Alfonsin Rosario #89

ALFONSIN ROSARIO...Selected in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft out of P27 Academy (Lexington, S.C.)....Moved to SC in 2021...Committed to play at Chipola College (Fla.) prior to signing with the Cubs...Enjoyed watching Mike Trout and the Yankees growing up...Loves soccer, favorite players being Reynoldo, Neymar, Roberto Carlos...Big fan of FC Barcelona...Brother, Eguy (Eggy) Rosario, played 48 games all over the infield with the San Diego Padres, 2022-24, and has played 10 years in their system since 2016...Spent 2025 between AAA El Paso, AA San Antonio and the IL and is currently a free agent...Pronounced: /al-fon-SEEN ro-SAHR-ee-oh/.

2025

Rosario split the 2025 season between High-A Lake County and Double-A Akron, earning Midwest League All-Star honors at DH despite spending the last five weeks in AA Akron after his Aug. 5 promotion to Double-A...In his first full season in the Cleveland system, he ranked among system leaders in homers (tied-second, 21), TB (third, 200), runs (third, 69) and XBH (T-fifth, 46)...At the time of his promotion was leading the Midwest League in HR (16) and SLG% (.490) and third in OPS (.852)…With Akron, he enjoyed a pair of four-hit, three-XBH contests in Sept...Defensively, he made 48 starts in CF, 47 in RF and 20 at DH between the two stops...Played in 10 games in the Arizona Fall League following the season (.108, 4-for-37).