Alcantara made 13 appearances (nine starts) for the Athletics from 2016-2017 and hasn’t made it back to the big leagues ever since. The 31-year-old righty has spent the past six seasons overseas between Japan and Korea. He’ll presumably open next season at Triple-A Norfolk as emergency starting pitching depth.

Alcantara has spent the last three seasons overseas. He pitched for the Doosan Bears in Korea during the 2020 season before spending the last two seasons with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He hasn't appeared in the majors since the 2017 campaign.

Alcantara, who submitted a 7.19 ERA across 46.1 innings in the big leagues with the Athletics between 2016 and 2017, spent all of last season at Oakland's Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. Considering he posted a 5.29 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 53:14 K:BB over 83.1 innings in the Pacific Coast League, Alcantara likely would have had to settle for a minor-league deal had he remained stateside. Instead, he'll opt for a more significant payday overseas, with the hope of pitching well enough in Korea to attract renewed interest from MLB teams ahead of the 2020 season.

The 25-year-old bounced back nicely from a rough outing versus Omaha his last time out, one in which he allowed four earned runs on six hits and a walk over three innings. Alcantara has been nothing if not intriguing during a long professional career that dates back to 2011, posting a sub-3.00 ERA in five different stops and exceeding the 5.00 mark in four other stints, including both of his major-league tenures in 2016 and 2017. He projects to remain with the Sounds for the time being, but injuries or poor performances at the big-league level could certainly earn him a callup, especially if he continues performing well in Nashville.