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MLB · DH · Houston Astros

Yordan Alvarez

B/T L/R · 6' 4" · 237 lb · born Las Tunas, Cuba · age 29 · MLB debut 2019-06-09

BREAKOUTMLB Breakout Board

The Chase

6 R from 500 — projection passed; due any night Follow the chase →

The shape of the seasonEV95 110.9 110.3 mphweekly · trailing 75 balls in play

Scout’s note

Signed out of Las Tunas, Cuba, Alvarez owns a career .973 OPS — and 2026 may be his best season yet: .315 with 31 homers by mid-July. The strange part: our engine says he is still underperforming his contact. When a hitter this established shows up on a breakout board, the league hasn't seen the ceiling.

The Wire

On the field: Fans and analysts call Alvarez one of the hottest hitters after recent multi-homer stretches and strong exit velocities leading to his 31st home run.

On cardboard: Collectors list graded rookie autographs, relic cards and Topps NOW products for sale at prices from 5 dollars to 350 dollars.

X chatter, trailing 7 days · as of 2026-07-12 · newest post 2026-07-11 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →

The line

Last 14 days: 12 G · .362 AVG · 6 HR · 14 RBI · 1.192 OPS

YearTeamLvlGABRHHRRBISBBBSOAVGOPS
2019Houston AstrosMLB873135898277805294.3131.067
2020Houston AstrosMLB282214001.250.958
2021Houston AstrosMLB1445379214933104150145.277.877
2022Houston AstrosMLB135470951443797178106.3061.019
2023Houston AstrosMLB11441077120319706992.293.990
2024Houston AstrosMLB14755288170358666995.308.959
2025Houston AstrosMLB48165174562712833.273.797
2026Houston AstrosMLB9634965111317016372.3181.059
MLB CAREER773280449483920156310409638.299.973

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Current signals

The read: Alvarez is hitting the ball harder than 99% of the 306 qualified MLB hitters in our sample (EV95 112.2; league median 106.1), while his results on contact run further below the physics than 92% of them. Loud bat, quieter stat line — the breakout shape; he ranks No. 7 of 20 on the breakout board.

Age
29

The card rack

FlagshipYordan Alvarez #UV-6 · 2024 Topps Chrome Ultraviolet All-Stars · 191 recent sales

$31.61Raw$37.50PSA 9$126PSA 10$163BGS 10
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The rookieYordan Alvarez [Mojo Refractor] #BCP-123 · 2019 Bowman Chrome Prospects · 145 recent sales

$3.74Raw$10.69PSA 9$36.35PSA 10$47.00BGS 10
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