Tavo Alvarez  
Starting Pitcher | Houston Astros

Pitching
Alvarez can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Alvarez's move to first base is average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Alvarez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Alvarez has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 PIT 83 71 69 63 56 47 52 50 53 55 40 0 0 50 0 0 24 3 Overhand DL 0 8 18 57 289
1999 PHI 88 73 74 69 56 47 52 50 53 55 40 0 0 57 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 317
2000 PHI 88 76 74 74 56 47 52 50 53 57 40 0 0 62 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 334
2001 SAN 88 82 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 57 44 0 0 62 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 347
2002 ATL 89 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 57 46 0 0 62 0 0 28 7 Overhand DL 0 0 0 61 350
2003 ATL 87 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 57 46 0 0 66 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 352
2004 ATL 87 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 59 47 0 0 66 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 355
2005 ATL 89 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 59 47 0 0 68 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 359
2006 ATL 88 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 60 48 0 0 69 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 360
2007 ATL 89 83 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 61 48 0 0 69 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 361
2008 ATL 89 82 74 76 56 47 52 50 53 61 48 0 0 69 0 0 34 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 359
2009 HOU 89 81 74 75 56 47 52 50 53 61 48 0 0 69 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 356
2010 HOU 89 83 74 75 56 47 52 50 53 61 48 0 0 69 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 357
Ratings Delta     +2                             +1 +1           -1 +1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.