José

Alvarado

PAge : 31Throws : L

#46

José Alvarado

#46PPhiladelphia Phillies

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 111 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2017-05-03

Born in : Maracaibo, Venezuela

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Philadelphia Phillies	68	5	4	5.86	58.1	70	1.65
2025	Philadelphia Phillies	28	4	2	3.81	26.0	32	1.31
2024	Philadelphia Phillies	66	2	5	4.09	61.2	63	1.25
2023	Philadelphia Phillies	42	0	2	1.74	41.1	64	1.16
2022	Philadelphia Phillies	59	4	2	3.18	51.0	81	1.22
2021	Philadelphia Phillies	64	7	1	4.20	55.2	68	1.60
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	9	0	0	6.00	9.0	13	1.67
2019	Tampa Bay Rays	35	1	6	4.80	30.0	39	1.87
2018	Tampa Bay Rays	70	1	6	2.39	64.0	80	1.11
2017	Tampa Bay Rays	35	0	3	3.64	29.2	29	1.11
Career totals		476	24	31	3.80	426.2	539	1.36

ContractPhiladelphia Phillies payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 4 yrs · 2023–2026
Total value: 26.0 M$
AAV: 7.33 M$

2026
9.00 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

5.86

FIP

3.82

xFIP

4.31

ERA-

135

WHIP

1.65

25.6 %

BB%

11.4 %

Strikeouts

Innings

58.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.6

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

Trend

→ Stable (-1)

20231.3 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20240.6 WAR · 0.6 per full season
20250.4 WAR · 1.0 per full season
20260.6 WAR · 0.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

-1 · 31 y.o. · prime years

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

Very good

VEL: Velocity; 86
STF: Stuff; 81
CTL: Control; 69
CNT: Contact allowed; 80
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 81
EX: Experience; 81

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
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

0.6

#81 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

56 / 100

#115 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

25 / 100

Surplus $-3.1M · salary $9.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention29

Stuff63

Command25

Contact allowed79

Velocity84

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.82 · RA9-WAR: -0.8

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.

Fastball

97.2 mi/h

82th percentile

25.6 %

67th percentile

BB%

11.4 %

25th percentile

xERA

4.12

39th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.312

39th percentile

Barrels allowed

4.3 %

86th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	PHI	0.6	56	84	97.2	25.6	11.4	4.12	.312
2025	PHI	0.4	79	82	99.4	28.1	6.1	3.64	.297
2024	PHI	0.6	48	80	96.8	24.4	10.9	3.94	.311
2023	PHI	1.3	99	87	98.6	37.2	10.5	2.77	.259
2022	PHI	1.7	96	85	98.2	37.9	11.2	2.50	.250
2021	PHI	-0.3	29	71	98.3	27.1	18.7	4.15	.313

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	vs TB	0.1	1	3	3	0	5.86
Sep 24	vs MIL	0.1	2	3	1	0	5.43
Sep 22	vs MIL	0.1	0	0	0	0	4.99
Sep 20	@ NYM	1.0	1	0	0	1	5.02
Sep 19	@ NYM	1.0	1	0	1	1	5.11
Sep 16	@ WSH	1.0	0	0	1	1	5.20
Sep 13	@ ATL	1.0	3	1	0	1	5.30
Sep 11	@ ATL	0.2	0	0	0	2	5.23
Sep 10	vs HOU	1.0	2	0	1	0	5.30
Sep 8	vs HOU	1.0	0	0	1	2	5.40