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Went 2-2 with a walk and HBP in his re-debut stateside, today.
Tomorow we find out he's actually Jennifer Lopez
GCL?
Yes.Thus the "re-debut".
Alvarez has been promoted to Hagerstown after hitting .354/.475/.458/.934 in 57 PA's with the GCL squad.
If he can get his lying butt to AA he might be something.
Hagerstown according to Linty like six posts up
Went up to Aberdeen to see him Thursday and wasn't in the lineup. Did see tony renda
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.Advertisement “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.”