{"id":649232,"date":"2026-03-28T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/649232\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:46:20","slug":"former-diamondbacks-infielder-signs-with-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/649232\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Diamondbacks Infielder Signs with Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Diamondbacks and infielder Sergio Alcantara<\/a> never seem to spend very long apart. <\/p>\n

With that said, Alcantara has found a new home, recently signing a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies to address a need at infield depth in Philadelphia’s farm system.<\/p>\n

Alcantara is a veteran of four major league seasons, but has been in and out of various teams’ minor league systems since 2013. <\/p>\n

Former Diamondbacks infielder Sergio Alcantara signs with Phillies\"Feb<\/p>\n

Feb 19, 2026; West Palm Beach, FL, USA; Washington Nationals shortstop Sergio
\nAlcantara (35) makes a diving save during spring training workouts at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images | Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Arizona signed him as an international free agent back in 2012. The natural shortstop spent parts of the next five seasons climbing his way up the D-backs’ ranks, before departing for the Detroit Tigers via trade \u2014 the very deal that sent J.D. Martinez to Arizona in 2017. <\/p>\n

Several years later, Alcantara returned, seeing some major league playing time with the Diamondbacks in 2022. He departed and returned twice more in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

In total, Alcantara has been a member of the Diamondbacks’ organization on seven separate occasions. And now, the 29-year-old infielder will begin a new campaign with the Phillies. Though in the background there always lurks a chance he’ll find his way back to Arizona. <\/p>\n

Alcantara, alongside veteran utilityman Ildemaro Vargas, have been notable fall-back options when the team is in need of infield depth. The D-backs’ organization is currently somewhat rich in infielders<\/a>, however.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks infield has no need for Alcantara<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks are not in need of much infield depth at the moment. Beyond their All-Star-filled group of MLB infielders, the D-backs have two sturdy utility options, with three top-30 infield prospects waiting at the Triple-A level. <\/p>\n

No. 4 prospect Tommy Troy and No. 27 prospect Jose Fernandez, in particular, are players who may see some playing time in the event of an injury to any of the D-backs’ major league infielders, though No. 10 prospect LuJames Groover kicked off his 2026 season with an incredible 4-for-5 performance<\/a> with the Aces on Friday night.<\/p>\n

For any of Arizona’s shortcomings with regard to player development, they certainly have a knack for finding solid infield contributors. Geraldo Perdomo has quickly grown into a star, as did Ketel Marte once upon a time. <\/p>\n

Infield defense, in particular, has been a high priority of late. Arizona’s defensive efforts did not live up to their high standard in 2025, and the team is looking to make a significant step forward in that regard during the 2026 regular season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Diamondbacks and infielder Sergio Alcantara never seem to spend very long apart. With that said, Alcantara…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-649232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116308764460616528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}