Andrew Alvarez #56

Michael Andrew Alvarez...Graduated from Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, Calif and attended Cal Poly State University...As a senior in 2021, Went 7-3 with a 4.08 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 16 games (14 starts)...Named All-Big West honorable mention.

2025

Tall left-hander ranked second in Washington's system (fourth in all of Triple-A) with 123.0 innings and third in the organizaton (10th in Triple-A) with 114 strikeouts at the time of his Major League debut...Pitched to a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP) in his first three career starts...Only Tanner Roark (0.95) produced a lower ERA in his first three career starts in Nationals history (2005-pres.)...Matched the Major League record for a starting pitcher in his first five career games by not allowing a run in three of his first five games (22nd overall)...He was the first National to do so...Made his Major League debut on Sept. 1 vs. Miami (5.0 IP, H, 4 SO, 2 BB)...Struck out Joey Weimer in the third inning for his first Major League strikeout...Earned the win, becoming the sixth pitcher in Nationals history to do so in his Major League debut...Became the first pitcher in Nationals’ history to throw 5.0 shutout innings in his Major League debut...Went 3-7 with a 4.10 ERA with 114 strikeouts and 52 walks in 25 starts this season for Triple-A Rochester before he was called up...In six starts prior to his callup, he went 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA (8 ER/30.1 IP) with 39 strikeouts and a .170 opponents’ average...Pitch Mix: Four Seamer (34.1%) Slider (29.0%) Curveball (27.1%) Changeup (5.3%) Sinker (4.6%).

2024

Matched a career-high 44 games (also in 2023) between Harrisburg and Rochester...Allowed just one earned run in seven relief appearances in May.

2023

Appeared in a team-high and career-high 44 games...Made his first career start in Game 2 of a doubleheader, May 4 at New Hampshire.