Yordán Rubén Álvarez

Yordán is a professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Height: 1.96 m and Weight: 103 kg.

Álvarez played two seasons in Cuba's National Series for Las Tunas. He left Cuba and established his residence in Haiti in 2016. He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in June 2016.

In August 2016, Álvarez was traded from the Dodgers to the Houston Astros for Josh Fields. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Astros, where he spent the entire year, batting .341 with a .974 OPS in 16 games.

He started 2017 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Buies Creek Astros during the season. In 90 total games between the River Bandits and the Astros, he recorded a .304 average with 12 home runs and 69 RBIs. He played in the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.

Álvarez was ranked among the top prospects in the Minor Leagues before the 2018 season. He started the 2018 season playing with the Corpus Christi Hooks. Despite being a right-handed pitcher, many websites incorrectly indicated that Alvarez was a left-handed pitcher before the 2018 Spring Training. He split the 2018 season between Corpus Christi and the Fresno Grizzlies, batting a combined total of .293 / .369 / .534 / .904 with 20 home runs and 74 RBIs.

He opened the 2019 season with the Round Rock Express.

On June 9, 2019, his contract was selected and he was promoted to make his Major League debut that afternoon. Álvarez had batted .343 with 23 home runs and an OPS of 1.185 in his 213 at-bats with Round Rock before being called up. He went 1-3 with a two-run home run in his debut against the Baltimore Orioles. Álvarez became the first Astro to hit a home run in his first two games with a two-run home run against Matt Albers of the Brewers.

Álvarez became the fourth player in MLB history to hit four home runs in his first five games of his career when he connected on a home run off Clayton Richard of the Blue Jays, joining Trevor Story, Yasiel Puig, and Mike Jacobs.

On June 23, Álvarez hit a two-run home run for his seventh home run of the season in just 12 games, setting an Astros franchise record. He also became the first player in MLB history to drive in 16 runs in his first 12 games.