Alfredo Escalera (baseball)

Alfredo Escalera
Escalera with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Free agent
Outfielder
Born: (1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 29)
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Alfredo Luis Escalera Maldonado (born February 17, 1995) also known as Alfredo Escalera and Alfredo Escalera–Maldonado is a retired Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder. The Kansas City Royals drafted Escalera out of high school in the eighth round of the 2012 MLB Draft.[1][2][3][4] making him the youngest player to be drafted since the inception of the First-Year Players Draft in 1965.[5][6][7]

Escalera was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico where his baseball abilities were noted at an early age, and later moved to Bradenton, Florida[8] to enhance his training. Escalera debuted in his first professional game with the Arizona League Royals only two weeks after signing his multi-year contract.

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