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Raúl Alcántara PAthletics

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-4-1992
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age31 years, 4 months, 21 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.32016
-0.42017
2018
-0.42019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2016 OAK MLB 5 5 22.3 1 3 0 31 4 14 9 100 12.5 1.6 3.6 5.6 41% .306 1.57 8.16 7.25 123 6.52 144.3 -0.3
2017 OAK MLB 8 4 24.0 1 2 0 22 12 12 5 115 8.3 4.5 1.9 4.5 49% .224 1.42 6.72 7.13 120 7.06 150.3 -0.4
CareerMLB13946.32505316261410810.33.12.75.145%.2641.497.427.191216.80147.4-0.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 LOW A- NYP 4 4 17.3 0 3 0 25 6 14 0 100 13.0 3.1 0.0 7.3 0% .397 1.79 2.95 6.23 97 8.13 166.0
2011 RSX Rk GCL 9 9 48.0 1 1 0 23 6 36 0 91 4.3 1.1 0.0 6.8 0% .189 0.60 2.46 0.75 85 1.50 30.6
2012 BUR A MID 27 17 102.7 6 11 0 119 38 57 12 103 10.4 3.3 1.1 5.0 0% .327 1.53 5.06 5.08 121 6.52 135.8
2013 BLT A MID 13 13 77.3 7 1 0 84 7 58 3 111 9.8 0.8 0.3 6.8 0% .324 1.18 2.76 2.44 85 4.11 89.4
2013 STO A+ CAL 14 14 79.0 5 5 0 73 17 66 8 90 8.3 1.9 0.9 7.5 0% .280 1.14 4.20 3.76 94 3.28 71.3
2014 MID AA TEX 3 3 19.7 2 0 0 17 5 10 0 95 7.8 2.3 0.0 4.6 0% .283 1.12 3.17 2.29 100 4.25 90.0
2015 STO A+ CAL 15 15 48.7 0 2 0 54 8 29 3 96 10.0 1.5 0.6 5.4 0% .319 1.27 4.00 3.88 103 5.70 125.0
2015 EST Wnt DWL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .444 2.00 2.51 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2016 OAK MLB AL 5 5 22.3 1 3 0 31 4 14 9 100 12.5 1.6 3.6 5.6 41% .306 1.57 8.16 7.25 123 6.52 144.3
2016 MID AA TEX 17 17 90.0 5 6 0 100 27 73 11 103 10.0 2.7 1.1 7.3 51% .322 1.41 4.14 4.80 103 4.94 109.0
2016 NAS AAA PCL 8 8 45.7 4 0 0 38 3 32 1 77 7.5 0.6 0.2 6.3 39% .272 0.90 2.80 1.18 82 2.77 61.2
2017 OAK MLB AL 8 4 24.0 1 2 0 22 12 12 5 115 8.3 4.5 1.9 4.5 49% .224 1.42 6.72 7.13 120 7.06 150.3
2017 NAS AAA PCL 18 3 33.7 1 2 4 36 7 22 0 86 9.6 1.9 0.0 5.9 44% .321 1.28 3.04 2.67 88 3.99 84.9
2017 ATH Rk AZL 4 2 5.3 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 94 3.4 1.7 0.0 11.8 50% .200 0.56 2.16 0.00 83 1.38 29.4
2018 NAS AAA PCL 32 10 83.3 5 7 5 100 14 53 10 91 10.8 1.5 1.1 5.7 38% .319 1.37 4.75 5.29 107 5.57 117.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 379 0.5040 0.4591 0.8563 0.6963 0.2181 0.9023 0.7073 0.1437
2017 446 0.4260 0.4507 0.8159 0.6895 0.2734 0.8321 0.7857 0.1841
Career8250.46180.45460.83450.69260.24800.86430.74970.1655

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-04-19 - Minors - - Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 OAK $
2017 OAK $535,000
2016 OAK $
2015 OAK $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$535,000
1 yrTotal$535,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 83 d2020

