How Jose Alvarado Became One of Baseball’s Best Relievers

[@StarkRavingSports]

Everyone welcome the new kid on the block at SRS :)

[@shadowzurk1178]

where’s the fuzzy x stark raving sports colab?

[@Gemnist98]

Hello! (Assuming he’s listening)

[@brettrossi034]

That little detail of advice that the mystery man shared with Jose is something that doesn't even just relate to baseball. Thats life advice that all of us can take away from this story. Focus on everything that YOU can do in your life and work on everything that's surrounding you and don't drive yourself too crazy over everything around you that you can't control. So simple, but something all of us can appreciate.

[@joeywtf7040]

i love alvarado. definetly by favorite pitcher. im praying he will continue his dominance once he leaves the IL

[@phillyspecs]

As a Phillies fan Jose is electric and has been so dominant dating back to last season

[@didntwork5709]

New kid rocked it. Can’t wait for his next segment. Keep’em coming ICY!

[@showtimenick824]

My old neighbor would love 5:34 in this video because he's actually nicknamed 4/20. 😂 I remember always seeing him outside with his bong.

[@coastfan24]

Damn. New guy honestly killed it. Didn’t know he was new until I read the comments. Bro sounded like his voiceover was seasoned

[@crypticnoone8150]

your best vid yet imo

[@IcyVerts]

thank you this took me 8 months to edit

[@josecisneros5516]

Here for icy stayed for the best sports content on this website

[@StarkRavingSports]

💜💜

[@nacli4516]

Black Ops 2 background music, ive sat for hours listening to that music in 08

[@SipJuggernog]

HERE FOR ICY

[@obamaslastkidneystone7084]

The bo2 music in the background goes crazy

[@ZaySama]

9:59, “as a Phillies fan myself I had no memory of this happening.” I feel you bro don’t recall 😢😂

[@AlphaDawg79]

Hardly an MLB scout here but I knew as soon as Jose figured out how to properly aim that cannon he'd be damn near unhittable. Also the Phillies club store needs to sell those rotisserie towels!

[@noodlesthereugo9277]

Wholesome Phillies content ❤

[@scottwaldo]

As an Astros fan, whenever I think of Alvarado, I think of THIS GAME HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

[@dallassucks130]

And I can tell u as a baseball fan when we hear the astros all we hear is BANG BANG BANG lmao will always be known as cheaters so enjoy all the fake championships u get because no matter what the astros do they will always be cheaters

[@SportsCousins]

@@dallassucks130 as a met fan I hear that was 6 years ago get over it

[@RAB6969]

⁠@@dallassucks130only Dodgers fans actually think like that

[@dallassucks130]

@@RAB6969 lmao they don’t tho

[@Sillydeath123]

As an astros fan, i love this pitcher. YORDAN HAS TURNED THIS GAME UPSIDE DOWN!!

[@MonkeyKingXiaoMin]

New kid did well! less awkward pauses would make it much better

[@IcyVerts]

Noted thank you!

[@theonemacias4787]

The bo2 music is giving flashbacks

[@Wariiorr]

GO ICY GO!!!!

[@scottyschwartz211]

Love how he makes our bullpen so much better can’t wait till he comes back on Saturday

[@MrADDCentral]

Since you’re a Phillies fan, is there any chance you could do a video on Chase Utley? I feel like the only thing people really remember him for nowadays is the Tajada slide, and I feel like that’s not a great summation of everything he did in his career

[@IcyVerts]

I’ll add it to the ideas bank

[@NoUploadJustComment]

That slide was so dirty it deserves to be his legacy.

[@Karmy.]

@@NoUploadJustComment agreed

[@tylerilgenfritz6444]

shut up

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

When you break the other team’s SS’s leg, before the World Series, you get whatever tag comes with that. He was a borderline hall of famer. If he doesn’t get in, perhaps that slide will be why in the minds of voters.

[@joecarbone3374]

As a mental performance coach, the mystery man perfectly demonstrated how important your mindset is in baseball. The importance of being fully present in the moment cannot be overstated

[@trav34]

I may be a bit biased since I am a Marlins fan, but I would rather like to see a video by somebody talking about their pretty weird yet strangely successful season. Despite missing their star in Jazz Chisolm Jr., Sandy having some great pitching woes thus far, and some free agent signings not panning out such as Jean Segura, we're competing for a wild card spot. I don't see a lot of coverage on the Marlins at all, and I'd love to see one of the guys or gals at Stark Raving Sports give them a bit of time. If not, well, I'd be grateful enough for you reading the comment.

[@IcyVerts]

noted, I think something about the marlins could be done!

[@trav34]

@@IcyVerts You're the man.

[@IcyVerts]

@@trav34 thank you man hope you enjoyed my first video

[@thomasackers]

OG Icy fan right here 🫡

[@jmu76featuring61]

Him and diego castillo when on the rays always had the stuff

[@LeoWoW123]

Great job Icy!

[@IcyVerts]

Thank you buddy

[@ChiknNugg3s]

I hope I just watched a movie foreshadowing Manoah! ❤

[@rossnanfeldt5729]

I love Jose, can't wait to see him back in the bullpen.

[@alexdowdle4628]

ICYVERT NATION STAND UP

[@payrysdoscs4903]

The legendary 102mph Sinker and 93mph Cutter

[@jacobythekobe]

Icyvert on the track!

