Jose Alvarado

Bats L Throws L6'0" 240 lbBorn 1995 Maracaibo, VenezuelaDebut 2017Team PHIContract 3 yr/$22M (23-25)+26 cl opt 2026: $9,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	148	25.6	9.5	2.50	21.7	6.08	105.5
2027							105.8
2028							104.9

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ 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	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Taylor Rogers	2021	111.0	96.7	274
2	Chad Qualls	2009	110.7	81.1	281
3	David Riske	2007	110.1	87.0	193
4	Scott Linebrink	2007	109.5	111.2	186
5	Joe Beimel	2007	108.3	105.2	214
6	Ramon Ramirez	2012	109.7	36.0	29
7	Brad Lidge	2007	108.4	120.1	292
8	AJ Ramos	2017	110.9	88.3	88
9	Jon Rauch	2009	109.1	107.2	245
10	Andrew Chafin	2020	109.0	125.9	266

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PHI	28	0	0
2024	PHI	66	0	0
2023	PHI	42	0	0
2022	PHI	59	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.7
2021	PHI	64	0	0
2020	TB	9	0	0
2019	TB	35	0	0
2018	TB	70	0	0
2017	TB	35	0	0
Career		408	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									148				105.8
2026*									211				89.2	98.8	88.0
2025	PHI	4	2	3.81	28	0	7	26.0	114	4	7	32	103.8	96.3	100.0
2024	PHI	2	5	4.09	66	0	13	61.7	258	6	28	63	106.6	96.3	102.9
2023	PHI	0	2	1.74	42	0	10	41.3	172	3	18	64	117.1	95.7	112.8
2022	PHI	4	2	3.18	59	0	2	51.0	214	2	24	81	113.7	102.4	116.1
2021	PHI	7	1	4.20	64	0	5	55.7	251	5	47	68	94.1	97.3	91.3
2020	TB	0	0	6.00	9	0	0	9.0	45	2	6	13	86.2	102.0	88.2
2019	TB	1	6	4.80	35	1	7	30.0	146	2	27	39	95.4	99.9	95.3
2018	TB	1	6	2.39	70	0	8	64.0	263	1	29	80	122.4	99.4	121.8
2017	TB	0	3	3.64	35	0	0	29.7	123	1	9	29	122.3	98.8	121.1
Career		19	27	3.47	408	1	52	368.3	1586	26	195	469	108.7		107.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2022	1						0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	P	28	26	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2024	PHI	P	66	62	2	2	0	0	1.000	-1.2
2023	PHI	P	42	41	0	0	0	0		-0.9
2022	PHI	P	59	51	3	6	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2021	PHI	P	64	56	3	5	1	1	0.889	-0.8
2020	TB	P	9	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2019	TB	P	35	30	1	4	1	0	0.833	-0.0
2018	TB	P	70	64	1	5	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2018	TB	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	TB	P	35	30	2	3	0	0	1.000	-0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	21	5.0 IP, 19% K	0.00
2017	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	81	18.1 IP, 32% K	3.98
2017	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Pit	42	11.1 IP, 33% K	2.43
2016	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	211	46.0 IP, 24% K	3.91
2016	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	101	24.2 IP, 34% K	1.49
2015	Rk	Princeton Rays	Pit	81	17.0 IP, 22% K	9.53
2014	Rk	GCL Rays	Pit	178	40.1 IP, 26% K	3.82
2013	Rk	VSL Rays	Pit	194	45.2 IP, 28% K	1.99
2012	Rk	VSL Rays	Pit	118	26.0 IP, 17% K	3.81

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2022		0.000		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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	90.00	1	0	0.2	1	0	2	1	15.00
2023	0	1.12	8	0	8.0	7	0	3	6	1.25
2022	1	5.68	12	1	11.1	9	3	5	14	1.26
2020	0	0.00	2	0	1.7	1	0	3	4	2.40
Career	1	4.29	23	1	21.0	18	3	13	25	1.48