Miami Marlins Season Preview: Catcher Jorge Alfaro

The Miami Marlins have a full 40-man roster plus another 25 entering Spring Training in 2020.

Of those 65 players, 35 have had some measure of major league exposure. Seven of the players in camp are regarded as catchers. Jorge Alfaro sits atop of that pecking order, and is considered the Miami Marlins starter.

A six-foot-two, 225 lb. right-hander from Sincelejo, Columbia, Alfaro will be turning 27 in the middle of this season. Never drafted, Alfaro made his professional debut while still just 17 years old in the Dominican Summer League for the DSL Rangers. After five seasons working his way up through their system, at the 2015 trade deadline, the Rangers traded Alfaro with Matt Harrison, Nick…