Colombian slugger Jorge Alfaro was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the final series of the Dominican winter baseball championship, which concluded with the victory in five games of the Tigres del Licey over the Estrellas Orientales.
Alfaro was the main man in the offense of the Tigres, who with the 2-1 victory in extra innings at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium in Santo Domingo, became the most winning team in Dominican baseball by reaching 23 championship titles . In the fifth and final game of the series, which was scheduled for the best of seven games, Alfaro hit one hit in three plate appearances and scored a run. The 29-year-old slugger hit one hit in each of the five games played in the final, recording eight hits in 19 plate appearances, posting a .421 batting average. Aquaman, as Alfaro is known in the Dominican Republic, also showed off his extra-base power, compiling a double and two home runs. With his drives, the catcher and designated hitter drove in four runs and scored four times. In his time in the three stages of the Dominican tournament, Alfaro showed his great quality with the bat, achieving a .370 average, with 10 doubles, a triple and four home runs, he also scored 12 rounds and drove in 15 runs. In the midst of his performance in the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic, Alfaro reached an agreement with the Boston Red Sox to play in the next Major League season.