While this year’s trade deadline is still more than three months away, there’s perhaps no more obvious trade candidate in the game right now than Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara. The 2022 NL Cy Young award winner, Alcantara missed last season due to Tommy John surgery but is back in action with Miami this year. While he was out of commission, the Marlins tore the roster that made the playoffs in 2023 down to the studs, trading everyone from Luis Arraez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. to Trevor Rogers and Jesus Luzardo. With no end in sight to the rebuild and Alcantara controlled through the 2027 season, it would be a complete shock if the Marlins held onto him until his contract came to a close.
Whenever the Marlins trade Alcantara, he’s sure to be an extremely sought-after commodity. The right-hander’s 4.70 ERA in three starts this year is far from impressive, but his peripherals have looked better. He’s generating grounders at a phenomenal 65.1% clip with a 3.86 FIP and a 3.91 xERA despite his lackluster 19% strikeout rate and 12.7% walk rate. Those strikeout and walk figures will become concerning if they hold up over a larger sample size, but unless that comes to pass, it seems fair to expect the righty to return to his previous dominant form. Since his full-season debut in 2019, Alcantara has posted a 3.33 ERA with a 3.71 FIP, a 51% grounder rate, and a 21.4% strikeout rate against a 7.1% walk rate.
Those numbers don’t hold a candle to his Cy Young season, where he posted a 2.28 ERA and 2.80 FIP in a campaign that led MLB with 8.0 bWAR, but it’s still clearly front-of-the-rotation caliber production overall. Perhaps even more enticing to teams than Alcantara’s rate production is his status as a true workhorse in a game where arms capable of pitching deep into games on a regular basis have become vanishingly rare. Alcantara hasn’t posted less than 184 2/3 innings in any of his four full seasons, and his 858 1/3 innings of work from 2019 to 2023 were second only to Gerrit Cole. That sort of volume would have value even if Alcantara was a league-average pitcher, given the increasing difficulty with which teams are forced to piece together their rotations.
He’s also appealing from a financial point of view. He is making $17MM this year and next year, less than half of what some other ace pitchers get. Then there’s a $2MM buyout on a $21MM club option for 2027.
Given his ace-level upside, workhorse reputation, years of control, and affordable contract, Alcantara’s status as one of the most valuable trade chips in the sport is unlikely to change. That gives the Marlins the ability to stay flexible with their plans regarding the prized righty. Reporters Will Sammon of The Athletic and Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald have suggested that the Marlins have not yet decided if they’ll trade Alcantara at all this season. Alcantara himself tells Jackson that he wants to stay in Miami but is aware that he has no say in the matter. “I’m [just] a player,” he said. “If they want to trade me for a bag, they can trade me.” While the righty eventually getting moved appears to be something of a fait accompli, the Fish would still have two full seasons of team control to market if they opted to move him this offseason instead.
Of course, teams will likely be willing to pay a higher premium for Alcantara at the deadline, when they’d have him available for three pennant races and he wouldn’t be competing with a free agent market rich in rotation talent like Dylan Cease, Zac Gallen, and Framber Valdez. Unless the 8-10 Marlins are able to make a surprise surge into contention for an NL Wild Card spot this summer or Alcantara’s performance declines enough that lucrative trade offers start to dry up, it’s hard to see the club getting more value out of their star by waiting for the offseason. With that said, another year of information regarding their prospects and young players could allow them to make more informed decisions about which areas of the roster to target improvements for in the return package.
Could the Marlins benefit from moving Alcantara even earlier, as they did with Arraez last May? Such a decision wouldn’t give Alcantara much of an opportunity to prove he’s healthy and back to his usual form, but the extra few months of starts could be very attractive to clubs like the Yankees, Cubs, and Padres that are dealing with injury woes in their rotation already. What’s more, it’s not impossible to imagine a team like the Astros (Valdez), Twins (Pablo Lopez), or Royals (Seth Lugo) that is currently attempting to compete winding up on the outside of the playoff picture come July and marketing their own top starters. That would give potential suitors for Alcantara alternative options they surely wouldn’t have available to them this early in the calendar.
