Francisco

Alvarez

CAge : 24Bats : R

Francisco Alvarez

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 106 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-09-30

Born in : Guatire, Venezuela

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	New York Mets	113	373	87	16	43	.233	.710
2025	New York Mets	76	246	63	11	32	.256	.786
2024	New York Mets	100	308	73	11	47	.237	.710
2023	New York Mets	123	382	80	25	63	.209	.721
2022	New York Mets	5	12	2	1	1	.167	.786
Career totals		417	1321	305	64	186	.231	.728

ContractNew York Mets payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.4 M$
AAV: 2.40 M$

2026
2.40 M$
Guaranteed
2027
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Arb 2
2028
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Arb 3
2029
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Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.313

xwOBA

.322

OPS

.710

AVG

.233

OBP

.311

RBI

420

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.2

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.4

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-10)

20233.0 WAR · 4.3 per full season
20241.8 WAR · 3.2 per full season
20251.8 WAR · 3.9 per full season
20261.4 WAR · 2.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

+15 · 24 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

CON: Contact; 59
POW: Power; 83
EYE: Eye; 66
SPD: Speed; 60
FLD: Fielding; 60
DUR: Durability; 64
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.4

#155 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

39 / 100

#163 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

49 / 100

Surplus $11.3M · salary $2.4M

PAL: dimensions

Offense42

Power77

Discipline12

Speed13

Defense51

WAR, in runs

Batting-0.7

Baserunning-1.2

Fielding-2.7

Positional+3.6

Replacement+12.8

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

90.8 mi/h

81th percentile

Max exit velocity

113.7 mi/h

85th percentile

Barrels

15.4 %

96th percentile

Hard-hit

48.0 %

86th percentile

xBA

.230

21th percentile

Bat speed

74.2 mi/h

77th percentile

Sprint speed

25.3 pi/s

8th percentile

Outs above average

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Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	NYM	1.4	39	62	90.8	113.7	15.4	48.0	.230
2025	NYM	1.8	74	63	93.1	115.0	12.1	54.3	.229
2024	NYM	1.8	26	61	88.8	114.8	6.7	42.0	.218
2023	NYM	3.0	45	69	90.1	114.1	12.8	45.1	.204

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ WSH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.233
Sep 25	@ WSH	3	0	0	1	0	2	.235
Sep 23	@ TEX	4	2	0	0	0	1	.237
Sep 22	@ TEX	5	2	0	2	0	1	.234
Sep 20	vs PHI	4	2	0	0	0	1	.232
Sep 19	vs PHI	4	2	1	3	0	1	.229
Sep 17	vs PHI	3	0	0	0	0	1	.226
Sep 15	vs BAL	5	0	0	0	0	2	.228
Sep 14	vs BAL	4	1	0	0	0	1	.231
Sep 13	@ NYY	3	1	0	0	0	1	.231