Nationals Sign Jorge Alfaro Nationals Sign Jorge Alfaro

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2:00pm:  The Nationals have announced the signing. Alfaro jumps right onto the big league roster, and Stubbs has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester to create a 26-man roster spot. Millas was transferred to the 60-day IL to clear a 40-man roster spot. Unsurprisingly, that indicates that the fractured finger Millas suffered last week will end his season.  12:45pm:  The Nationals have agreed to a major league deal with veteran catcher  , reports of the . The CAA client had been playing with the Brewers Triple-A affiliate but opted out of his minor league contract yesterday to become a free agent.  The 32-year-old Alfaro hasnt appeared in the majors since 2023. He appeared  Lenyn Sosa Jersey in 82 games and tallied 326 plate appearances with the Brewers Nashville affiliate in 2025, hitting .244/.285/.430 with 15 home runs and a dozen steals. Alfaro walked in only 3.4% of his plate appearances with Milwaukees Triple-A club and also fanned at an alarming 36.5% clip.  Despite those troubling rate stats, Alfaro will get the opportunity to return to the big leagues with the Nats. Washington has lost both  (concu sion) and  (fractured finger) to the injured list in recent weeks.  and  are currently handling catching duty in D.C.  In parts of eight major league seasons, Alfaro is a .253/.302/.393 hitter (86 wRC+) through 1710 trips to the plate. Hes drawn negative framing and blocking grades in that time but has controlled the running game well, as evidenced by a career 27.5% caught-stealing rate.  Alfaro has spent most of his big league time with the Marlins, who acquired him alongside  in the trade sending  to the division-rival Phillies. Miami hoped that in Alfaro  a consensus top-100 prospect at the time of the swap  theyd secured a long-term answer behind the plate. He was indeed a regular in Miami for three seasons, but Alfaros bat never lived up to his prospect billing, and hes since bounced around the league on a series of minor league contracts.  Theres little enough time left in the current season that Alfaro, who has 5.133 years of major league service, cant reach six years before the calendar runs out. As such, hell technically remain controllable into 2026 via arbitration, although barring an unexpectedly productive September, it seems likelier that hell be outrighted at seasons end and again become a minor league free agent.  Matt Foster Jersey