Oakland Athletics
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2026, Elvis Alvarado threw 2,994 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2025, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (99mph) and Slider (89mph), also mixing in a Sinker (99mph). He also rarely threw a Change (89mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair and has an obvious tail. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, has primarily 12-6 movement, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their sinker is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their change is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it.