Pirates Designate Elvis Alvarado For Assignment to make room for Frazier
January 29, 2025
Pirates Designate Elvis Alvarado For Assignment to make room for Frazier
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>He spent the bulk of the 2024 campaign with Miami’s Triple-A affiliate in Jacksonville, where he logged a 2.79 ERA and fanned a whopping 33.1% of his opponents in 48 1/3 innings pitched. However, command issues that Alvarado had experienced in the lower minors and looked to have moved past instead resurfaced; he issued a free pass to a glaring 17.8% of his opponents and plunked five of the 214 batters he faced as well. Overall, 20.1% of his opponents reached base without putting a ball in play.
Is it a sad state that I think I would still have preferred that they kept him and tried to get his command a little under control rather than to guarantee a spot to Mayza and his TD ERA and diminishing FB?
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>He spent the bulk of the 2024 campaign with Miami’s Triple-A affiliate in Jacksonville, where he logged a 2.79 ERA and fanned a whopping 33.1% of his opponents in 48 1/3 innings pitched. However, command issues that Alvarado had experienced in the lower minors and looked to have moved past instead resurfaced; he issued a free pass to a glaring 17.8% of his opponents and plunked five of the 214 batters he faced as well. Overall, 20.1% of his opponents reached base without putting a ball in play.
Is it a sad state that I think I would still have preferred that they kept him and tried to get his command a little under control rather than to guarantee a spot to Mayza and his TD ERA and diminishing FB?
Well I guess I will be the first:
Elvis has left the building.