Washington Nationals
Andrew Alvarez has thrown 3,910 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Slider (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph). He also rarely throws a Change (87mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their slider has exceptional depth, has short glove-side cut and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, is straight as an arrow, has essentially average velo and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their sinker has surprisingly little armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups.