Alexander Canario #80

Alex is in his second season with the Cubs organization after being acquired via trade from San Francisco, on July 30, 2021... The Monte Cristi, D.R., native was added to the Giants' 40- man roster, Nov. 21, 2020... Entered the 2021 season ranked as the Giants' ninth-best prospect by MLB Pipeline and fifth-best prospect by Baseball America ... finished the season rated by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 12 prospect... Owns a career .267 average (282-for-1,055) with 62 doubles, 12 triples, 45 home runs and 175 RBI with 51 stolen bases over 277 minor league games... Was a Baseball America DSL All-Star in 2017 ... earned Short-Season All-Star, Northwest League Post-Season All-Star and MiLB.com Organizational All-Star honors in 2019... Began his career as a right fielder, before playing center field in 2018 ... split time at all three outfield positions in 2021.

2021

Appeared in 107 games with Single-A San Jose (S.F.) and High-A South Bend in 2021, setting single-season career marks in hits (94), runs (62), home runs (18), RBI (57), stolen bases (21) and walks (43)... Hit .275 (28-for-102) with five doubles, six homers and 19 RBI during August, his first month in the Cubs organization... Homered in four-straight games from Aug. 7-11 ... homered twice with six RBI on Aug. 24.

2020

Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was a member of the Giants 60-man Player Pool from the beginning of the restarted Summer Camp...spent the season at the Alternate Training site before participating in the Fall Instructional League in Arizona...Suffered a dislocated left shoulder during the final week of Instructional League...underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum performed by Dr. Ken Akizuki. 

2019

Spent the 2019 season between the Arizona League and Short-Season Salem-Keizer, where he was nearly two years younger than the average player. He combined for a slash line of .318/.377/.623 over 59 games with 16 home runs and 54 RBI.