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BoldyMinnesota
Alcantara is a classic example of how a players value is at its absolute highest when he’s a prospect (most of the time)
Kayrall
Alcantara had real value until he decided he was a power hitter. Everything went to hell from there.
jd396
Man, if you’re a marginal player and you go camping for a week this time of year, you could get waived and claimed a half dozen times and not even know about it.
tim815
Bring your cell.
redsfanman
Great no-risk, high reward move by the Reds. He’ll only be 25 next year, but remains extremely versatile and retains plenty of upside. He plays everywhere but P, C, and 1b, so it should be easy enough to find him a spot in AAA.
The Reds had several big success stories in 2016 with Jose Peraza, Adam Duvall, and Scott Schebler all blowing far past the expectations placed up on them. Alcantara at least has the raw skills and upside to be the next one. He would be an interesting guy to turn to if the Reds’ starting 2b, 3b, SS, or CF got hurt.
The Reds really lucked out by claming Dan Straily off waivers this spring, hopefully Alcantara is the next surprise sucess story.
Phillies2017
Alcantara is a waiver wire gem. 25 year old former top 100 prospect with the ability to play nearly every position coming off of a 12 home run 32 stolen base AAA campaign. With Cincy, he should be able to carve himself out a niche whether it be as a regular or a part timer. I can see him becoming a similar player to Freddy Galvis, which isn’t a bad thing. The thing he needs to work on is his plate discipline. Maybe being in the same clubhouse with Joey Votto will be beneficial for him. If Alcantara can improve his plate discipline, he’s still young enough to become a stud major league regular, however as he is out of options, there is always the chance that he is passed around from organization to organization as Kivlehan has been.
RoadRunner1938
Great pick up, Cubs & A’s will be kicking them selves for letting this guy slip away
prattman22
Pretty sure the Cubs are all good with letting him go
1stbaseman44 2
love this pick up by the reds low risk high reward hoping that these are the kinda moves that new gm Dick Williams will be making going forward. also hope Kivlehan stays in the organization with invite to spring training.
ASapsFables
Arismendy Alcantara is a talented and versatile Jim Hendry prospect who peaked at AAA a couple of seasons ago. Theo Epstein kept the more talented and more versatile Hendry draft pick, Javier Baez, who has a chance to be a super star. In the mean time, Epstein reacquired another versatile veteran in Chris Coghlan for Alcantara, a player who has a chance to help the Cubs off the bench in the postseason.
Kayrall
Great analysis. I agree with every part except for the Coghlan bit. He was good last year, but hasn’t seen too much success this year, although he has had his times.
ASapsFables
Chris Coghlan has been nearly as good since coming to the Cubs from the A’s on June 9th as he was in 2015. His power (HR) numbers are down significantly but his defense has been better, mostly as a result of not having to play any 2B this season.
In 2015 Coghlan posted a 1.9 WAR (2.0 oWAR/-0.7dWAR) with a .250/.341/.443 triple slash in 148 games and 503 PA’s with the Cubs as a semi-regular player. Since coming over from the A’s this season, he accumulated a 1.0 WAR (0.4 oWAR/0.3 dWAR) along with a .252/.391/..388 slash in just 48 games and 128 PA’s as a part time performer off the bench. Coghlan was deemed good enough by manager Joe Maddon to bump Matt Szczur, who spent the entire season with the club, from the NLDS roster.
One Fan
Well put by soxcess