Yordan Alvarez

Bats L Throws R6'5" 225 lbBorn 1997 Las Tunas, CubaDebut 2019Team HOU2x All-StarContract 6 y/$115M (23-28) 2026: $26,833,333

Awards: All-MLB Second Team x2, AL Silver Slugger, ALCS MVP, All-MLB First Team, Rookie of the Year

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 154.4FIELD+ 98.6 at LFTotal 4.97 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	392	335	96	19	1	21	48	70	1	0.288	0.382	0.533	0.915	0.246	0.387	17.8	12.3	153.3	3.78
2027	509	430	123	23	0	27	67	92	0	0.286	0.388	0.531	0.919	0.245	0.389	18.1	13.3	156.6	5.11

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 136 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Charlie Keller	1945	156.9	162.1	655
2	Edd Roush	1921	145.4	131.3	189
3	Fred Lynn	1980	139.9	86.2	302
4	Mike Donlin	1906	145.8	did not play
5	Chuck Klein	1933	159.5	134.8	485
6	Benny Kauff	1918	142.5	127.6	544
7	Shin-Soo Choo	2011	133.7	135.4	686
8	Brandon Nimmo	2021	136.4	133.8	673
9	Reggie Jackson	1974	152.6	136.1	669
10	Mel Ott	1937	154.4	179.0	652

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			509		123	23	0	27		0	67	92	0.286	0.388	0.531	0.919	156.6
2026*	HOU	125	551	83	144	25	0	36		1	86	95	0.317	0.430	0.610	1.040	184.2
2025	HOU	48	199	17	45	8	0	6	27	1	28	33	0.273	0.367	0.430	0.797	116.0
2024	HOU	147	635	88	170	34	2	35	86	6	69	95	0.308	0.392	0.567	0.959	166.5
2023	HOU	114	496	77	120	24	1	31	97	0	69	92	0.293	0.407	0.583	0.990	168.9
2022	HOU	135	561	95	144	29	2	37	97	1	78	106	0.306	0.406	0.613	1.019	184.9
2021	HOU	144	598	92	149	35	1	33	104	1	50	145	0.277	0.346	0.531	0.877	134.6
2020	HOU	2	9	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0.250	0.333	0.625	0.958	152.7
2019	HOU	87	369	58	98	26	0	27	78	0	52	94	0.313	0.412	0.655	1.067	170.4
Career		677	2867	429	728	156	6	170	493	9	346	566	0.297	0.389	0.573	0.961	160.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	551	94.5	19.3	17.5	53.4	20.0	28.2	0.329	0.675	0.458	25.0
2025	199	94.7	18.3	13.8	52.9	22.4	26.7	0.284	0.549	0.393	26.2
2024	635	93.1	18.3	14.5	49.7	19.9	30.6	0.299	0.607	0.415	26.1
2023	496	93.3	17.1	18.1	52.2	22.4	26.1	0.292	0.632	0.436	26.3
2022	561	95.2	12.3	21.0	59.8	23.5	24.8	0.319	0.686	0.459	26.6
2021	598	93.2	14.1	15.9	54.2	22.7	26.4	0.270	0.574	0.386	26.4
2020	9	98.6	6.4	0.0	71.4	14.3	10.5	0.272	0.443	0.356
2019	369	92.2	13.4	18.4	48.9	25.1	28.7	0.285	0.594	0.408	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	HOU	OF	15	116	25	0	1	0	0.962
2024	HOU	OF	53	421	71	3	1	0	0.987
2023	HOU	OF	40	343	59	2	0	0	1.000
2022	HOU	OF	56	468	79	7	2	1	0.977
2021	HOU	OF	41	319	49	3	1	0	0.981
2019	HOU	OF	10	66	9	1	1	0	0.909

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	253	23 HR, 2 SB	0.343	1.185
2018	AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Bat	189	8 HR, 1 SB	0.259	0.801
2018	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	190	12 HR, 5 SB	0.325	1.004
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Bat	252	3 HR, 6 SB	0.277	0.722
2017	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	139	9 HR, 2 SB	0.360	1.126
2016	Rk	DSL Astros Orange	Bat	57	1 HR, 2 SB	0.341	0.974

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.361	0.467	0.490	0.386
2025	0.466	0.315	0.391	0.290
2024	0.435	0.392	0.360	0.453
2023	0.399	0.440	0.387	0.466
2022	0.423	0.429	0.421	0.433
2021	0.376	0.374	0.363	0.388
2020	0.580	0.175	0.400
2019	0.453	0.441	0.478	0.408

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.286	0.375	0.429	0.804
2023	11	43	12	20	2	1	6	15	4	14	0.465	0.510	0.977	1.487
2022	13	52	9	10	3	0	3	14	6	16	0.192	0.311	0.423	0.735
2021	16	54	13	17	4	2	2	9	13	17	0.315	0.449	0.574	1.023
2019	18	58	5	14	3	0	1	3	7	21	0.241	0.323	0.345	0.668
Career	60	214	39	63	13	3	12	41	31	69	0.294	0.393	0.551	0.944