Alfaro Named Eastern League Player of the Week

Reading Fightin Phils catcher Jorge Alfaro has been selected as Eastern League Player of the Week for the week of April 7th-17th. 

Alfaro hit .500 (18-for-36) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, 10 RBIs, seven runs scored, one walk and a .750 slugging percentage in eight games for the Fightin Phils. The 22-year old had at least one hit in all eight of the games he played in for the Fightins and had multiple hits in seven of those games, including going 3-for-4 with four RBIs and one run scored in Reading's 14-2 win at Harrisburg on Sunday afternoon. 

Alfaro currently leads the league in batting average (.500) and hits (18). He is also ranked among the league leaders in on-base percentage (.526-2nd), OPS (1.276-2nd), doubles (4-tied 2nd), total bases (27-3rd), triples (1-tied 3rd), RBIs (10-tied 4th), extra-base hits (6-tied 4th), and runs scored (7-tied 7th). 

The Colombian catching prospect entered the season rated by MLB.com as the sixth best prospect in the Philadelphia organization and the third best catching prospect in all of Minor League Baseball, was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade from the Texas Rangers on July 30, 2015. He was originally signed by the Rangers as an international free agent on January 19, 2010.

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