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By Jon Paul Hoornstra
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On the same day the Boston Red Sox reportedly lost one of their homegrown pitchers to Asia in free agency, they brought another former minor league prospect back to North America.
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According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, the Red Sox are in agreement on a minor league split contract with pitcher Alec Gamboa that will pay the left-hander $925,000 if he is in the majors.
Gamboa, 28, began the 2025 season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization but was released in May to sign in the KBO, the top league in Korea. He has never pitched in the majors.
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Gamboa made 19 starts for the Lotte Giants in 2025, going 7-8 with a 3.58 ERA in 108 innings.
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Before he left for Korea, Gamboa had appeared in eight games for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets, making two starts and recording a 4.19 ERA across 19.1 innings. He threw a sinker that topped out at 96 mph in his final outing, in addition to a four-seam fastball and slider.
Across parts of six minor league seasons in the Dodgers organization, Gamboa went 28-22 with a 4.23 ERA in 131 games (41 starts).
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A native of California's Central Valley, Gamboa was originally chosen in the ninth round of the 2019 MLB Draft by Los Angeles out of Fresno City College.
Gamboa would eventually appear in four spring training games with the Dodgers in 2024. He allowed only four hits, one run, and struck out six batters in Cactus League play.
The 2024 season also proved to be Gamboa's best at the Triple-A level. He went 3-6 with a 3.30 ERA in 22 games (12 starts) in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
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Now, Gamboa will ostensibly get a better chance at reaching the majors than he ever did with the defending World Series champions.
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