Details
  • 1 year/$700,000 (2020). Signed by Doosan Bears of Korea 12/19.
  • 1 year/$0.56M (2019). Signed by KT Wiz of Korea 11/18.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Oakland 3/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 3/28/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Oakland 3/17. DFA by Oakland 4/25/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/29/17. Contract selected by Oakland 9/5/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Oakland 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Oakland 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by Oakland 11/20/13. Re-signed by Oakland 3/14.
  • Acquired by Oakland in trade from Boston 12/28/11.
  • Signed by Boston 7/2/09 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 13.6 0 0.2 27 16 88.1 75 23 57 12 .240 1.11 4.10 4.52 -12.2 -1.3
80o 12.1 0 0.2 25 15 81.6 75 22 53 12 .252 1.19 4.48 4.95 -14.9 -1.6
70o 11.1 0 0.2 23 14 77.0 74 22 50 12 .261 1.25 4.75 5.26 -16.5 -1.8
60o 10.2 0 0.1 22 13 73.2 73 22 47 12 .269 1.30 4.99 5.53 -17.8 -1.9
50o 9.5 0 0.1 21 13 69.7 72 22 45 12 .277 1.35 5.22 5.79 -18.8 -2.0
40o 8.7 0 0.1 20 12 66.2 71 21 43 12 .284 1.40 5.45 6.05 -19.7 -2.1
30o 8 0 0.1 19 11 62.6 70 21 40 11 .292 1.45 5.70 6.33 -20.4 -2.2
20o 7.1 0 0.1 18 10 58.4 68 21 38 11 .301 1.52 6.00 6.67 -21.1 -2.3
10o 6 0 0.1 16 9 52.9 66 20 34 11 .314 1.62 6.42 7.15 -21.8 -2.4
Weighted Mean9.400.1211269.171214512.2751.345.195.75-18.4-2.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)How would you sort out the A's rotation next season? Sean Manaea and Kendall Graveman are the only two locks. You've got Frankie Montas, Raul Alcantara, and Jesse Hahn, who are all out of options. The 4A pitchers - Daniel Gossett, Paul Blackburn, and then Andrew Triggs and Daniel Mengden who showed promise in short stints. And Jharel Cotton who looks great when he isn't giving up homers by the truckload.
(Ken from Palo Alto)		I think Triggs / Blackburn / Mengden have at least earned a shot at it if they're healthy when the season starts. Montas has to be a reliever at this point, no? I might see how Cotton looks in relief also. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-09-07 19:00:00 (link to chat)Looking ahead to 2017, the A's appear to have 3/5 of their rotation, assuming health, locked in for before the trading deadline: Sonny Gray, Sean Manaea, and Kendall Graveman. Out of Jesse Hahn, Chris Bassitt, Henderson Alvarez, Daniel Mengden, Jharel Cotton, Raul Alcantara, Dillon Overton, and Frankie Montas, who can round out the rotation, who is more of a 4A player, and who just won't every be healthy enough again (looking at you, Jesse Hahn and Henderson Alvarez!)?
(Greg from San Francisco)		I'm mostly going to have to go off colleagues' reports, because I don't get any Oakland affiliates out here on the east coast. Seems to me like Mengden, Overton, and Alcantara have the best shots to be MLB starters, whereas Montas and Cotton might be better prospects but also probably profile best in relief. That may be completely wrong, though.

Hard not to feel for Henderson Alvarez given how his last couple years have went. (Jarrett Seidler)
2015-03-19 14:00:00 (link to chat)Rank these pitchers according to ceiling please: A.J. Cole, Raul Alcantara, Joe Ross
(Allota from Vermont)		A.J Cole, Joe Ross, Raul Alcantara in my opinion. (Rob Willer)
2013-08-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on Raul Alcantara? Is this the step forward the A's wanted to see?
(ttt from Manhattan)		It's an intriguing arm, and definitely a nice step forward in an A's system that really, really lacks depth right now. Most scouts I've spoken to on Alcantara this season believe it's a major league arm, but likely a reliever. (Jason Cole)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Raúl Alcántara threw 934 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (88mph). He also rarely threw a Change (87mph).