Jorge Alcalá

Jorge Luis Alcalá (born July 28, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Jorge Alcalá
Minnesota Twins – No. 66
Pitcher
Born: (1995-07-28) July 28, 1995
Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 21, 2019, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through September 27, 2020)
Win–loss record2–1
Earned run average2.45
Strikeouts28
Teams

Career

Houston Astros

Alcalá signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in December 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Astros, going 2–0 with a 3.06 ERA in 32.1 innings pitched. He played 2016 with the Gulf Coast Astros, Greeneville Astros and Tri-City ValleyCats, pitching to a combined 3–3 record with a 2.41 ERA in 15 games (ten starts) between the three teams. He played 2017 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and Buies Creek Astros, compiling a 7–6 record with a 3.05 ERA in 22 games (18 starts), and started 2018 with Buies Creek before being promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks.[1]

Minnesota Twins

On July 27, 2018, Alcalá and Gilberto Celestino were traded to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ryan Pressly.[2][3] He was assigned to the Chattanooga Lookouts. In 24 games (16 starts) between Buies Creek, Corpus Christi, and Chattanooga, he pitched to a 3–11 record with a 3.81 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP.[4] He split the 2019 minor league season between the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and the Rochester Red Wings, combining to go 6–7 with a 5.47 ERA over 109 innings.[5][6]

On September 14, 2019, the Twins selected Alcalá's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[7] He made his major league debut on September 21 versus the Kansas City Royals, pitching ​ 2⁄3 of an inning.[8]

With the 2020 Minnesota Twins, Alcalà appeared in 16 games, compiling a 2-1 record with 2.63 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 24.0 innings pitched.[9]

References
  1. "Astros' Alcala, Saldana lights-out in one-hitter". MiLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "Astros land righty reliever Pressly from Twins". ESPN.com. July 28, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. Chandler Rome (July 28, 2018). "Ryan Pressly returns to Texas to bolster Astros' bullpen". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  4. "Jorge Alcala Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  5. Dan Hayes (May 3, 2019). "Twins farm report: Jorge Alcala's rise, Sanó's big day, Kirilloff's debut and more". The Athletic. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. "Twins minor league update". Star Tribune. August 24, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  7. RotoWire Staff (September 14, 2019). "Twins' Jorge Alcala: Added to big-league roster". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. "Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins Box Score, September 21, 2019". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  9. https://www.mlb.com/player/jorge-alcala-660896
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