When do MLBTR readers think the Marlins should start trying to trade Alcantara? Would jumping the market and opening up the bidding now allow them to maximize their asset, should they wait to see if Alcantara can re-establish himself more before putting him on the market this summer, or could waiting even longer to deal him this offseason be the best course to take? Have your say in the poll below:
Now. Get him, Preller!
I’d second this suggestion. Rotation is looking good (hopefully, Yu returns in a month and is still like 2024), but not sure how long you depend on Hart and Vasquez and not much at all behind them right now!
Someone get AJ a fresh line of the good stuff
It’d be Salas and De Vries +. Alcantara is a stud, but rotation should be okay this season even if Darvish doesn’t make it back. I’d be okay trading for him this winter if the Padres don’t resign King.
I’d balk at that price. Maybe he’s cheaper to obtain this Offseason, for sure. Hope King extends, 5Y/$120MM?
G – I suggested 5/130 on King on another post. Then the FA post popped up with some data suggesting that might be light. Let’s say 6/150 ish. The extra year just lowers AAV. You are paying for the first 5. Whatever happens in 6 is not a big deal.
I would not go Salas and DeVries but pretty much the rest of the top 30 might be required!
I think King extension is my #1 priority. Hosmer / Cease and King salaries in 2025 all rolled together can make it work in 2026. Joe takes Dylan’s spot.
@Gwynning & Longtimecoming
I think somewhere between 5/120 and 6/150 will get it done, will have to see what his market looks like and how aggressive teams are with the looming work stoppage.
Padres issue right now is they cleared out a lot of (IMO) marginal prospect talent in Arraez, Adam, and Scott trades last year alongside Merrill’s graduation. The farm is not awful, but most upside talent is at the lower levels. They just don’t have a lot of talent to offer that’s not far away. Maybe you could get away with just one of Salas or De Vries headlining, but it’d require the Marlins to be exceptionally high on some secondary/tertiary pieces. Frankly, I don’t see the need in another starter until the fall.. if Darvish comes back and they can extend King, that’s 4 playoff-caliber starters thru 2026.
He has a 4.70 ERA and is walking players at twice his career averages. His SO% is way down from his 2022 peak. They are not going to get Ace return for him.
@Baseballisthebest
He’s coming off TJ, that’s to be expected. Velocity is right where it left off. No one is getting 3 seasons of workhorse production @ ~55M for anything less than a haul. He’s AVERAGED 200 IP his last 4 162-game seasons, the man is a modern-day miracle.
He is coming off TJ and missed time to injuries in 2018, 2020, and 2023 so he is not a workhorse. He doesn’t have 4 full seasons. In 2023 he only made 28 starts before the injury.
His 4.19 ERA with below average SO% in 2023 before the TJ and 2025 after the TJ points to #4 starter. He has just not shown he is that good.
If Alcantara sucks so bad, I assume you don’t even want your team to trade for him, right?
He was a rookie in 2018 and threw almost 30 more innings than 2017. He was 2nd in IP behind Cole from 2019-2023. He’s even 26th in IP from 2021-2024 without a single out last year. We disagree on the definition of a workhorse.
As for his performance, he has a 3.34 career ERA over 916 IP. He vastly outperforms his SIERA (almost by a whole run), but partially that’s due to his low Ks (which allows him to pitch deeper into games). His situation is similar to Cease coming off 2023 with the added wrinkle of TJ: career year into a down season. Would you have called Cease a #4 coming off his 2023?
You just said the major reason not to acquire him. ERA is not as predictive of future performance as SIERA is. This season his SIERA is 4.24. In 2023 his SIERA was 4.24. So what should you expect as a ceiling going forward? Something close to 4.24.
The Padres acquired Cease for far less than anyone predicted precisely because of his 2023 season. Alcantara will be no different except he will cost the acquiring team much less than Cease because not only did he have a mediocre season prior to surgery, he also HAD TJ surgery and is not performing well now.
