OVERALL GRADE
A− All-Star
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PLAYER PROFILE
Yordan Alvarez
Designated Hitter • Left Field • Houston Astros
Bats:
Left
Throws:
Right
Age:
29
Height:
6' 4"
Weight:
237 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
88 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Designated Hitter
DH · Houston Astros
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez currently grades as a all-star baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Durability (98/100), while Position and Role Value (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Durability
- Current Baseball Value
- Situational and Winning Impact
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Consistency
- Development Trend
- Position and Role Value
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (1.033) is compared with the full-season OPS (1.033).
Current Baseball Value
96
97th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
78
Career history includes 835 games, 907 hits, 212 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 2 elite awards and 16 major awards or championship records across 38 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
75
Last-X-games OPS (1.033) is compared with the full-season OPS (1.033).
Position and Role Value
75
Based on the official primary role/position (DH) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
98
Built from official workload: 158 games and 692 plate appearances.
Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
92
90th percentile context
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
77
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
80
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Situational and Winning Impact
96
Compares the official RISP OPS (1.289) with the full-season OPS (1.033).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.316
#1 MLB
Top 1%
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.432
#1 MLB
Top 1%
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.601
#1 MLB
Top 1%
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
1.033
#1 MLB
Top 1%
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
42
#4 MLB
Top 1%
RBI
106
#5 MLB
Top 1%
H
179
#5 MLB
Top 1%
SB
1
#346 MLB
Top 52%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
Player Career Hub
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
High-Impact Offensive Player
Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB hitting pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.
DATA CONFIDENCE
High confidence
Officially qualified for the MLB hitter comparison pool.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
- Home-Run Production
- Slugging Production
- On-Base Production
- Batting Average
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Stolen-Base Volume Relative focus
Why: 1 SB ranks #346 among 662 MLB hitters with a recorded plate appearance (48th percentile). It is the lowest supported league-relative category in this report, not a below-average classification.
VERSATILITY
Moderate multi-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Designated Hitter
- Position / role entries
- 2
- Verified secondary positions
- Left Field
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.