Expectations for Eleven: Manny Alvarez

[Edgy MD]

Pos: RHRP
Born: 12/18/1985 in Caracas, Venezuela (25 in 2011)
Acquired: Signed away from the Nats as a minor league free agent in 2007. Added this year to the 40-man roster as the Rule V Draft approached in order to protect him, even as they exposed (and subsquently lost) Elvin Ramirez.
2010 Stats:

Tm	Lg	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
St.Lucie	FLOR	A+	3	1	.750	0.00	18	0	17	0	0	9	25.2	12	2	0	0	4	0	24	2	0	1	89	0.623	4.2	0.0	1.4	8.4	6.00
Binghamton	EL	AA	3	1	.750	2.87	34	0	18	0	0	8	47.0	35	17	15	5	6	1	57	2	0	2	182	0.872	6.7	1.0	1.1	10.9	9.50
Buffalo	IL	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	27	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
Total	**	**	6	4	.600	2.17	56	0	38	0	0	17	78.2	55	23	19	6	12	2	84	4	0	4	298	0.852	6.3	0.7	1.4	9.6	7.00

Last Word: Alvarez was likely added to the roster for future interests, rather than 2011, but he can't be discounted. If you like SO/BB ratios, his is gurrrrgeous. He's pitching this winter for Los Navegantes del Magallanes, and has a 2.95 ERA in 17 appearances (21.33 innings pitched). But like in AAA, he hasn't been able to maintain that strikeout/walk ratio. Baseball America, however, says he "could contribute" this year.

What do you expect of Manny Alvarez in 2011?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Put me down for a full year at Buffalo, with the exception of one or two brief stints with the Mets when somebody else is on the DL. I say he'll appear in 5 games for the Mets.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I expect that I'll conflate Acosta and him at least three times in conversation with other fans this year.

[seawolf17]

Who?

[Edgy MD]

Man... unblemished in 25 innings at St. Loo. Know your Mannys.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

On further review, this one looks damn promising.

Unfortunately... he's option-laden. So unless he's looking ridiculously better than, say, the other Manny or Beato, Alvy's singing "Shuffle Off To Buffalo."

[ashie62]

Some sick good BB/K Ratios.