Some guys are perpetual SIERA/xFIP underperformers because neither of those accounts for the quality of contact. Matt Cain’s career ERA was a half-run lower than his SIERA and xFIP, for example. Once the sample is large enough, you are what your stats say you are, and I would expect Alcantara’s 2025 ERA to end up closer to his career ERA than his career SIERA/xFIP marks.
Guess what? They’re going to get Ace return for him. Because, he’s an ace.
Look around the league right now. If you think he is a #4 starter, you are either fooling yourself or unaware. Lets look at Carlon Rodon 1-3 5.48. He is now I believe #1 with the Yankees. He was #2. He is 20-20 since joining the Yankees. Whats the cost for his blended ERA over 4.50. Cost 27 a yr to to 2028. How is that going to play out? Snell is pulling in 31 a yr. One yr in the past 7 yrd wins at double digits. Always hurt. He may only toss sub 150 innings. Maybe less. Wake UP!
Put him on a team link the Yankees and the guy is a big winner. I love the stat heads you come up with all these fomulas and such. The facts are these days pitchers ats 6 inning men. This is a guy that typically that can go 7-8 innings. Tossing a few less strikeouts works out fine to get more innings. These days teams are usuing 6 guys in a 9 inning game. Many pitchers are 5 inning men. Even a guy averaging 6-7 innings these days is not that common.
straight – We have no idea how long it will take for Sandy to return to pre-TJS form. If it takes him all season, teams wouldn’t want to give up a huge haul for just 2 more years of his services.
For example Buehler returned from TJS May 6th and he is still pitching like crap a year later.
I assume you don’t even want your team to trade for him
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As a RS fan, I’d love to have him. But I wouldn’t pay for him like he was an ace.
@Fever Pitch Guy
Buehler was never a CY winner, and his velocity is down almost 3 MPH from his peak. I get your point, though. All the more reason for the Marlins to hold Alcantara to the deadline unless they’re blown away by an offer.
He’s an overrated, over hyped hack. Next! Ahahahahaha
An Ace? In what league? He was only middle of the pack when he got hurt with a 4.14 ERA and 4.03 FIP and now he has pitched like a back of the rotation starter since coming back. Maybe if the Marlins hold him until the offseason and he can show he is actually at least back to being #3 starter quality by then, but that just hasn’t happened yet.
Rodon had a 2.88 ERA prior to signing for big bucks, so you are comparing apples to oranges.
SIERA is the best predictive pitching stat for a reason. Because the exceptions to the rule are few and far between. Right now there is one active player that used to have a low ERA despite his high SIERA. He hasn’t been able to in the last 2 seasons he has pitched in 2023 and 2025. He got absolutely destroyed today for the 2nd outing in a row.
Players don’t get a return based on what they do AFTER they are traded. They get a return based on what they have done BEFORE they are traded.
Rodon had consecutive seasons with an ERA in the 2’s.
Snell had a 3.12 ERA in 2024
Alcantara had a 4.14 ERA in 2023, then got hurt and had TJ, and now has a 7.27 ERA after today’s game.
Polish up your crystal ball son.
In his last two games including today Alcantara’s velocity is down 2+ MPH from his peak. He used to sit 98+ and now he only hit 98 twice today with his average at 96.5.
Haven’t seen anything from today’s game, but you’re incorrect about his previous game (4/12 against Nats) according to Statcast: his average fastball velocity was 97.6. His average fastball velocity from 2021-2023 was 98.0. Before today’s game, his average fastball velocity in 2025 was 97.4.
I’m not going to judge a pitcher in his physical prime too harshly over a 20-inning sample size coming off of TJ. He has a career ERA of 3.34 and an “averaged” career xFIP and SIERA of 4.10. I’ll say if he stays mostly healthy this year, his 2025 ERA finishes at or below 3.72. Let’s check back on this one at the end of the year.
You gotta be a marlin fan ! After the Luzardo trade, and all the prior debacles, I have no faith in Miami to get quality returns for big league commodities
The marlins should roll the dice and wait at least another month or to the deadline. No reason to trade him right now when there are some questionable results so far.
Though scouts likely can see if the stuff is there now and that he will bounce back.
Three starts is literally nothing especially after missing a year. The workhorse part is probably not a big reason to trade for him this season. Since the is coming off a major injury.
