Y. Alvarez, Gausman, Robert Jr., Bassitt, F. Fermin

Alvarez on his way to another outstanding season … Yordan Alvarez (OF, HOU) will not reach the 50+ HR UP call in the Baseball Forecaster, but he is well on his way to being a top 15 hitter as measured by 5 x 5 value. How do his skills compare to his recent productive seasons?

Year	PA	HR	BA	xBA	bb%	ct%	HctX	PX/xPX	HR/F	G/L/F	Brl%
2019	369	27	.313	.298	15%	70%	129	197/153	33%	38/25/37	17%
2020	Injured; only 9 PA
2021	598	32	.276	.270	9%	73%	116	150/149	21%	38/23/39	11%
2022	561	37	.306	.305	16%	77%	145	184/167	25%	40/22/40	14%
2023	496	31	.293	.287	15%	78%	146	159/158	21%	36/19/46	18%
2024	500	25	.304	.283	14%	82%	137	140/144	14%	33/19/48	15%

Alvarez's skills are as good as ever:

• He's flirting with a .300 average for the third time in his career. His BA is fully supported by a career-best 82% ct%,...

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