One thing he needs to improve as a hitter, is his pitch selection/lowering strikeouts. Alvarez struck out 110 times in 382 at bats last season, which accounted for 26% of his plate appearances. He has struggled with chasing balls out of the strike zone, especially breaking balls. Thus, he batted only .209 in 2023 and has an OPS of only .721.
Alvarez is only 22 years old and has done a little better job with the strike zone as the season went on, and the more at bats he has. With more experience, he can only improve on that, and the Mets are looking forward to even bigger things for one of the future hitters of this franchise.
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