak's Corner: Total Closer Chaos
Oak's Corner: Total Closer Chaos
July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
Scott Jenstad offers his thoughts on how to handle the plethora of closer situations like the one in Toronto where Ken Giles has been shut down with a strained right forearm.
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Altavilla began the season in the late-inning mix with Mariners closer Yoshihisa Hirano unavailable, and he notched a save in his second outing. Things trended down from there as he gave up at least one earned run in five of 11 outings before being dealt to the Padres at the trade deadline in a multi-player swap. At the time, Altavilla sported a 7.71 ERA and 1.63 WHIP with three homers in 11.2 innings. He fared better with San Diego, working mostly in low-leverage scenarios. Altavilla averages 97 mph on his fastball, but he lacks command and control, as evidenced by 12 walks in 20.1 innings along with the three homers. His ERA estimators peg him roughly a run and half lower than his 5.57 mark last season, but even low-to-mid 4.00s is high for a reliever, even with a 27.0 K%. A live arm bears watching, and the Padres have a good track record fixing relievers, but for now, Altavilla isn't fantasy material.
Altavilla battled forearm issues in 2018 and struggled out of the gate in 2019. At one point last summer it was feared he might be headed for Tommy John surgery, but it turned out that his UCL was not damaged, fortunately. The right-hander made it back to Seattle to pitch nine innings over the final month of the season, thriving in that small sample (35 batters faced) with a 25.7 K-BB%. Altavilla brings the heat with a fastball that sits 96-97 and a slider that averages close to 88 mph. Harnessing that quality stuff has been a struggle and his 2018 stint with the Mariners was marred by a 17.7 BB%. The full big-league track record here does little to excite, but the team's bullpen is wide open and Altavilla has one of the more electric arms among the relief corps. The promise of the stuff may be worth a dart in the reserve rounds of AL-only leagues.
The 26-year-old Altavilla is a somewhat interesting arm made more interesting by the fact that the Mariners tore it down this winter, leaving the back end of the bullpen pretty wide open. Anthony Swarzak is the most proven option right now, but Swarzak could be traded at any time. So far, a lack of control has held Altavilla back at the highest level. He was especially wild in his 22 appearances for Seattle last season, posting a 17.7% walk rate, but he was able to overcome the free passes to a large extent with strikeouts (27.1 K%) and by inducing a lot of playable contact (13.6 LD%). He threw his fastball at 96 mph on average and got swings and misses with the slider. The track record on the farm suggests the final piece of the puzzle may never come, but if Altavilla can rein in his repertoire even a little, he could carve out a prominent role among Seattle's relief corps.
Look up "average" in the dictionary and you will see a snapshot of Altavilla's 2017 season. The right-hander averaged 10.0 K/9, which was good but certainly not great for a bullpen arm in this day and age, and the benefits of that swing and miss were offset to a large extent by the walks (3.9 BB/9) and homers (1.74 HR/9). When it was all said and done, Altavilla had a 0.0 fWAR. He will have a tough time curtailing the homers with a 46.9 flyball percentage and 35.4 percent hard-hit rate. Altavilla throws hard and he has high-leverage experience on the farm -- he's racked up 22 saves between Double- and Triple-A over the past two season -- but he only earned two holds in 41 appearances with the big club last year and advancement will be difficult with Juan Nicasio joining Seattle's bullpen ranks in the offseason.
A fifth-round draft pick out of Mercyhurst back in 2014, Altavilla was one of the biggest surprises for the Mariners in 2016. After two seasons as a middling starting pitching prospect in the organization, the 24-year-old converted to being a reliever and flourished. In 56.2 innings with Double-A Jackson, he posted an excellent 1.91 ERA and 1.10 WHIP to go with 16 saves and an excellent 65:22 K:BB. Much to everyone's astonishment, the right-hander was promoted straight to the big leagues in late August, and to shock people even more, he continued to thrive. He allowed just one run in 12.1 innings of work while putting up a 10:1 K:BB in the big leagues. With his upper-90s fastball and biting slider, it seems like his repertoire is built for a late-inning role, a position he very well could claim with a strong spring showing.
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Sent to MiLB camp
PBoston Red Sox  
March 5, 2023
The Red Sox reassigned Altavilla to minor-league camp Sunday.
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Returns to health
PBoston Red Sox  
February 20, 2023
Altavilla (elbow) is healthy heading into spring training, Beyond the Monster reports.
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Gets commitment from BoSox
PBoston Red Sox  
Elbow
March 16, 2022
Altavailla (elbow) agreed Wednesday with the Red Sox on a two-year, minor-league contract, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports.
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Outrighted to Triple-A
PSan Diego Padres  
Elbow
November 3, 2021
The Padres outrighted Altavilla (elbow) to Triple-A El Paso on Wednesday, Shaun O'Neill of MLB.com reports.
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Undergoes Tommy John surgery
PSan Diego Padres  
Elbow
June 29, 2021
Altavilla (elbow) announced via his personal Twitter account Tuesday that he recently underwent successful Tommy John surgery.
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