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Andrew Alvarez
The 4th best starting pitcher in MLB The Show 26, out of 673 that we rate.
the worst starting pitcher in the gamethe best
9,875to buy it6,767sells back for3,108the difference8,000the game always paysIt is our own score for how good a card is. Rather than trust the number the game prints on the front, it reads the card's actual ratings — power, contact, fielding and the rest — and weighs them the way the game appears to. It runs past 100 because those underlying ratings do.
Where this card's 107.8 comes from · How the whole thing was built
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What the market is doingthe asking price, and what it is really selling for
The cheapest listing is 8,999, while the last 200 sales averaged 7,250 (in 2 hours). Paying the asking price here means paying above what the card has been changing hands for. 200 sales in 2 hours.
What he actually does
A very good break on the ball, with very good control behind it. He misses bats at an elite rate, and his command is about average. Enough stamina to start and go deep.
Best at
- Breakvery good #1 99
- Avoiding home runsvery good #1 99
- Clutchelite #1 125
- Pitching abilityvery good #23 100
Worst at
- Durabilityaverage #1,058 74
- Velocitysolid #813 82
Every ratingthe game's own numbers, where 125 is the ceiling
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What hitters do against him
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Our rating reads the card's own ratings and weighs each one the way the game appears to. Nothing is hand-set. Across 1,376 pitchers it lands within 1.22 of a point of the rating the game gives them.
It starts every pitcher at 11.4 and adds the rest from here. How we know
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