Eddy Alvarez

BIOGRAPHY

Eddy Alvarez was born January 30, 1990, in Miami, Florida. He is an infielder in the MLB.

The Chicago White Sox signed Alvarez to a minor league contract on June 11, 2014. He made his professional debut with the Arizona White Sox of the Rookie-level Arizona League, where he played 27 games. He was promoted to the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League on August 12, 2014.

Alvarez began the 2015 season with Kannapolis. After a successful stint with Kannapolis, Alvarez was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League on July 22, 2015. In 2016, he began the season with the Birmingham Barons of the Class AA Southern League and was promoted to the Charlotte Knights of the Class AAA International League. On the season, he logged a .265/.341/.365 slash line with 6 home runs and 65 RBI. In 2017, Alvarez split the year between Birmingham and Charlotte, posting a .235/.347/.310 batting line with 4 home runs and 39 RBI in 126 games. In 101 games for Charlotte in 2018, Alvarez slashed .253/.348/.435 with a career-high 8 home runs and 37 RBI.

On March 27, 2019, Alvarez was traded to the Miami Marlins. He split the 2019 season between the Triple-A New Orleans Baby Cakes, the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, and the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads, accumulating a .324/.408/.559 batting line with a career-high 12 home runs and 44 RBI in 70 games between the three teams. On August 3, 2020, the Marlins selected Alvarez's contract to the 40-man roster, and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. On August 5, Alvarez made his MLB debut against the Baltimore Orioles. Alvarez was designated for assignment by the Marlins on September 13, 2020, after going 7-for-37 across 12 appearances. He was assigned to the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to begin the 2021 season.

In May 2021, Alvarez was named to the roster of the United States national baseball team for the Americas Qualifying Event. In June 2021, the team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Alvarez will be the 135th athlete to compete in both the Winter and Summer Olympics, he is an Olympic speedskater, taking home the silver in the 2014 Winter games in Sochi for the men’s 5000m relay short-track.