One of the top outfield prospects in the 2018 international free agent class, Kevin Alcantara flashed numerous tools early on in the scouting process. Standing 6-foot-5 by the time he officially signed with the Yankees in July 2018, he was earning frequent comparisons to long time major leaguer Dexter Fowler.
The Yankees aggressively promoted Alcantara to the Gulf Coast League (GCL) after just nine games in the 2019 Dominican Summer League. At the time of his promotion, he became the only 16-year-old playing professional baseball in the United States until his birthday on July 12th. When highlighting how young Alcantara is, only eight players selected in last year’s draft are younger than he and he is just seven months older than the Yankees’ top prospect, Jasson Dominguez.