The Giants are in agreement with infielder Sergio Alcántara on a minor league deal, reports Francys Romero (X link). The Quality Control Sports client gets an invitation to big league camp.
Alcántara has appeared with four teams at the major league level. He hasn’t played in the big leagues since 2022. The switch-hitting infielder split the ’24 campaign between the Triple-A affiliates of the Pirates and Diamondbacks. His .271/.388/.416 slash is solid on the surface, though that was mostly concentrated in a hitter’s paradise in Reno. Alcántara has played the role of light-hitting utilityman in his MLB career. He’s a .209/.281/.343 hitter over 502 big league plate appearances.
While Alcántara doesn’t provide much at the plate, he has bounced around on the strength of his glove. He has more than 6000 innings of shortstop experience in the minors. Alcátara has upwards of 1000 professional frames at both second and third base. The Giants are likely to add a starting shortstop this winter to push Tyler Fitzgerald to second base. Most of San Francisco’s utility players are stretched at shortstop, so Alcántara is a sensible depth target who’ll likely open the season in Triple-A.
See all guys like depth pieces. If this were fz, people would lose their minds lol
Lol. Well, that was probably the one thing Farhan did well. Nobody built a better roster 19-25! It was 1-18 that needed work!
That’s right CA Mike. He was good at adding depth and finding the occasional contributing castoff, what he couldn’t do is lock down a solid stating lineup to run out there 5 days a week. If you mix and match everyday then you risk guys not being able to be consistent. That’s how you hover around.500 every season except for the one phenomenal year
The ghost of Farhan cruising the halls of Oracle.
Posey already showing the organizational philosophy going forward will be to prioritize pitching and defense.
He’s killing the LIDOM right now so understand why they are taking a chance
He is a perfectly acceptable break glass AAA SS for a team which doesn’t have a rising prospect needing AAA SS playing time. You can select him for a week and then DFA him and re-sign him to a AAA deal.
Sounds like we’ve given up on Luciano. Oh well, it’s not like he did much in the Majors to plead his case.
Alcátara seems “more of the same”, no bat but good glove. Fitz has both and can grow into the position. We have enough players that can’t hit.