Cristian Alvarado

As I said in the DJ Stewart thread, I went to the Shorebirds game tonight intrigued to see Stewart and Ryan Mountcastle. Neither did anything to stand out or inspire hope, so to speak. However, I wanted to ask about tonight's starter Cristian Alvarado. He struck out 8 in 5 innings, including the side in the first. Only 21, signed as a free agent in 2011 so I presume he was an international signing. Stadium radar gun had him in the 87-88 range from what I saw. Anyone seen him and have any thoughts? Could he be someone to watch down the road?

Figured I'd follow up since last night was his first start after I'd seen him 6 IP and 10 K's with no walks. Kid can get some strikeouts, and he's only walked 6 on the season so far.

Could have sworn there were reports of much higher velocity than 87-88 last year.

He might have thrown harder when I saw him, I only said 87-88 because every time I looked up at the stadium gun that's what it said.

He might have thrown harder when I saw him, I only said 87-88 because every time I looked up at the stadium gun that's what it said.

It's probably been mentione before, but any indication of whether the Delmarva gun is fast/slow? What was the opposing starter hitting?

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If nothing else, he was a strike-throwing machine tonight ...... 101 Pitches (72 Strikes, 29 Balls.)

18 OUTS: 7 Strikeouts, 7 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 3 Flyouts

CRISTIAN SANTO ALVARADO CASTRO O (vs. Regular-A Asheville, 5/09)

IP:l 6

H:;; 8 ll(2 Home Runs, 1 Triple, 2 Doubles, 3 Singles)

R:l) 4

BB: 1

SO: 7

Pitches: 101 (72 Strikes, 29 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.88 (Regular-A Delmarva)

PITCHES BY INNING

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13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

10 (91 Strikes, 1 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 7 Balls)

14 (10 Strikes, 4 Balls)

26 (17 Strikes, 9 Balls)

19 (14 Strikes, 5 Balls)

It's probably been mentione before, but any indication of whether the Delmarva gun is fast/slow? What was the opposing starter hitting?

Couldn't even remember if I tried.

So after striking out just one batter in his first start spanning five innings, Alvarado has now fanned 39 over his last 5 starts covering 26.1 innings. Just 6 walks over his last five outings too. Might have to get down to Delmarva soon to see what this kid is throwing and whether he should be on the prospect radar now.

So after striking out just one batter in his first start spanning five innings, Alvarado has now fanned 39 over his last 5 starts covering 26.1 innings. Just 6 walks over his last five outings too. Might have to get down to Delmarva soon to see what this kid is throwing and whether he should be on the prospect radar now.

Thanks. That sounds like good investment of a day.

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15 OUTS: 5 Strikeouts, 5 Flyouts, 3 Groundouts, 1 Popout, 1 Out Trying to Stretch a Single into a Double

CRISTIAN SANTO ALVARADO CASTRO O (vs. Regular-A Greensboro, 5/15)

IP:l 5

H:;; 5 ll(1 Double, 4 Singles)

R:l) 2

BB: 3

SO: 5

Pitches: 87 (56 Strikes, 31 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.71 (Regular-A Delmarva)

PITCHES BY INNING

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91 (81 Strikes, 11 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 31 Balls)

31 (17 Strikes, 14 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 71 Balls)

15 (91 Strikes, 61 Balls)

Nice outing tonight, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K's in a neat 74 pitches.

How is this for timing?

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160520&content_id=179289740&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

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18 OUTS: 7 Strikeouts, 5 Groundouts, 3 Flyouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout

CRISTIAN SANTO ALVARADO CASTRO O (vs. Regular-A Lakewood, 5/20)

IP:l 6

H:;; 3 ll(1 Double, 2 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB: 1

SO: 7

Pitches: 74 (52 Strikes, 22 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.04 (Regular-A Delmarva)

PITCHES BY INNING

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81 (81 Strikes, 01 Balls)

20 (91 Strikes, 11 Balls)

11 (91 Strikes, 21 Balls)

10 (61 Strikes, 41 Balls)

11 (81 Strikes, 31 Balls)

14 (12 Strikes, 21 Balls)

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5 earned runs in 5 innings pitched.

4 free passes (2 walks and 2 hit batsmen) in 5 innings pitched.

15 OUTS: 5 Groundouts, 5 Flyouts, 4 Strikeouts, 1 Popout

CRISTIAN SANTO ALVARADO CASTRO O (vs. Regular-A Greensboro, 5/25)

IP:l 5

H:;; 5 ll(2 Triples, 2 Doubles, 1 Single)

R:l) 6

ER:)5

BB: 2 *

SO: 4

Pitches: 70 (48 Strikes, 22 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.56 (Regular-A Delmarva)

* Alvarado also had 2 Hit Batsmen

PITCHES BY INNING

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61 (51 Strikes, 1 Balls)

18 (13 Strikes, 5 Balls)

18 (13 Strikes, 5 Balls)

14 (11 Strikes, 3 Balls)

14 (61 Strikes, 8 Balls)

Talked to a scout about him and others in Delmarva, he felt Avarado was an org pitchability guy who will struggle at upper levels.

Talked to a scout about him and others in Delmarva, he felt Avarado was an org pitchability guy who will struggle at upper levels.

Thanks for the update.