page_title: Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players
section_title: Yadier Álvarez
hierarchical_section_title: Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players / Players / Yadier Álvarez
caption_attribution_description: English: Yadier Alvarez with the Great Lakes Loons
context_page_description: Below is a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Los Angeles Dodgers system.
context_section_description: Yadier Álvarez Ventosa (born March 7, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
  Álvarez defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball (MLB). He has a fastball that touches 98 miles per hour. Scouts believe he has number two starter upside and one National League official has said that he is the best 18-year-old pitcher he had ever seen. He received interest from numerous MLB teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
  Ranked as the second best prospect by mlb.com heading into the 2015 international signing period, Álvarez signed with the Dodgers on July 2, 2015, for a $16 million bonus. He made his professional baseball debut for the Dodgers Arizona rookie league affiliate on June 20, 2016 and struck out seven while only allowing one hit in 3​²⁄₃ innings pitched. In five starts for the team, he was 1–1 with a 1.80 ERA and 57 strikeouts. He was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League and struck out 10 in his debut for the Loons on July 21, 2016. He made nine starts for the Loons with a 2.97 ERA and 55 strikeouts in only 39 ​¹⁄₃ innings. In 2017, he was promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League and chosen to represent the world team at the All-Star Futures Game.
  Álvarez began 2017 with the Quakes and was promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers at mid-season. Between the two leagues he made 18 starts (and three relief appearances) and was 4–6 with a 4.68 ERA. He returned to Tulsa in 2018 and was selected to represent the Drillers at the mid-season Texas League All-Star Game. In 17 games (eight starts), he went 1-2 with a 4.66 ERA.
  The Dodgers added Álvarez to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He returned to Tulsa to begin 2019, but he only appeared in two games, allowing six runs in 3​²⁄₃ innings. He spent the rest of the season on the minor league injured list before the Dodgers placed him on the restricted list for disciplinary reasons. Álvarez reported for spring training in 2020 with a chance to work his way back into the Dodgers plans but was scratched from his first spring appearance due to health issues and was designated for assignment the next day.
  Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
caption: Álvarez with the Great Lakes Loons
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