After the 2025 Major League Baseball season wrapped up, several players chose to enter free agency and leave the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
This is a routine development each year and one of the earliest storylines of the MLB offseason. Among those departing was veteran pitcher Jorge Alcala. The 30-year-old experienced an up-and-down 2025 campaign. He opened the season with the Minnesota Twins, the only major league club he had played for up to that point in his career. In his seventh MLB season, Alcala made 22 appearances for Minnesota before being dealt to the Boston Red Sox.
Alcala made 19 appearances with the Red Sox and had a 3.31 ERA, but was designated for assignment. Then the Cardinals got him and he made 15 appearances and had a 5.02 ERA. He elected free agency on Nov. 21, per his official MLB.com page. On Thursday, he found a new home. Ari Alexander of 7News Boston WHDH reported that Alcala is in agreement on a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
“Source: RHP Jorge Alcala has agreed to a minor league deal with the Blue Jays, with a spring training invite,” Alexander wrote.
Alcala would’ve been the type of veteran hurler worth seeing if they would want to return on the open market. Overall, he had a 6.22 ERA in 56 outings in 2025, but the 19 outings with Boston were respectable. Overall, he has a 4.29 ERA in 200 big league appearances.
In 2024, this guy had a 3.24 ERA in 54 appearances with Minnesota. That type of pitcher could’ve helped St. Louis. And at the cost of a minor league deal, he could be a steal. Unfortunately, he is joining the Blue Jays, though, and not coming back to the Cardinals in the near future.
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