30 Facts About Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez defected from Cuba in 2016 to establish residency in Haiti, where he first signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent.

Yordan Alvarez played two seasons in the Cuban National Series for the Lenadores de Las Tunas.

Yordan Alvarez defected from Cuba, then established residency in Haiti in 2016.

Yordan Alvarez then travelled to West Palm Beach, Florida, where the Astros were building their spring training site, The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.

Yordan Alvarez befriended Astros scout Charlie Gonzalez, who lobbied for club officials to sign Alvarez.

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Yordan Alvarez signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in June 2016 for $2 million.

Yordan Alvarez made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Astros, where he spent the rest of year, batting.

Yordan Alvarez started 2017 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Buies Creek Astros during the season.

Yordan Alvarez was ranked among the top prospects in the minor leagues prior to the 2018 season.

Yordan Alvarez started the 2018 season playing with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League.

Yordan Alvarez opened the 2019 season with the Round Rock Express of the Pacific Coast League.

The following game, Yordan Alvarez again homered, this time versus Matt Albers of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Yordan Alvarez became the first Astro to homer in both of his first two games.

Yordan Alvarez became the fourth player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in his first five career games when he homered off of Clayton Richard of the Toronto Blue Jays, joining Trevor Story, Yasiel Puig and Mike Jacobs.

Yordan Alvarez became the first player in MLB history to drive in 16 runs in his first 12 games.

Yordan Alvarez sat out the beginning of the 2020 season after having tested positive for COVID-19.

Yordan Alvarez was the seventh-fastest player to reach 100 RBIs in league history and the fastest to do so since the expansion era started in 1961.

Yordan Alvarez hit his 30th home run of the season on September 13; at the age of 24, he was the second Astro to hit 30 home runs in a season at that age after Alex Bregman, who hit 31 in 2018.

Yordan Alvarez was the second-youngest Astro to reach 100 RBIs in one season, trailing Cesar Cedeno, who did so at the age of 23 in 1974.

Yordan Alvarez was named All-MLB Team Second Team at DH, his second career selection.

Yordan Alvarez logged three hits and three RBIs versus the left-handed ace, all to the opposite field, including one home run that cleared the Green Monster.

Yordan Alvarez was named ALCS Most Valuable Player, becoming the fourth Cuban-born player and the first designated hitter since Ortiz to win the award.

Yordan Alvarez did not carry his success into the World Series, in which he went 2-for-20 as the Astros lost to the Atlanta Braves in six games.

Yordan Alvarez was carted off the field following an outfield collision with shortstop Jeremy Pena, both of whom were running for a Dominic Smith fly ball.

Yordan Alvarez led the league in batting, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS and RBI, and ranked fourth the in the AL in home runs.

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Yordan Alvarez posted an equal number of bases on balls and strikeouts .

Yordan Alvarez returned to play as DH versus Los Angeles after missing two games due to the collision with Pena, going 0-for-4 with a walk.

In left field, Yordan Alvarez played a career-high 56 games, ranking second in the AL at his position in assists .

Yordan Alvarez produced a 187 adjusted OPS+, the second-highest in club history in a qualified season, trailing Bagwell's 213 OPS+ in the strike-shortened 1994 season.

Yordan Alvarez's parents are Agustin Eduardo Yordan Alvarez Salazar and Mailyn Cadogan Reyes.