Ex-Red Sox Slugger Reportedly Signs With Marlins After Lackluster Stint In Boston

The backstop will leave Boston for the second time this season

Scott Neville | Aug 15, 2023

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A recent member of the Boston Red Sox has found a new home a couple of weeks after leaving the organization.

"Some news: The (Miami) Marlins have signed catcher Jorge Alfaro to a minor league deal. He is expected to report to Triple-A Jacksonville this week," Miami Herald's Jordan McPherson tweeted Tuesday.

Alfaro elected free agency over being sent back down to Triple-A Worcester following the Red Sox's decision to designate him for assignment on Aug. 1.

It has been a very odd season for the 30-year-old backstop. Alfaro started his season with the WooSox incredibly strong after gaining some fanfare during spring training.

He hit .320 with 21 extra-base hits including six home runs, 30 RBIs and a .886 OPS in 43 games for the WooSox but had no path to the big leagues with Connor Wong and Reese McGuire handling the catching duties for Boston. With that in mind, he elected to opt out of his contract with the Red Sox and would eventually sign with the Colorado Rockies.

The Rockies gave him a cup of coffee in the big leagues before designating him for assignment, leading him back to the Red Sox organization for the second time this season -- to replace the recently injured McGuire on July 6.

Less than a month later, McGuire returned to the active roster and Alfaro was once again sent packing.

In what has been a very chaotic year for Alfaro, he's hoping to find some stability with the Marlins, a team he played for from 2019-2021. Alfaro hit .252 with 58 extra-base hits including 25 home runs, 103 RBIs and a .684 OPS (82 OPS+) in 253 games with the Marlins years ago.

Miami likely will be hoping for similar production out of the veteran catcher.

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Published Aug 15, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu