Jose Alvarez Pitcher

       
 

Born: June 5, 1989
Barcelona, VZ
Height: 5-11
Weight: 150
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: International free agent (July 2005)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Traded to Florida with Hunter Jones for Jeremy Hermida (Nov. 2009)

Scouting Report: Small lefty with a 88-91 mph straight fastball.  He also throws a 72-76 mph changeup and an average low-70s curveball. His curveball shows sweeping action at times, but also shows 12-6 break on occasion. It's a work in progress, but he already misses bats with it.  His changeup is pretty deceptive - it keeps batters off balance.  His arm action on his change is indiscernible from his fastball.  Decent control, Alvarez pounds the zone, but tends to leave the ball up too often, where he really can get hit around.  

 
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  2006 DSL Red Sox DSL Rk Bos 17 2 1 0.667 1.90 15 8 0 0 0 61.2 46 20 13 1 19 64 3.37
  2006 Caribes VWL Wint Bos 17 0 1 0.000 14.09 9 2 0 0 0 7.2 15 13 12 3 8 5 0.63
  2007 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 18 4 1 0.800 1.84 11 9 0 0 0 49.0 36 24 10 4 14 38 2.71
2007 Anzoategui VWL Wint Bos 18 1 0 1.000 3.42 11 5 0 0 0 26.1 18 10 10 0 15 23 1.53
2008 Greenville SAL A Bos 19 8 9 0.470 5.70 24 19 0 0 0 107.1 118 74 68 15 37 86 2.32
2008 Anzoategui VWL Wint Bos 19 0 0 --- 4.00 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 6 4 0 5 5 1.00
2009 Lowell NYPL A Bos 20 8 3 0.727 1.52 14 12 2 2 0 83.0 60 17 14 4 10 63 6.30
2009 Salem Car A Bos 20 1 1 0.500 4.74 12 0 0 0 0 24.2 32 15 13 1 6 11 1.83
2010 Greensboro SAL A Fla 21 10 3 0.769 3.58 26 13 0 0 0 108.0 114 52 43 9 32 113 3.53
  2011 Jupiter FSL A Fla 22 6 5 0.666 2.96 15 14 0 0 0 82.0 79 32 27 2 19 73 3.84
  2011 Jacksonville Sou AA Fla 22 2 6 0.250 5.35 12 12 0 0 0 65.2 80 47 39 9 22 45 2.05
  2011 Jacksonville Sou AA Fla 22 6 9 0.400 4.22 25 24 3 1 0 136.1 141 66 64 8 26 70 2.69
  2012 Jacksonville Sou AA Fla 23 6 9 0.400 4.22 25 24 3 1 0 136.1 141 66 64 8 26 70 2.69
  2013 Toledo IL AAA Det 24 8 6 0.571 2.80 21 20 1 0 1 128.2 114 46 40 11 25 115 4.60
  2013 Detroit AL MLB Det 24 1 5 0.167 5.82 14 6 0 0 0 38.2 42 26 25 7 16 31 1.94
  2014 AZL Angels Ariz Rk LAA 25 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
  2014 Salt Lake PCL AAA LAA 25 0 2 0.000 6.75 6 6 0 0 0 30.2 35 25 23 8 15 17 1.13
  2014 Los Angeles AL MLB LAA 25 0 0 --- 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 ---
  2015 Los Angeles AL MLB LAA 26 4 3 0.571 3.49 64 0 0 0 0 67.0 58 29 26 5 23 59 2.57
  2016 Salt Lake PCL AAA LAA 27 1 0 1.000 2.45 5 0 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 2 0 5 7 1.40
  2016 Los Angeles AL MLB LAA 27 1 3 0.250 3.45 64 0 0 0 0 57.1 71 29 22 4 15 51 3.40
  2017 Salt Lake PCL AAA LAA 28 0 0 0.000 2.31 9 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 3 3 0 2 10 5.00
  2017 Los Angeles AL MLB LAA 28 0 3 0.000 3.88 64 0 0 0 1 48.2 50 23 21 7 12 45 3.75
  2018 Los Angeles AL MLB LAA 29 6 4 0.600 2.71 76 0 0 0 1 63.0 51 20 19 3 22 59 2.68
  2019 Philadelphia NL MLB Phi 30 3 4 0.429 3.36 67 1 0 0 1 59.0 66 25 22 8 18 51 2.83
  2020 Philadelphia NL MLB Phi 31 0 0 --- 1.42 8 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 1 1 0 3 6 2.00
  2021 San Francisco NL MLB Sf 32 5 2 0.714 2.37 67 1 0 0 0 64.2 53 23 17 2 19 42 2.21
  2022 Sacramento PCL AAA SF 33 1 0 1.000 4.50 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 0 3 ---
  2022 San Francisco NL MLB SF 33 2 1 0.667 5.28 21 0 0 0 1 15.1 17 10 9 3 9 15 1.67
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: July 2, 2005 by Alejandro Rodriguez
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 2007 (DSL)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: June 9, 2013 (DET)
     
  Awards
2006 Dominican Summer League All-Star
2006 Red Sox Latin Program Pitcher of the Year
NY-Penn League All-Star (2009)		 SoxProspects.com Awards
SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Month (August/September 2009)
 
 
 

 
   
     
 
 		  
     
 
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