The Giants are in settlement with infielder Sergio Alcántara on a minor league deal, experiences Francys Romero (X hyperlink). The High quality Management Sports activities shopper will get an invite to large league camp.
Alcántara has appeared with 4 groups on the main league degree. He hasn’t performed within the large leagues since 2022. The switch-hitting infielder cut up the ’24 marketing campaign between the Triple-A associates of the Pirates and Diamondbacks. His .271/.388/.416 slash is strong on the floor, although that was principally concentrated in a hitter’s paradise in Reno. Alcántara has performed the function of light-hitting utilityman in his MLB profession. He’s a .209/.281/.343 hitter over 502 large league plate appearances.
Whereas Alcántara doesn’t present a lot on the plate, he has bounced round on the energy of his glove. He has greater than 6000 innings of shortstop expertise within the minors. Alcátara has upwards of 1000 skilled frames at each second and third base. The Giants are doubtless so as to add a beginning shortstop this winter to push Tyler Fitzgerald to second base. Most of San Francisco’s utility gamers are stretched at shortstop, so Alcántara is a wise depth goal who’ll doubtless open the season in Triple-A.
