Carrillo is the 400^th former Northwoods League player to debut in MLB

Rochester, Minn. – St. Cloud Rox alum Alex Carrillo made his Major League debut on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Carrillo is the 400^th former Northwoods League player to reach the Major League level.

Carrillo, who played collegiately at Faulkner University, played for the Rox in 2019. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Texas Rangers in 2019 and then by the New York Mets prior to the 2025 season.

In 2019 with the Rox, Carrillo appeared in five games and was 3-1 with a 4.10 ERA. He struck out 25 batters in 26.1 innings while walking 11.

Carrillo started his professional career in 2019 with the Rangers Rookie level team in the Arizona League. He pitched in three games and allowed no runs on three hits while striking out six in 4.1 innings.

From 2021 through 2024 Carrillo was in the Independent Frontier, Venezuelan and Mexican Leagues.

Prior to the 2025 season, Carrillo signed with the Mets and started the year with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Eastern League. After 15 games he was promoted to the Syracuse Mets of the Triple-A International League. Across 19 games between the two clubs, he was 3-1 with a 3.24 ERA. He had 40 strikeouts in 25.0 innings and had one save.

In his Major League debut against the Baltimore Orioles, Carrillo entered the game in relief and pitched 1.1 innings allowing one run on one hit while striking out one.

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The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its’ 32^nd season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 24 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, nearly 2400 NWL alums have been drafted and 400 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TOR), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.