

Alfredo Rene González (born July 13, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox.
Career
Houston Astros
González signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in July 2008. He played the 2009 season with the Dominican Summer League Astros. In 2011, González was assigned to the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Astros, where he would play that season and the 2012 season. In 2013, he played for the rookie-level Greeneville Astros, and played for the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats in 2014. In 2015, González spent time with the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits, High-A Lancaster JetHawks, and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.
On November 20, 2015, the Astros added González to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He played in 44 games for Corpus Christi in 2016, batting .158/.236/.206 with no home runs and seven RBI. On June 25, 2016, González was designated for assignment by the Astros.
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