2026

Season

Astros

Team

Yordan Alvarez

Player

Showing Yordan Alvarez — the current top NYX-impact player. Pick any player above.

HitterPitcher

YORDAN ALVAREZ

DHBats: LThrows: RAge: 29#44

Houston Astros · 6' 4" / 237 lbs

.315

AVG

.433

OBP

.599

SLG

1.032

OPS

102

RBI

181

wRC+

TONIGHT VS JACK PERKINS (RHP)

Sutter Health Park

9:40 PM EDT · First Pitch

NYX Lean · Pregame

LAST 10 GAMES

1.250

OPS

4–6

W–L

Hot

Form

MLB LEADERBOARD

#1 OPS · MLB

Ranks #1 in MLB in OPS (1.035) · as of Sep 24.

POWER SURGE

3 HR · Last 10 Games

3 home runs over the last 10 games · .750 SLG in that span.

HOT STREAK

8-Game Hit Streak

8-game hit streak · .375 AVG over the last 10.

MLB LEAGUE CONTEXTAs of Sep 24

xwOBA100th

wOBA100th

Barrel%97th

Hard-Hit%97th

NYX percentiles vs MLB hitters with 100+ PA · higher is better

#1 OPS

1.035 · MLB top 25

#1 AVG

.316 · MLB top 25

RECENT FORM (LAST 30 GAMES)

OPS1.250HR3K%12.5%

30 Games Ago15 Games AgoToday

PLAYER STORYLINESNYX IMPACT 98.8 · Sample reliability: High · 637 PA

Pull-Side Power

46% of located batted balls pulled this season.

Plate Discipline

16.0% walk rate · 17.2% strikeout rate this season.

Next Matchup

Faces Jack Perkins · Sat, Sep 26 · 9:40 PM EDT.

Hard-Hit Surge

Hard-hit rate climbed +4.7% vs the prior 15 games.

LAST 10 GAMES

DATEOPPRESULTAB

BATTED BALL PROFILE

All data from MLB Statcast · Updated Sep 26, 2026 ET · Statcast cards can lag 1–2 days

#1 wOBA

.457 · rate-board qualified

#1 xwOBA

.444 · rate-board qualified

#1 Max EV

118.5 mph · rate-board qualified

#3 HR

41 · MLB top 25

#3 Avg EV

94.3 mph · rate-board qualified

#5 Hits

174 · MLB top 25

Percentiles: NYX impact cohort (100+ PA). Ranks: MLB boards — counting = top-25 board, rates = qualified board · rank 1 = best (Whiff%/Chase% rank lowest rate first)

PLATE DISCIPLINE

17.2%

16.0%

BB%

Z-Swing %62.1%

O-Swing %29.1%

Chase Rate29.1%53rd MLB

Whiff Rate17.1%29th MLB

Contact %82.9%

2,679 pitches tracked this season · Whiff/Chase ranks vs qualified MLB hitters (1st = lowest rate)

OPS Rising

1.033 last 15 vs .941 prior 15.

Power Up

4 HR last 15 vs 1 prior 15.

Strikeouts Down

14.1% K rate last 15 vs 19.4% prior.

WINDOW (GAMES)PAAVGOBPSLGOPS

Last 730.423.500.7691.269

Last 1564.315.422.6111.033

Last 30126.307.437.554.991

SPLITS THAT MATTER

SPLITPAAVGOBPSLGOPS

vs RHP500.335.468.6421.110

vs LHP182.267.335.491.826

Home346.365.474.6951.169

Away336.264.390.498.888

Last 14 Days36.414.528.8281.355

Official MLB season splits · Last 14 Days from the NYX game log

TONIGHT MATCHUP

JACK PERKINS

RHP · Athletics · 2026 Season

5.90 ERA

25% K Rate

38% GB Rate

ALVAREZ VS RHP (2026)

.335 AVG.468 OBP.642 SLG1.110 OPS500 PA

VS PERKINS · 2026

0-for-1 · 2 BB · .667 OPS

3 PA · 2026 · SUTTER HEALTH PARK

NYX READ

Alvarez hits .335 with a 1.110 OPS vs RHP this season (500 PA).

Sep 23@MARL 5–64200103

Sep 22@MARW 7–04213105

Sep 20BRAL 2–44200002

Sep 19BRAL 3–64100001

Sep 18BRAL 2–62100202

Sep 17ROYW 6–24211005

Sep 16ROYL 2–54100012

Sep 15ROYW 4–22112204

Sep 13@RAYL 4–141000110

Sep 10@PHIW 2–13000130

46% pulled.

440 located batted balls this season · newest 60 plotted.

LAUNCH ANGLE

-10°0°10°20°30°40°50°

18.7° average launch angle.

40% of 439 batted balls in the 8–32° band.

ZONE PROFILE

10.0%34.1%28.6%30.2%30.8%34.7%33.3%40.3%57.1%

Middle-middle AVG: 30.8%.

Catcher view · cells under the sample floor stay neutral.

EXIT VELOCITY

94.3

MPH

708090100110120

MPH

54% hard-hit (95+ mph).

439 batted balls tracked · max 118.5 mph.