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Cubs Designate Sergio Alcantara For Assignment

By Steve Adams | March 23, 2022 at 11:55am CDT

The Cubs have designated infielder Sergio Alcantara for assignment, per a team announcement. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to veteran reliever Mychal Givens, whose previously reported one-year deal has now been formally announced by the team.

Claimed off waivers out of the Tigers organization in Feb. 2021, Alcantara wound up appearing in 89 games with Chicago — most of which came after the team had stripped down the roster with a July fire sale that saw Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo traded (among others). The 25-year-old Alcantara logged 255 plate appearances with the Cubs but managed only a tepid .205/.303/.327 batting line during that stretch — his first extended look at the MLB level. He’d previously had a brief 10-game, 23-plate appearance cup of coffee with Detroit in 2020.

In addition to that lackluster showing in the big leagues, Alcantara owns a pedestrian .261/.340/.317 batting line in 822 plate appearances at the Double-A level. He did hit .305/.447/.451 in a small sample of 103 Triple-A plate appearances in 2021, but that’s an outlier relative to his overall body of work in the minors. Offense, however, has never Alcantara’s calling card anyhow. He’s regarded as a plus defensive player at shortstop who can also handle second base and third base. He’s also walked in 11.1% of his minor league plate appearances against a 17.1% strikeout rate, showing solid bat-to-ball skills and a good knowledge of the strike zone.

An above-average runner with a strong throwing arm and good defensive skills on the whole, Alcantara could potentially be of interest to clubs around the league as they evaluate bench options for the expanded 28-man roster early in the season. He has a minor league option year remaining as well, so he can provide some additional bench flexibility throughout the season. The Cubs will have a week to trade Alcantara or attempt to pass him through outright waivers.

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  1. DonnyElementary

    2 months ago

    Thought he was out of options. Arizona Phil says so.

    Reply
    • DonnyElementary

      2 months ago

      2021 was his fourth option year and he was already outrighted last year. So, Sergio can be a free agent if he’s not claimed.

      Reply
  2. bronyaur

    2 months ago

    An OPS+ of 70 is unfortunately not going to get it done. I wish him well, it he is almost 26 and the window is closing.

    Reply
    • rememberthecoop

      2 months ago

      Thanks “Stomp”

      Reply
  3. For Love of the Game

    2 months ago

    Not sure the “good knowledge of the strike zone” comment applies. He struck out in 29% of his 255 MLB plate appearances last year as a 25 year old rookie. That would be fine if he hit 15 homers, but the guy is 151 pounds! It’s a miracle he homered in 2% of his plate appearances!

    Reply
    • Steve Adams

      2 months ago

      Sure, but he also walked at an 11.8% clip and chased pitches off the plate at just 23.5% — eight percentage points lower than the league-average 31.5%. He had the 25th-lowest chase rate among the 311 hitters with at least 250 plate appearances last year.

      Alcantara just has well below-average contact rates both in and out of the strike zone (when he does chase).

      Reply
      • For Love of the Game

        2 months ago

        Good points. So he knows the strike zone but he just swings and misses a lot!

        Reply
  4. Berischa

    2 months ago

    Orioles?

    Reply
    • All Yellon

      2 months ago

      As always, we await developments.

      Reply
  5. downsr30

    2 months ago

    Eric Patterson 2.0

    Reply
  6. probablyclueless

    2 months ago

    He played in 25 Triple A games last year. He crushed

    Reply
    • Steve Adams

      2 months ago

      Huh. You’re right. Baseball-Reference isn’t showing his 2021 minor league stats for some reason. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll update.

      Reply
      • Capi

        2 months ago

        Yeah pretty weird… I remember him getting called up after posting ridiculous numbers down at AAA last year.

        Reply
  7. CJML

    2 months ago

    This was an easy call to remove from the roster. With Nico, Madrigal, Simmons, bote and villar he had almost zero chance of seeing the mlb team this year.

    Reply
    • WhiteSoxWinner

      2 months ago

      Agree. They are already loaded with soft hitting IFs

      Reply
      • Capi

        2 months ago

        The White Sox must be pretty boring for you to be posting about the Cubs…

        Reply
        • agrorolm

          2 months ago

          As always…Sucks fans lack of some attention. Nobody cares about the White Sucks. That team should be moved to Las Vegas or else.

      • CJML

        2 months ago

        We all can’t have Luery Garcia and josh Harrison.

        Reply
      • rememberthecoop

        2 months ago

        When was your last world series title again?

        Reply
        • WhiteSoxWinner

          2 months ago

          More than a half-decade ago. HBU?

    • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

      2 months ago

      They also have a couple of veteran AAAA guys on NRIs ready to go to Iowa as emergency callups.

      Reply
    • The Natural

      2 months ago

      They did him a solid by releasing him now. Maybe another club wll grab him. If not he’s a great aaa depth guy.

      Reply
    • The Natural

      2 months ago

      Not so sure Bote has a big future either, even though he’s under contract.

      Reply
      • CJML

        2 months ago

        I’d imagine he will be around until the contract is over but his last two years have been ugly.

        Reply
        • pt57

          2 months ago

          I don’t think even his contract will save him if the Cubs need a roster spot.

        • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

          2 months ago

          Villar was basically signed to do what Bote does, except Villar is much better at SS.

          I expect Bote to do the maximum rehab time at AAA and then get traded to a rebuilding team with the Cubs eating everything over the major league minimum.

      • rememberthecoop

        2 months ago

        No he is terrible. The Cubs seem to love him but he hasn’t hit very well and his fielding is poor. He has had a penchant for hitting big homers but even that has been awhile.

        Reply
  8. CubsWin108

    2 months ago

    What the F*** Cubs!?!

    Reply
  9. mike127

    2 months ago

    The Cubs are officially o for 2 with Alcantaras (Arismendy and Sergio). I’m guessing the third time (Kevin) will be the charm.

    Reply
  10. tigerdoc616

    2 months ago

    Defensively, the guy can pick it. Just cannot hit. We kept waiting on that in the Tigers organization but never materialized.

    Reply
    • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

      2 months ago

      The Phillies could use him on their bench as a defensive caddy for Didi.

      Reply
  11. JayHeck2158

    2 months ago

    When Detroit brought him up for a cup of coffee in 2020 it was memorable for him as he hit a HR in his 1st MLB at bat

    Reply

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