Francisco Alvarez

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Scout’s note

Francisco Alvarez is a 24-year-old catcher from Guatire, Venezuela, who has already hit 64 home runs in 417 games — real thump from behind the plate, even with a .231 average that leaves you wanting more contact.

Note written Oct 11 · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)

A market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of August 3, 2026.

2026 salary

$3.50M

Tax hit

$3.50M

Service time

3 yr 164 d

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Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, New York Mets.

A second set of books

The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of October 12, 2026. We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.

Tax AAV

$2.40M

Guaranteed

$2.40M

Term

1 yr

His class

Arb

The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.

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