Alcantara signed a contract with the Doosan Bears for the 2024 season for a total of 1.5 million dollars on the 21st. He has decided to take charge of the Doosan ace next year on the condition of a down payment of 500,000 dollars, an annual salary of 800,000 dollars, and incentives of 200,000 dollars.
Doosan explained the background of re-signing Alcantara, saying, “Alcantara has taken the center stage of Doosan’s mound with 13 wins, 9 losses and a 2.67 ERA in 31 games in the 2023 season.”
Alcantara, from the Dominican Republic, entered the KBO League by signing a contract with KT Wiz for $650,000 (about 800 million won) in the 2019 season. At that time, he had 11 wins and 11 losses and an ERA of 4.01 in 27 games, but failed to renew his contract, and the following year, he moved to Doosan for 700,000 dollars (about 900 million won) to dominate the KBO League. 안전놀이터 추천
Alcantara’s record for the 2020 season was 20-2 in 198 ⅔ innings, 2.54 182 strikeouts, WHIP 1.03. He recorded quality starts in 27 out of 31 games, and was ranked at the top of various indicators such as multiple wins, wins, and quality starts, second in innings and strikeouts, third in WHIP, and fourth in ERA.
Alcantara challenged the Japanese team by signing a two-year contract worth 4 million U.S. dollars in the 2021 season. However, he did not have a dream to become a fan. He was notified of his release after the 2022 season ended amid sluggish performance of 4 wins, 6 losses, 1 save, 23 holds, and an ERA of 3.96 (43 earned runs in 97 ⅔ innings) in 63 games. Unlike the KBO League, he was demoted to the bullpen, and out of 63 games, he started only seven games.
The club that gave up to Alcantara was Doosan where Lee Seung-yeop took charge. Alcantara, who readily took Doosan’s hands, said at the Australian spring camp in February, “I always feel grateful to Doosan. Doosan contacted me quickly when I couldn’t extend my contract with KT, so I had an opportunity, and I was able to focus on baseball because Doosan treated me well during the season.”
Having returned, Alcantara has dominated the league again this season with 13 wins and nine losses with a 2.67 ERA in 31 games. As he did three years ago, he dominated the top ranks in innings (192 innings), quality start (22 innings), strikeouts (142), third place in WHIP (1.07), multiple wins, fourth place in ERA, and fifth place in hit rate (.236). Eric Peddy (NC) is considered the best ace in the KBO League this year, but Alcantara also showed a similar sense of stability, leading Doosan to its return to the fall baseball league for the first time in two years.
Through this contract, Alcantara has been able to dispel regret from his lackluster performance in the Japanese pro baseball league. It was true that question marks were raised up until this time last year due to his lackluster performance over the past two years, but his performance was still considered top-class in the KBO league. He also kept his promise to his fans that he would stay home quietly.