Kevin Alcántara #13

Kevin owns a .281 average (427-for-1,520) with 78 doubles, 17 triples, 48 home runs, 260 RBI and an .803 OPS in 400 career Minor League games across six seasons with the Yankees (2019-21) and Cubs (2021-24) organizations...Made his Major League debut on Sept. 25, 2024 at Philadelphia...Entered the 2024 season ranked as the Cubs' No. 6 prospect and No. 65 overall, according to MLB Pipeline...Finished the season as the Cubs' No. 6 prospect and No. 67 overall...Finished the 2023 season ranked as the Cubs' No. 4 and the No. 71 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline...In 2022, led the Carolina League with 85 RBI, while setting career marks in doubles (19), triples (6), home runs (15) and walks (55)…His nickname for himself is "The Jaguar"...2022 Myrtle Beach hitting coach Steven Pollakov said, "he came up with that. He's got those long legs and he's calm, and when he wants to attack, he attacks. He's the Jaguar."...Was acquired from New York (A.L.) on July 29, 2021, with RHP Alexander Vizcaíno for INF Anthony Rizzo...Was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 12 prospect in the 2018 international signing class.

2024

Kevin made his Major League debut on Sept. 25, 2024 in Philadelphia and recorded his first career hit that night with a single off Carlos Estevez...Recalled from Triple-A Iowa that same day...Appeared in three Major League games this season, hitting .100 (1-for-10) with one run scored...Was promoted to Triple-A Iowa on Aug. 6...In his first season with the I-Cubs, hit .292 (38-for-130) with five home runs, 22 RBI and a .848 OPS across 35 appearances...At the time of his call-up, his .292 batting average and a.848 OPS ranked fourth among Triple-A hitters this season...Across 76 games with Double-A Tennessee, he hit .272 (79-for-291) with nine homers and 39 RBI...Had an 11-game hitting streak with Tennessee from July 9-27, where he hit .390 (16-for-41) with 13 RBI and a 1.105 OPS...Prior to his promotion to Triple-A Iowa, Alcántara ranked second in doubles (13), third in home runs (9) and fourth in hits (79), runs scored (38) and walks (30) among Tennessee hitters...At the time of his Major League promotion, Alcántara was rated by MLB Pipeline as the No. 69 prospect and the Cubs' No. 6 prospect...He also entered the 2024 season as the No. 80 prospect, according to Baseball Prospectus.

2023

Kevin played the majority of the 2023 season with High-A South Bend (95 games) but reached the Double-A level (five games) for the first time in his career at the conclusion of the campaign...Batted a combined .284 (111-for-391) with 26 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, 71 RBI and a .810 OPS between the ACL Cubs, South Bend and Tennessee...Went 23-for-74 (.311) with four home runs and 18 RBI vs. left-handed pitching...Hit .250 (56-for-224) with 12 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 35 RBI in 53 games with South Bend from April 7-June 21...Batted .331 (54-for-163) with 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 35 RBI in 47 games from June 22 to end of the season...Tallied a season-high five hits and six RBI during his first multi-homer effort of the season June 17 at Cedar Rapids...Recorded a 13-game hitting streak from June 22-July 8, batting .386 (17-for-44) during the run...Was on the injured list from Aug. 4-11 with a left knee strain...Following the Minor League season played in 21 games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the AFL Rising Stars game...Hit .256 (22-for-86) with seven doubles, one triple, five home runs and 23 RBI.

2022

Kevin in 2022 played in a career-high 112 games with Single-A Myrtle Beach and led the Carolina League with 85 RBI... Finished among the league leaders in total bases (3rd, 193), extra-base hits (T-3rd, 40), hits (4th, 117), runs (6th, 76), home runs (T-6th, 15), OPS (7th, .811), slugging percentage (8th, .451) and average (9th, .273)... Batted .318 (21-for-66) with two home runs and 15 RBI vs. left-handed pitching, compared to .265 (96-for-362) with 13 home runs and 70 RBI vs. right-handed pitching... In June, hit .304 (28-for-92) with six doubles, one triple, six home runs, 23 RBI and a .958 OPS in 25 games... Tallied a 10-game hitting streak from June 4-15, batting .359 (14-for-39) with two doubles, one triple, three home runs and 11 RBI... June 12 at Carolina, went 4-for-6 with a triple, two home runs and a career-high eight RBI ... the night marked his first career multi-homer game... Following the season, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 3 prospect and the No. 86 overall prospect in the MLB.