Everybody was figuring the highest beginning pitcher to maneuver on the deadline can be the nice Sandy Alcantara.
However he hasn’t been so nice currently, and with Alcantara toting an ugly 8.42 ERA after two straight beatings by the stacked Dodgers, an Alcantara commerce seems iffy now.
Though the Marlins didn’t make him out there in winter, with Miami in a deep rebuild and the über-talented Alcantara on an affordable long-term contract — $17M this 12 months and subsequent plus a $21M choice for 2027 with $2M buyout — it made sense the 2022 Cy Younger winner, workhorse and terrific clubhouse man would go.
However whereas most folk imagine Alcantara will finally regain kind in his return from Tommy John surgical procedure – “he’s not that far removed from his Cy Young season,” one rival exec identified – the Marlins can’t afford to promote low but once more.
