Jorge Alcalá

Jorge Luis Alcalá (born July 28, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Career

Houston Astros

Alcalá signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on December 3, 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Astros, going 2–0 with a 3.06 ERA and 20 strikeouts across innings pitched. Alcalá split the 2016 season between the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Astros, rookie-level Greeneville Astros, and Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats, pitching to a combined 3–3 record with a 2.41 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 15 games (ten starts) between the three affiliates.

Alcalá spent the 2017 campaign with the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits and High-A Buies Creek Astros, compiling an aggregate 7–6 record and 3.05 ERA with 95 strikeouts over 22 appearances (18 starts). He started the 2018 season with Buies Creek before being promoted to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.

Minnesota Twins

On July 27, 2018, Alcalá and Gilberto Celestino were traded to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ryan Pressly. 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. 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.

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

With the 2020 Minnesota Twins, Alcalá appeared in 16 games, compiling a 2–1 record with 2.63 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 24.0 innings pitched.

In 2021, Alcalá appeared in 59 games for the Twins. He ended the year with a 3–6 record, a 3.92 ERA, and 61 strikeouts across 59.2 innings.

Alcalá only appeared in 2 games during the 2022 season. Unfortunately, elbow inflammation essentially wiped out his entire season, as he was placed on the injured list 5 games into the year, before being shut down for the season in August. He pitched 2.1 innings, striking out 2 while walking 2 other batters.

On January 13, 2023, Alcalá agreed to a one-year, $790K contract with the Twins, avoiding salary arbitration. On May 16, Alcalá was placed on the injured list with a forearm injury; after undergoing an MRI, he was diagnosed with a radial stress fracture in his right forearm. He was transferred to the 60–day injured list on June 18. On September 10, Alcalá began a rehab assignment with the Low–A Fort Myers Miracle, and was activated from the injured list on October 1.

In 2025, Alcalá made 22 appearances for Minnesota, logging a 0–2 record, an 8.88 ERA, and 28 strikeouts across 24 innings pitched.

Boston Red Sox

On June 11, 2025, Alcalá was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league prospect Andy Lugo.

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1995 births
Living people
Águilas Cibaeñas players
Buies Creek Astros players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Corpus Christi Hooks players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
Dominican Summer League Astros players
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels players
Greeneville Astros players
Gulf Coast Astros players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
Minnesota Twins players
Pensacola Blue Wahoos players
People from Bajos de Haina
Baseball players from San Cristóbal Province
Quad Cities River Bandits players
Rochester Red Wings players
St. Paul Saints players
Tri-City ValleyCats players
Wichita Wind Surge players