2:00pm: The Nationals have introduced the signing. Alfaro jumps proper onto the massive league roster, and Stubbs has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester to create a 26-man roster spot. Millas was transferred to the 60-day IL to clear a 40-man roster spot. Unsurprisingly, that signifies that the fractured finger Millas suffered final week will finish his season.
12:45pm: The Nationals have agreed to a significant league cope with veteran catcher Jorge Alfaro, stories Andrew Golden of the Washington Submit. The CAA consumer had been enjoying with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate however opted out of his minor league contract yesterday to turn out to be a free agent.
The 32-year-old Alfaro hasn’t appeared within the majors since 2023. He appeared in 82 video games and tallied 326 plate appearances with the Brewers’ Nashville affiliate in 2025, hitting .244/.285/.430 with 15 house runs and a dozen steals. Alfaro walked in solely 3.4% of his plate appearances with Milwaukee’s Triple-A membership and likewise fanned at an alarming 36.5% clip.
Regardless of these troubling fee stats, Alfaro will get the chance to return to the massive leagues with the Nats. Washington has misplaced each Keibert Ruiz (concussion) and Drew Millas (fractured finger) to the injured record in latest weeks. Riley Adams and CJ Stubbs are at the moment dealing with catching obligation in D.C.
In components of eight main league seasons, Alfaro is a .253/.302/.393 hitter (86 wRC+) via 1710 journeys to the plate. He’s drawn destructive framing and blocking grades in that point however has managed the working sport effectively, as evidenced by a profession 27.5% caught-stealing fee.
Alfaro has spent most of his massive league time with the Marlins, who acquired him alongside Sixto Sanchez within the commerce sending J.T. Realmuto to the division-rival Phillies. Miami hoped that in Alfaro — a consensus top-100 prospect on the time of the swap — they’d secured a long-term reply behind the plate. He was certainly an everyday in Miami for 3 seasons, however Alfaro’s bat by no means lived as much as his prospect billing, and he’s since bounced across the league on a sequence of minor league contracts.
There’s little sufficient time left within the present season that Alfaro, who has 5.133 years of main league service, can’t attain six years earlier than the calendar runs out. As such, he’ll technically stay controllable into 2026 through arbitration, though barring an unexpectedly productive September, it appears likelier that he’ll be outrighted at season’s finish and once more turn out to be a minor league free agent.
