R.J. Alvarez #23

2019

Entering his 9th professional season, his 1st in the Red Sox organization....Attended spring training as a non-roster invitee with the Marlins and spent the entire season with Triple-A New Orleans...Led the Baby Cakes in appearances (50), finishing 34 games and converting 15 of 21 save opportunities....Made 9 appearances of more than 1.0 inning, including 4 of 2.0+ innings...Held righties to a .215 AVG (26-for-121, 8 HR) and lefties to a .267 AVG (20-for-75, 4 HR).

2018

Spent season with Triple-A Round Rock Express in Texas system...Went 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA (44.0 ip/18 er) and converted 24-of-30 save opportunities in 45 appearances...Led Pacific Coast League in saves, while ranking third among all Triple-A pitchers and seventh among all Minor League pitchers...Had first five saves in consecutive appearances from May 12-24...Posted a 1.69 ERA (10.2/2) and converted all five save opportunities over 10 appearances in June, marking his lowest monthly ERA of the season..Named a PCL Midseason All-Star after going 2-1, 2.15 (29.1/7) and converting 18-of-19 save chances over 30 first-half games...Allowed just two runs (one earned) and struck out 10 over his final six games (7.1 ip) from August 17-31.

2016

Was placed on the disabled list 4/2 (retroactive to 3/25) after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow to remove bone chips on 3/29…was transferred to the 60- day disabled list on 4/8…had rehab assignments with High-A Stockton, 6/3-8, and Triple-A Nashville, 6/9-11…received on Tacoma…it snapped a season-opening 30-game, 34.0-inning, 150-batter faced homerless streak at Triple-A and it marked the first time he allowed a home run in a minor league game since 6/28/13

2015

Had four stints with the A's and posted a 9.90 ERA in 21 relief appearances…the ERA was the highest in the majors among pitchers with 20 or more innings pitched…using the same minimum, it was third highest in Oakland history and was the highest since Rick Langford had a 12.15 ERA in 20.0 innings in 1983…struck out 23 batters in 20.0 innings (10.35 per nine innings) but also issued 13 walks (5.85 per nine innings) and surrendered seven home runs (3.15 per nine innings)…had five wild pitches…allowed a .318 opponents batting average, including .200 (9-for-45) by right-handed hitters compared to .450 (18-for-40) against left-handers…issued 11 of his 13 walks to righties…yielded 27 hits, 13 of which were for extra bases for a .635 slugging percentage…righties slugged .444, lefties .850…opponents had a .263 batting average with the bases empty compared to .362 with runners on base…yielded a .375 average with runners in scoring position…allowed 7-of-12 (58.3%) inherited runners to score…first batters faced were 8-for-21 (.381) with two doubles and two home runs (.762 slugging percentage)… five of the seven home runs he allowed came with two outs…had a 6.30 ERA in 11 appearances in Oakland, 13.50 in 10 games on the road…tossed at least one inning in 17 of his 21 outings and allowed at least one run 10 times.

2014