Author Topic: where is he now (formerly Follow the "Prospects:")? Carlos Alvarez, SS (Read 6842 times)

Still in SS A ball... but so far this year spanning the GCL and New York Penn League...

123 AB's - .350/.456/.463/.920, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 6/0 SB/CS, 21/22 BB/K

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #42:** September 14, 2011, 11:13:58 AM »

Bump for JCA

Finished the year at SS Auburn

.321/.420/.415/.835 with 1 HR, 19 RBI and 24/30 BB/K in 159 AB's spread out over the GCL and NYPL.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #43:** July 12, 2012, 04:32:33 PM »

Frowny at age 26 gets his shot at Hagerstown:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/the-former-smiley-gonzalez-moves-up-to-hagerstown/2012/07/11/gJQAvQpXdW_blog.html

welch · « **Reply #44:** July 12, 2012, 04:49:32 PM »

I wish we could keep calling him Smiley Gonzalez, because I can't remember his new real name.

suns senators chiefs · « **Reply #45:** July 14, 2012, 04:57:54 PM »

Went up to Aberdeen to see him Thursday and wasn't in the lineup.

Did see tony renda

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #46:** July 14, 2012, 07:02:06 PM »

Quote from: suns senators chiefs on July 14, 2012, 04:57:54 PM

Went up to Aberdeen to see him Thursday and wasn't in the lineup. Did see tony renda

Caused you to frown rather than smile.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #47:** August 18, 2013, 01:17:22 PM »

Had no clue the Nats continue to employ this guy. Still sticking around in the GCL.

Hitting .333 in 6 AB's this year.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #48:** January 08, 2015, 08:37:15 AM »

Adding a link to the WaPo article updating his post Nats travels. Been playing in the Mexican League and Licey for Manny Acta. Now he is sort of a mentor figure.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/former-nats-prospect-whose-deception-brought-down-the-teams-dominican-operation-is-still-chasing-his-dream/2015/01/01/655c19a4-9069-11e4-a412-4b735edc7175_story.html

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In 2011, Alvarez hit .321 between the Gulf Coast League and short-season Class A Auburn. But he played in only 46 games, his arrival delayed by visa issues, a common problem for players with checkered pasts. The constant tardiness because of his visas, Alvarez said, plagued him. In 2012, Alvarez played for the Gulf Coast League team, Auburn, and Class A Hagerstown, but hit .210 in 45 games across all levels. He wasn’t primarily a shortstop anymore and was 26.
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“I always got there a little late,” he said. “Everyone else was already playing. When I got a chance, I really didn’t get one. Other players were already playing and well, and I didn’t get much of a chance. I still felt okay with the [Nationals].”

But Alvarez understood his situation. He said he used his time with younger teammates to counsel them about baseball and life. “It was God’s purpose to put me there to help,” he said.

In his final season with the Nationals in 2013, Alvarez said he again arrived late because of visa issues and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League. He went 2 for 6 with two home runs in four games. He was 27; his teammates were, on average, seven years younger. Alvarez said the coaching staffs and teammates always treated him well, and he isn’t resentful toward the Nationals.

“They’re the ones who got me my pardon [for my visa] and brought me back there, so I thought I had a chance with them,” he said. “It just didn’t happen. I tried. I wanted to. I felt like family with them. Good and the bad with them. I’m grateful to them. Still, if I got a chance to play, I feel like I could have gotten further. . . . But I understand that what happened to me before complicated everything.”