Yes. He hasn't even hit 100 HR in his career. He was also terrible in the WS last year. No doubt he has what it takes.
Highest Win Probably Added in a single postseason: 1.89 Freeze 2011 1.87 Ortiz 2004 1.70 Rodriguez 2009 1.62 Alvarez 2022 Pretty amazing.
Too soon. Must win at least another title to get on that track. And must win a season long MVP. And then to be a legend you need to go the distance and that takes a solid 10-15 years of above average play. Capable, that's obvious, but it's a long road. If he can win 5 championships that would also qualify. Unless you play for the Yankees, then you only need a 5 year career to get on the legend's radar, and on the Committee's short list.
Believe it or not, the knock on Alvarez as a young prospect was that he did not hit for power. He has had an amazing command of the strike zone and plate discipline since a young age. https://www.latimes.com/sports/stor...s-houston-astros-yordan-alvarez-dodgers-trade It has gone down as one of the few trades the Dodgers unequivocally lost since Andrew Friedman took over the front office in 2014, but the Astros didn’t acquire Álvarez knowing they were getting a superstar. At the time, Álvarez’s size was misleading. In his final season in the Cuban professional league, he mustered just one home run with a .351 batting average in 125 plate appearances. He was a giant contact hitter.
Yordan Alvarez wanted to sign with the Astros as a Prospect Originally because of Yuli Gurriel. The Astros couldn't because of Rules of not overspending. Dodgers signed him, Astros wanted to trade for Alvarez and Jeff Luhnow made the trade. Dodgers didn't know there were 2 Alvarez and traded the wrong one. Andrew Friedman biggest mistake in his career.
The thing about Yordan is that he is not 'flashy'. He's laser-focused on only one thing: murdering baseballs. He's not a nut-job like Puig was, and he is not a flash-in-the-pan like Soto (in that his team had one post-season of success and then obscurity-not implying that Soto is not good, just that when his team fell back into the basement, Soto's name was not on everyone's mind like it was in '19)). Yordan does his job. Heck, he doesn't even step out of the batter's box. I don't know if he has done any media, like commercials for Spanish-speaking products or anything like that, so his only appearance generally is that of an earnest, determined young man who is already great at what he does and just wants to keep getting better. If he stays on this path, and the team keeps having success, he will definitely become a legend. That shot in the WS is already legendary, as is the walk-off against Seattle. I would love for him to become comfortable enough with English where he could do interviews without an interpreter. It would be nice to hear him say things in his own words without having to go through that filter. Same thing really with all our young guys who currently use the interpreter. I don't think less of them for it or anything, I am just saying it would be nice if they were to become comfortable enough to where they no longer need it. Anyway.. already, if you just say the name 'Yordan' when talking about MLB, everyone already knows who you are talking about. That is big-time, baby!
