Francisco Alvarez

Bats R Throws R5'10" 242 lbBorn 2001 Guatire, VenezuelaDebut 2022Team NYMContract 1 y/$2.4M (26) 2026: $2,400,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 116.4FIELD+ 95.8 at CTotal 2.20 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	360	318	75	13	1	15	35	92	1	0.235	0.317	0.424	0.740	0.189	0.323	25.5	9.6	108.9	1.51
2027	426	376	86	15	0	17	42	113	1	0.229	0.313	0.411	0.724	0.182	0.317	26.6	9.8	104.3	1.55

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 106 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Shanty Hogan	1929	110.0	114.8	424
2	Tommy Clarke	1911	110.1	115.5	180
3	Gabby Hartnett	1924	115.0	124.0	443
4	Bill Freehan	1965	102.9	78.7	544
5	Charlie Moore	1976	92.0	82.1	418
6	Roger Bresnahan	1902	96.7	156.1	486
7	Wilson Ramos	2011	107.4	104.1	96
8	Frankie Hayes	1938	93.4	117.5	486
9	Jerry Moses	1970	93.8	73.0	193
10	Ray Fosse	1970	100.0	95.9	529

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			426		86	15	0	17		1	42	113	0.229	0.313	0.411	0.724	104.3
2026*	NYN	89	330	29	69	11	0	13		0	35	94	0.240	0.329	0.413	0.742	114.3
2025	NYM	76	277	32	63	12	1	11	32	0	27	73	0.256	0.339	0.447	0.787	124.5
2024	NYM	100	342	39	73	14	2	11	47	1	30	86	0.237	0.307	0.403	0.710	103.5
2023	NYM	123	423	51	80	12	0	25	63	2	34	110	0.209	0.284	0.437	0.721	95.5
2022	NYM	5	14	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	4	0.167	0.286	0.500	0.786	120.3
Career		304	1056	125	218	39	3	48	143	3	93	273	0.230	0.306	0.429	0.735	106.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	330	89.9	11.4	15.9	43.6	34.0	31.8	0.234	0.437	0.332	25.5
2025	277	93.1	9.6	12.1	54.3	34.6	27.8	0.229	0.437	0.326	26.0
2024	342	88.8	6.9	6.7	42.0	29.6	29.1	0.218	0.372	0.297	25.8
2023	423	90.1	12.5	12.8	45.1	31.8	26.2	0.204	0.428	0.306	26.4
2022	14	89.1	15.3	37.5	37.5	40.0	32.4	0.240	0.663	0.416	25.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	C	74	596	557	28	7	2	0.988	-5.2
2024	NYM	C	96	726	775	25	6	1	0.993	+6.8
2023	NYM	C	108	874	870	43	13	3	0.986	+14.1
2022	NYM	C	2	13	12	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	107	12 HR, 0 SB	0.258	1.043
2025	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Bat	24	1 HR, 0 SB	0.273	0.742
2022	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	199	9 HR, 0 SB	0.234	0.825
2022	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Bat	296	18 HR, 0 SB	0.277	0.921
2021	A+	Brooklyn Cyclones	Bat	333	22 HR, 6 SB	0.247	0.889
2021	A	St. Lucie Mets	Bat	67	2 HR, 2 SB	0.417	1.213
2019	Rk	GCL Mets	Bat	31	2 HR, 0 SB	0.462	1.394

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.286	0.353	0.323	0.346
2025	0.403	0.342	0.366	0.348
2024	0.378	0.312	0.324	0.332
2023	0.273	0.335	0.297	0.330
2022	0.000	0.465	0.775	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	13	43	4	11	1	3	2	13	0.256	0.298	0.279	0.577
2022	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	14	44	4	11	1	3	2	14	0.250	0.292	0.273	0.564