Kevin Alcántara #13

Kevin owns a .282 average (310-for-1,099) with 57 doubles, 17 triples, 34 home runs, 199 RBI and an .811 OPS in 289 career Minor League games across five seasons with the Yankees (2019-21) and Cubs (2021-23) organizations...Entered the 2024 season ranked as the Cubs No. 6 prospect and No. 65 overall according to MLB Pipeline...Finished the 2023 season ranked as the Cubs No. 4 and the No. 71 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline...In 2022, led the Carolina League with 85 RBI while setting career marks in doubles (19), triples (six), home runs (15) and walks (55)...Was acquired from New York (A.L.) on July 29, 2021 with RHP Alexander Vizcaíno for 1B Anthony Rizzo...Was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 12 prospect in the 2018 international signing class.

2023

Kevin played the majority of the 2023 season with High-A South Bend (95 games) but reached the Double-A level (five games) for the first time in his career at the conclusion of the campaign...Batted a combined .284 (111-for-391) with 26 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, 71 RBI and a .810 OPS between the ACL Cubs, South Bend and Tennessee...Went 23-for-74 (.311) with four home runs and 18 RBI vs. left-handed pitching...Hit .250 (56-for-224) with 12 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 35 RBI in 53 games with South Bend from April 7-June 21...Batted .331 (54-for-163) with 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 35 RBI in 47 games from June 22 to end of the season...Tallied a season-high five hits and six RBI during his first multi-homer effort of the season June 17 at Cedar Rapids...Recorded a 13-game hitting streak from June 22-July 8, batting .386 (17-for-44) during the run...Was on the injured list from Aug. 4-11 with a left knee strain...Following the Minor League season played in 21 games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the AFL Rising Stars game...Hit .256 (22-for-86) with seven doubles, one triple, five home runs and 23 RBI.

2022

Kevin in 2022 played in a career-high 112 games with Single-A Myrtle Beach and led the Carolina League with 85 RBI... Finished among the league leaders in total bases (3rd, 193), extra-base hits (T-3rd, 40), hits (4th, 117), runs (6th, 76), home runs (T-6th, 15), OPS (7th, .811), slugging percentage (8th, .451) and average (9th, .273)... Batted .318 (21-for-66) with two home runs and 15 RBI vs. left-handed pitching, compared to .265 (96-for-362) with 13 home runs and 70 RBI vs. right-handed pitching... In June, hit .304 (28-for-92) with six doubles, one triple, six home runs, 23 RBI and a .958 OPS in 25 games... Tallied a 10-game hitting streak from June 4-15, batting .359 (14-for-39) with two doubles, one triple, three home runs and 11 RBI... June 12 at Carolina, went 4-for-6 with a triple, two home runs and a career-high eight RBI ... the night marked his first career multi-homer game... Following the season, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 3 prospect and the No. 86 overall prospect in the MLB.