Jose Antonio Iglesias Alemán (born January 5, 1990) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who is a free agent.

Iglesias was called up by the Red Sox and made his major league debut on May 8, 2011, as a defensive substitute for Jed Lowrie in the ninth inning of a 9–5 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Iglesias also appeared late in the 2012 season to back up Mike Avilés, and hit his first career home run during this stretch.

[8] He started the season in Boston, going 9-for-20 with two doubles and one RBI in six games, but was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket after Stephen Drew was activated on April 10.

Iglesias excelled while splitting time between shortstop and third base, remaining in the starting lineup even after Middlebrooks returned from the DL.

Despite being known primarily for his defense, Iglesias batted .420 for a stretch of over 100 at-bats after being recalled, including an 18-game hitting streak that was broken on June 19 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

[citation needed] Iglesias finished second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2013, being edged out by Wil Myers.

Although Iglesias was under team control through 2018, his 2014 salary had yet to be determined after the contract he signed with the Red Sox as an amateur free agent expired.

[16] With the Tigers later falling out of the AL Central race, the team elected to not activate him from the DL for the remainder of the season.

[17] Iglesias made one trip to the disabled list in 2016, after suffering a left hamstring strain in August,[18] but still reached career highs with 137 games, 467 at-bats and 26 doubles, and had the lowest strikeout percentage of all major league baseball players (9.7%), as he also had the highest contact percentage on his swings in the major leagues (91.2%).

Following the season, Iglesias was named a Gold Glove Award finalist for shortstop, along with Francisco Lindor and Andrelton Simmons.

[24] On February 23, 2019, Iglesias signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds that included an invitation to spring training.

[28] On July 24, 2020, Iglesias was the starting shortstop, making his Orioles debut on Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox.

[33] He made his formal return to the team later that day when he entered as a defensive substitution for Taylor Motter in the top of the eighth inning.

Through the end of the regular season, Iglesias appeared in 23 games with Boston, including 14 starts at second base, while batting .356 with one home run and seven RBIs.

Rather than exercising his opt-out clause, Iglesias chose to accept an assignment to the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

[47] Iglesias took over second base when Jeff McNeil broke his wrist on September 7 in a game against the Cincinnati Reds and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

[53] Iglesias is also a Latin Pop music artist who performs under the name Candelita, translating to "little candle" in Spanish.

[54][55] The song caught on among his teammates and fans and he performed it at Citi Field on June 28 after a Mets victory over the Houston Astros.