For someone who turned 29 only last month, Jorge Alfaro has been an intriguing character in the baseball world for an awfully long time. Despite having fewer than 500 major-league games to his ...

Alfaro, 29, was nontendered by San Diego after a .246/.285/.383 hitting line in 82 games — entering his final arbitration season, Alfaro was due a raise from his $2.725 million salary in 2022.

Boston Red Sox's Jorge Alfaro has been setting the MLB world on fire with his home runs in the Dominican Winter League. Not only is he still playing in a professional baseball league during the ...

Alfaro also represented team Colombia at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He finished with a .267 batting average, .713 OPS, four hits and four runs over 15 at-bats.

If Alfaro has not been added to Boston’s 40-man roster by March 25, he may request that he become available to all other clubs in hopes that one of them has a major league spot for him.

Red Sox catcher Jorge Alfaro has triggered the opt-out clause in his contract and intends to test free agency if the team doesn’t add him to their active roster, a source said Thursday morning ...