Hitter of the Week
Kevin Alcantara
OF (Double-A Tennessee Smokies)
.444/.474/1.000 3 HR, 4 R, 4 RBI, 1/3 BB/K, 1/1 SB
You can almost set your calendar with Kevin Alcantara’s performances. Through his first seven games last season he was hitting .154/.185/.143 with seven strikeouts and one extra-base hit. Through his first seven games this season he was hitting .000/.103/.000 with 11 strikeouts and no hits at all.
Alcantara turned it on after that and finished the 2023 season .284/.345/.465. The same thing appears to be true this season as he turned in a week for the ages this week by smashing as many homers as he had strikeouts (3) and stealing a base as well.
Alcantara has the potential to be one of the best outfielders the Cubs have in the minors, and that includes the recently recalled Pete Crow-Armstrong, and recent top prospect of the week Owen Caissie.
If Alcantara continues to hit like this there’s a real possibility that he becomes a part of a team’s present as well as its future very soon, even if that team is not the Chicago Cubs.