The Red Sox have signed catcher Jorge Alfaro to a Major League deal, tweets Alex Speier of the Boston Globe. He’s already in the clubhouse and will be active for tonight’s game. MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo adds that Caleb Hamilton has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
Alfaro, 30, began the season in the Red Sox organization on a minor league deal and raked with their Triple-A club in Worcester, batting .320/.367/.520 but never receiving a call to the Majors before exercising an opt-out in his deal. He became a free agent and signed another minor league deal with the Rockies, who selected him to the Major League roster after just three Triple-A games.
Things didn’t go particularly well for Alfaro in Colorado. The veteran backstop appeared in 10 games, tallied 32 plate appearances and batted just .161/.188/.387 before being designated for assignment. The Rockies passed him through outright waivers, but as a player with five-plus years of service, Alfaro had the ability to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency. The Rockies never publicly confirmed that outcome, but today’s news makes clear that’s precisely the route Alfaro took. He’ll now head straight to the Red Sox’ big league roster, supplanting Hamilton and pairing with Connor Wong behind the dish.
Formerly one of the top catching prospects in the sport, Alfaro has appeared in parts of eight seasons but hasn’t seen his on-field production line up with the fanfare he received prior to his debut. In 1690 plate appearances as a big leaguer, he’s a .254/.302/.396 hitter. Defensively, he’s never been regarded as a premier defender, which led the Marlins to try him in left field for a bit back in 2021. He’s primarily been a catcher and designated hitter in the minors this year, though the Sox did give him a pair of starts at first base as well.
Hamilton, 28, appeared in four games with the Sox but went hitless in six plate appearances. He was hitting .180/.285/.310 in 116 Triple-A plate appearances prior to his promotion to the big leagues and is a lifetime .206/.316/.377 hitter in parts of four seasons at that level. The Red Sox will have a week to trade Hamilton, pass him through outright waivers, or release him.
Churn and burn baby, churn and burn.
GASox – I approve this one.
Sox needed more WWE on the team, who better than Aquaman?
He’s not likely to be around too long anyways, so don’t get attached.
GASox – I understand, only until McGuire returns. At least there’s a chance he will hit some bombs.
Fever – not sure on McGuire. I think he had a wrist strain issue too, happened after waiting in a parking lot to pick up some groceries. …..
GASox – I heard it was a groin pull, either way it sounds like Alfaro will be around a while.
Love to see AquaMan finally get his shot with the Red Sox. He’s a threat to go deep anytime he’s at the plate…and a threat to strikeout anytime he’s at the plate too. I really hope he does well here, the fans will love him if he does.
Say what you want, but he’s got a beautiful flow.
Perpetually mid. Nothing more, nothing less
They could of had Sanchez
See below. Once Maguire returns, he’s gone. After what Sanchez went through, who thought he’d be serviceable again?
Who says Sanchez is serviceable? He has hit under .115 his last 7 games and .147 in his last 20. He was hot for 2 weeks or so. Its been all downhill since then.
The Reds needs to make some trades
Be DFA in about 6-8 days
Why not try Hernandez?
Red Sox remaining down bad.
And, to be fair, this is an upgrade, but still, taking COL’s scraps.
To be fair, COL took him from the Red Sox just a few weeks back, so….
Recycling! Better then traditional dumpster diving!
Isnt ‘dumpster diving’ a form of recyling? Get a grip Darkside, too early to be drinking.
Wow!!!! A major league deal. No more riding the bus for Alfaro for at least a couple weeks.
Red Sox are seriously hurting
So does this mean after Goodrum fails with another team, Bloom will realize he was the answer all along, just like Alfaro? Guess the best way to make the Boston roster isn’t to play well at AAA, its to suck for somebody else.
Zing
Failure to mention Reese McGuire, who was the main source of why Alfaro was blocked from being promoted for the 1st two months of the season, makes this incomplete reporting.
Same people mad he left are now mad he came back.
Ah, the life of a Red Sox fan!
That’s why we have less and less comments. You can only say ‘terrible signing’, followed by “I can’t believe we let him go” to “terrible signing” only so many times.
Some of our fans line up multiple responses based on whether the player is coming or going.
Another Game Changer!!!!!!!!
Shoot your shot, Jorge. Make it impossible for them to pull the chain on you in 2 weeks.
The hair, the beard, Damonesque.
Checks all of Cora’s boxes.