[@IcyVerts]

my guy

[@5wiftNinja387]

I hope he gets back to this level of dominance in 2025. He's a fun guy to watch, but it's a shame how much he struggled later in the 2024 season and in his one playoff appearance this year.

[@d2s260]

ICYVERT IS MY GOAT

[@stuffbenlikes]

Have you ever seen Jose Alvarado and Jose Alvarado in the same room at the same time?

[@dominicrichetti4451]

Best video I’ve seen in awhile

[@yangping1018]

good video as always

[@shaneclapham1676]

The mystery man was Ted Lasso. Basically got told to be a goldfish. Mystery solved.

[@dangeejr]

this was a good one bro

[@thechuchiman5941]

THIS GAME HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

[@gorillakyle6783]

Wow this Icyvert kid is super cool and funny and epic

[@Dan-mr6fp]

Icy the goat man

[@ripharambe4796]

what a big boy

[@Gravy_Jones22]

Dominic Smith shook right now

[@dominic64tblightning24]

He had zero control on the Rays. Watched him in Durham too.

[@doomer-ov1el]

gym teacher goat

[@kongs-gaming]

My baseball coach never gave me a change because I didn’t throw 100mph basically but my control was perfect he didn’t care lol 😂

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

I could either throw 75 and dot the corners or 85-90 and shake a magic 8 ball to find out where it would end up 😂

[@BigBaked]

holy shit its icyvert

[@IcyVerts]

hi big bake!

[@ilphi08]

Now Phillies need to sign Josh Hader for the closer And we'd set to have a nice bullpen Jose Alvarado, Seranthony Dominguez, Jeff Hoffman, Matt Strahm, Orion Kerkring and Josh Hader

[@JayOrtegaTheBaller8]

Wow that’s really cool

[@ecp7239]

Considering srs are all known mets fans im suprised we get a phillies video

[@StarkRavingSports]

We have 7 in-house narrators and 2 of them are Mets fans lol

[@deleting1118]

Icyvert from the bird app?!

[@rogerj21]

As Craig Kimbrel is 9/9 SVs with 14.08 K/9 and tge highest K%

[@blitzinspace]

ICY

[@IcyVerts]

👋

[@recoil6672]

Anyone notice the bo2 music in the back

[@jacobrodriguez9566]

common Icy W

[@supitzsammm]

Pin this comment: The Phillies are no longer "struggling".

[@_Guitarlos_]

As great as Alvarado may be by the end of his career, as an Astros fan, I’ll always remember him for handing us a WS championship.

[@Jbow3607]

“Handing you” a 99 MPH sinker to a lefty? 9 out of 10 hitters can’t touch that. Yordan is amazing and blasted it, someone does that every world series. Lame comment

[@whereisspacebar2991]

Quiet, trash can.

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

Phillies called on him in two big moments in two different games, and he didn’t get the job done. Doesn’t matter if he’s dropping 99 mph sinkers to hitters, he still didn’t get the job done.

[@copyofacopy0]

is that a jpegmafia song in the background?

[@flacogonz13]

Cool, very cool. Yordan still owns him unfortunately

[@josephgibson747]

Unless he faces Alvarez #44

[@Mattythedaddy2234]

Does the goat reply

[@StarkRavingSports]

🤷‍♂️

[@AzulToad]

Bro became babe Ruth

[@NOMADcourier85]

Then he ended up on the IL *sigh*

[@payrysdoscs4903]

And now he's injured

[@NotSlimmy]

lol hi icy

[@walkemdownandtouchem71]

Is that JPEGMAFIA in the background

[@mikeflyers77]

How can he be one of baseballs best relievers if hes not pitching. He has to be on the mound first.

[@robertochapa9735]

Good yes great no he blew two games in the WS.

[@pauldunn8874]

450 dead center

[@CardGuy]

Great pitcher… unless pitching to Yordan Alvarez in the World Series

[@Wolf-wc1js]

Because nobody learns, the guy has reverse splits and they can’t bring in a southpaw to pitch to him

[@alexanderbarrera7496]

Lmfao show the part where Air YORDAN Took him 452ft over the batters eye DEAD CRNTER 💀 TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES

[@christopherseile5476]

First!

[@isaacseiken9522]

last!

[@russell3023]

I don't really want to be that guy but hopefully this can be constructive criticism. You guys really have to stop bringing on what seems to be your buddies to do voice-overs. Your quality of voice-overs severely drop with every new person. And it seems any time you get a new person you push out more videos with them doing the voice over. You should really be prioritizing consistent quality.

[@StarkRavingSports]

May we ask, “severely dropping” starting from when? Couldn’t be from when one of our more recent additions went out and made possibly our best video of the year so far (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGnGgZ6Qfq-AmMk) or was it just when we hired a woman?

[@loguski755]

Nahhh y’all are tripping, this is so boring compared to a Mike video. RIP STARK RAVING SPORTS

[@IcyVerts]

sorry

[@SRSMike]

Rome wasn’t built in a day my guy - wait until he’s even better than me in the future

[@AndreIguodalaFan55]

I now hope for nothing but failure from this man 😈

[@Str8trackhaters]

THIS GAME HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN