Jorge Alcala
30-Year-Old
Free Agent
2025 Stats
W-L
0-2
ERA
6.22
WHIP
1.75
K
61
SV
0
2026 Projections
Signed a one-year, $790,000 contract with the Twins in January of 2024. Twins exercised $1.5 million team option for 2025 in November of 2024. Traded to the Red Sox in June of 2025. Waived by the Red Sox in August of 2025. Claimed off waivers by the Cardinals in August of 2025.
Officially non-tendered by Cards
St. Louis non-tendered Alcala on Friday.
Analysis
Alcala was DFA'd by the Cardinals on Tuesday, and he'll officially enter free agency after being non-tendered by the organization. He appeared in 56 regular-season games between the Red Sox, Twins and Cardinals during the 2025 season and posted five holds, a 6.22 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and 61:30 K:BB across 55 innings.
Alcala was DFA'd by the Cardinals on Tuesday, and he'll officially enter free agency after being non-tendered by the organization. He appeared in 56 regular-season games between the Red Sox, Twins and Cardinals during the 2025 season and posted five holds, a 6.22 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and 61:30 K:BB across 55 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
21
Last 5 Games
27
How many pitches does Jorge Alcala generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Jorge Alcala generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-10%
BAA vs LHP
2025
Even Split
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .229 | 58 | 26 | 49 | 12 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .254 | 77 | 34 | 71 | 14 |
| 2025vs Left | .298 | 24 | 12 | 28 | 7 |
| 2025vs Right | .299 | 37 | 18 | 38 | 6 |
| 2024vs Left | .188 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024vs Right | .193 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 4 |
| 2023vs Left | .125 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023vs Right | .282 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-14%
ERA on Road
2025
-18%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 5.26 | 1.47 | 63.1 | 8.5 | 4.0 |
| Since 2023Away | 4.54 | 1.29 | 67.1 | 10.0 | 4.3 |
| 2025Home | 6.95 | 2.09 | 22.0 | 9.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025Away | 5.73 | 1.52 | 33.0 | 10.1 | 4.9 |
| 2024Home | 3.82 | 1.02 | 35.1 | 8.4 | 2.8 |
| 2024Away | 2.35 | 1.04 | 23.0 | 9.8 | 3.5 |
| 2023Home | 7.50 | 1.83 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 2023Away | 5.56 | 1.15 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 4.0 |
Stat Review
How does Jorge Alcala compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.03K/9
10.0BB/9
4.9HR/9
2.1Fastball
97.3 mphERA
6.22WHIP
1.75BABIP
.360GB/FB
0.74Left On Base
66.8%Exit Velocity
83.1 mphBarrels/BBE
6.6%Spin Rate
2465 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.3%Swinging Strike
10.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Alcala had a bounceback year after two injury-plagued seasons. He threw just 17.1 innings in 2023 with an ugly 6.23 ERA and missed more than four months with a stress fracture in his right forearm. He threw just 2.1 innings in 2022 due to an elbow injury that required season-ending arthroscopic debridement surgery. Alcala has outstanding velocity with a 97.9 average mph fastball, reaching a career-high 101.2 mph last summer. His strikeout rates haven't been as overpowering (8.95 K/9 last season) as he's struggled to get hitters to chase (just 19th percentile Chase% per Baseball Savant), but he limits hard hits (91st percentile Hard-Hit rate per Baseball Savant). When he's struggled it's usually due to his control, but Alcala reduced his walk rate last season (3.1 BB/9) from his previous two years. He should be in the setup mix again this season if he can stay healthy and could be a good source of holds.
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Designated for assignment
The Cardinals designated Alcala for assignment Tuesday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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Claimed by St. Louis
The Cardinals claimed Alcala off waivers from the Red Sox on Thursday.
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Booted from 40-man roster
The Red Sox designated Alcala for assignment Tuesday.
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Traded to Boston
The Twins traded Alcala to the Red Sox on Wednesday in exchange for Andy Lugo, Phil Miller of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
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Struggles in loss
Alcala (0-1) took the loss in Saturday's 5-1 defeat to the Cardinals. He allowed three runs on two hits and a walk while failing to record an out in the sixth inning.
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