DH · 2026

Kevin Alcántara

Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 188 lb
Number: #13

Born: July 12, 2002 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: September 25, 2024

dbWAR: -.1
PA: 23
AVG: .238
OBP: .304
SLG: .381
wRC+: 91

Kevin Alcántara is a designated hitter for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he hit 1 home run and knocked in 5 RBIs, notching 5 hits across 23 plate appearances in 16 games. His batting average was .238, 2.3% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .304 clip and slugged .381, for an OPS of .685, 4.7% lower than the league mark of .719. He averaged 90.9 mph off the bat, hit 25.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 65.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 91 wRC+ puts his offence 9% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.2 runs with the bat, -0.4 on the bases, -0.4 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.

League context

Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.

wRC+91

wOBA.305

ISO.143

BB%8.7%

WAR-.0

How the WAR is built

Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to -0.3 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.

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WAR by season

Platoon splits

How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.

Batting by the hand the pitcher throws with, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHP	16	14	4	1	2	5	.286	.375	.500	.383	31.3%
vs RHP	7	7	1	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.127	57.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2026.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .243.

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	16	23	5	1	5	0	2	9	.238	.304	.381	.143	.364	8.7%	39.1%	.305	-0.2	91	-0.0
2025	7	12	4	0	1	1	1	4	.364	.417	.364	.000	.571	8.3%	33.3%	.356	+0.4	129	0.1
2024	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.000	.111	0.0%	10.0%	.089	-1.8	-62	-0.2

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.