Sergio Alcántara #18

Sergio is a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training after signing a minor league deal with the Cubs in December of last year....Is his third stint with the organization as he was selected off waivers from Detroit on Feb, 5, 2021 and appeared in 89 games for Chicago that year...signed a big league deal with Chicago on March 19, 2022, before he was traded to Arizona on March 27, for a cash consideration....Has appeared in 192 Major League games spanning three seasons between the Tigers (2020), Cubs (2021), Diamondbacks (2022) and Padres (2022)....Owns a .209 average (93-for-446) with 14 doubles, five triples, 12 homers and 47 RBI... Has appeared at shortstop (89 games), second base (53 games), third base (50 games) and pitcher (one games)....Has appeared in 656 Minor League games with a .258 average (605-for-2,348) with 89 doubles, 14 triples, 12 homers and 196 RBI....Hit a homer in his first major league at-bat with the Tigers on Sept. 6, 2020, off the Twins Rich Hill....Named a 2017 California League midseason All-Star....Traded to the Tigers with INF Jose King and INF Dawel Lugo for OF J.D. Martinez July 18, 2017,...Signed by Arizona as a non-drafted free agent July 10, 2012.

2022

Sergio split 2022 between the Diamondbacks and Padres, combining to appear in 93 games and hit .220 (45-for-205) with eight doubles, a triple, six homers and 29 RBI... Signed a Major League deal with the Cubs March 19 and was traded to Arizona for cash March 27... Claimed off waivers by San Diego May 9...claimed off waivers by Arizona July 5 and spent the rest of the season on he big league roster... Hit .265 (31-for-117) with six doubles, five homers and 19 RBI in 48 games from July 7 through season's end.

2021

Spent most of the season with the Cubs, hitting .205 (45- for-220) with six doubles, three triples, five home runs and 17 RBI in 89 games…also played 25 games with Triple-A Iowa... Played 55 games (44 starts) at shortstop, 22 (18) at second base and three (2) at third... Hit his first career pinch-hit homer Sept. 24 vs. Cardinals [GM 1] (off Alex Reyes)…made his first career pitching appearance in Game 2 of the doubleheader, retiring the lone batter faced (Tyler O'Neill).

2019

Completed his second season with Double A Erie in 2019, playing in 102 games...Went a perfect 4x4, including a double, and scored five runs on April 7 vs. Trenton...Appeared in 22 games during June, hitting .333/.458/.394 with four doubles and six RBI...Sidelined from August 16-September 6 with a left hamstring strain...Hit .286/.375/.357 with one double in four games with Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League...Rated as possessing the best infield arm in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.

2018

Spent the entire 2018 season with Double A Erie, appearing in 120 games...Finished the month of April batting .308/.329/.372 with 10 runs scored, three doubles, one triple and six RBI in 20 games...Posted an 11-game hitting streak from June 25-July 6, batting .326/.392/.435 with six runs scored, three doubles, one triple and four RBI...Had a four-hit game and drove in two runs on July 13 vs. Altoona...Hit .311/.377/.398 with 14 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, one home run and nine RBI in 27 games in July...Played in 30 games with Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .213/.293/.258 with six runs scored, four doubles and five RBI.

2017

Began the 2017 season in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, before being acquired by the Tigers on July 18...Named to the California League Midseason All-Star Team...Ranked fifth in the California League with 6.63 plate appearances per strikeout... Hit safely in 12 straight games from June 8-23...batted .354 (17x48) with eight runs scored, three doubles, one home run and six RBI during the streak...Finished the month of June with a .300 (30x100) batting average, 17 runs scored, eight doubles, one home run and 10 RBI in 24 games...Rated as the best defensive infielder in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season...Played in 33 games with Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .255 (27x106) with 15 runs scored, two doubles and seven RBI.