Pedro Alvarez Home Run Tracker

Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Pedro Alvarez has now homered fourteen times in 2013. The Bucs slugger has the most home runs in the National League from June 12, 2012 to June 12, 2013. El Toro is heating up. Let’s take a closer look at each one.

El Toro’s 2013 homerun tracker.

APR 18: Pedro Alvarez crushed a no doubter off Julio Teheran that finally landed yesterday. Video of the estimated 454 foot no doubter.

APR 19: Pedro Alvarez hit his second no doubter of the season off Atlanta’s Tim Hudson. It was a towering shot that reached 125 feet at its apex and traveled 405 feet. Video Link

Pedro Alvarez second homer of the 2013 Season. The GIF

A Pedro Alvarez home run is so damn unique. Power is what defines Alvarez.

The first round pick out of Vanderbilt has a knack for cracking the bat with such power that it reminds us of some Pirates sluggers past. It’s a gift. This powerful gift is why he is so unique to the Pirates lineup. Nobody wearing black and yellow has the ability to change the game so quickly.

A few Buccos players have power, but none have Pedro Power.

Just as no two snowflakes are alike, nobody is like Pedro. That’s a rather basic statement – one we learn in grade school – but just like our grade school teacher told us, nobody controls that potential except Pedro.

It’s why there was only one Willie Stargell, one Dave Parker, –and why there will be only one Pedro Alvarez.

We got some great help with the GIFs which were created by Davidson Teacher. [Follow him on Twitter by clicking that link.]

Here is the bigger GIF of the second homer.

Pedro Alvarez GIF

APR 22: Pedro Alvarez crushed an 83 mph softie from rookie Jonathan Pettibone 406 feet at Philadelphia. The laser shot had an average speed off the bat of 107mph. Here is the Video Link

Pedro Alvarez homers in Philly, gone in 1.5 seconds

APR 24 : Alvarez hit a solo homer off Antonio Bastardo in the seventh inning and his RBI single in the fourth was the only hit off Roy Halladay all night. Video

MAY1: The towering shot, 118 feet at its’ apex, tied the game at one in the second inning. It came off an 82 mile per hour Hiram Burgos delivery and traveled 412 feet coming off the bat at 102.5 mph. Video More details on the ESPN tracker.

MAY 9: Alvarez crushed Latroy Hawkins changeup to tie the game against the New York Mets at Citi Field. The 433 foot bomb was smoked off the bat at a season best 108.7 mph. Video

MAY 17 A little over a week after his last bomb, Alvarez connected on a two-run blast that bounced into the river. It tied the game with Houston at four and the Bucs came back to walk off the Astros in the bottom of the ninth.

Pedro Alvarez hit number seven of the season a long way. Video

Here is the landing spot of Pedro’s seventh bomb.

MAY 19 Do you notice a pattern yet? For the third time in 2013, Alvarez has hit a bomb in back-to-back games.

Pedro Alvarez hit his eighth homer of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Another key situation, another Pedro Alvarez home run. The Bucs and Astros were locked in a scoreless tie at PNC Park. Obviously, the key words in that sentence are ‘were locked.’

A laser of the bat of Alvarez tucked inside the left-field foul pole for the 58th homer of his career. Video

Alvarez is now in fifth-place all time among Pirates third basemen.

MAY 25

Alvarez had his seventh career multi-hit home run day. It was his third against the Brewers. Both home runs were well, ridiculous.

The first was a rocket. Just an absolute rocket. Video

433 feet. Partiers in Milwaukee might want to walk carefully, we aren’t sure this one has landed yet. Video

Pedro Alvarez homerun number 10 on the season at Miller Park

JUNE 2

Pedro turns around a Mat Latos pitch for a 376-foot bomb and the Pirates are on the board. Video

Another daylight homer for Pedro Alvarez.

JUNE 4

Mike Minor was a teammate of Alvarez at Vanderbilt. Minor doesn’t respect the #ElToroPower. And he pays. The southpaw threw one too many fastballs in this at-bat.

El Toro crushes a 400-foot bomb to give the Pirates a 4-2 lead in Atlanta. Video

Mike Minor had a thought afterward…

JUNE 8

Some Chicago Cubs fans were having a good time on the skyboxes on Sheffield Street. The only mistake they made was turning their back when Pedro Alvarez was at the plate. Video

Never turn your back when Pedro Alvarez is at the plate!

El Toro crushed this one 405 feet and it came off the bat at 109 miles per hour. The Big Bull didn’t come close to getting all of this one. Watch the video…it was his sixth homer during the 22 day games the Bucs have played this season.

JUNE 11

Alvarez went three-for-three during the debut of Gerrit Cole. The Big Bull crushed a George Kontos pitch 423 feet while Cole was being interviewed by the Bucco broadcasters.

Cole’s response?

"“That was a bomb."

Here is the Video

We had a unique perspective from behind home plate.  Check out the Giants first baseman’s reaction.  He doesn’t even move, he realizes it’s mashed.