Jorge Alfaro has struck out in nearly half of his plate appearances and it has been more than two weeks since he delivered an extra-base hit. But his work behind the plate grades him as one of baseball’s premier defensive catchers.
Alfaro sees himself as two different people and those two people have started the season in two different directions.
“Jorge Alfaro the hitter and Jorge Alfaro the catcher,” Alfaro said. “I may not be doing well offensively but that’s one thing. If I’m doing great defensively, that’s another thing. I’m trying to separate one from the other.