This is the type a player preller usually goes after but I don’t see it this year. If darvish is back in a month or so they really don’t need him. My guess is we could see them pick up someone for the backend of the rotation if needed. Right now left field is the Padres biggest need. I don’t see them trading neither of Salas or DeVries. Perhaps they could move Cease and then acquire him for more long term stability.
He hasn’t been very good so if Preller is going to go after him, now is the time.
If his performance improves and he puts up an ERA in the 3s by the deadline he is going to be very expensive. With 2 full seasons of team control for just $34 million, he would be a major acquisition just a touch less expensive than Cease was to acquire. A top 100 prospect and several good, mid-level prospects. Possibly as much as 3 organizational top 30 prospects.
As it is today he is returning from a major surgery with poor results out of the gate and that is after a mediocre season prior to the injury that precipitated the surgery. He would not garner the type of return most think. A couple of middle of the organizational top 30 MLB ready prospects and a lottery ticket should get it done today.
Before don mattingly blew out his arm and threw away his second cy young
Mattingly was long gone by that point.
Naw he was throwing him 150+ pitches in games like a little leaguer. He killed this guys trajectory.
@HATE: A simple google search will tell you that the most pitches Alcantara has ever thrown in a game are the 117 he threw in a complete game vs the Yankees on 8/12/23. He also threw 115 in another complete game 0n 5/22/22. Has never come close to being forced to throw “150+ pitches in games like a little leaguer” by either Mattingly or Schumaker. Sorry the facts don’t back up your narrative.
Dont blame Mattingly. He pullet him out many times. Always had to fight Sandy to pull him.
I bet you hate the internet exists. Probably went your whole life making crap up and people thought you knew what you were talking about and now they call you out every time and get their phone out to verify your stupid statements lol
No sense in trading him after TJ when results are bad you’ll be trading him at the low point of his market. Let him string a few vintage Alcantara starts together and then start talks.
Exactly!
At 3:39
Yesterday.
Depends on what you get now. Every Start is a risk and if you get a good return now I would do it.
If you get 95 cent on the dollar take the offer. But if you get only offered 60 or 70 cents on the dollar it would be better to wait till the deadline.
So basically tell teams you can have him now but only if you are willing to really pay up.
I don’t foresee a better pitcher hitting the trade market, so I’d be holding onto him until either the trade deadline or the off-season. Team could panic in July, or you wait until all 29 teams have the same record in November.
100% Correct!
Now and back to St. Louis. Throw in another Cy Young candidate and we’ll give you Ozuna. Have to get him from the Braves somehow. Seriously, Mozeliak should make this trade to undo his biggest blunder since ignoring Max Scherzer wanting to be a Cardinal.
Cardinals are looking good, Matz had a good start, their starting pitching has looked solid. Only Mikolas has looked shaky.
The whole Cards team has surprised me a bit. Imagine if Contreras gets untracked!
I think Contreras is a little overrated but think if Jordan Walker ever gets it going in the power department and if JJ Weatherholt finds some playing time, they could have a really nice offense.
Ozuna? At his age and salary? That will NEVER happen even if the Braves paid his salary. A guy who is going to be 35 and a free agent to be DH?
2 years vs. 2+ years I really don’t think the return is that different. I’d say only deal him if someone overpays for now.
It’s gonna take a huge haul to get him. As good as he would look in Boston, I don’t know if I’m comfortable giving up a package led by Anthony or Mayer.
If we could go w Raphaela, Arias, Sandlin and Cespedes, I’d be over the moon. FL would want more though.
He has to actually show he is a TOR starter to get a return that includes any top 100 prospect. His 4.70 ERA and 4.7 BB/9 don’t say Ace, they say #5 starter.
To weeks into the season? What is Rodon 1-3 5.48? Snell knocked out, Cease 1-1 6.65. Do you guys know the game at all , or do you think a few starts makes a guy a #4 or #5? WTF?
His last season in 2023 was at 4.14 ERA. That is league average. A #3 starter.
Even if he is not an ace this year he will command 2 top 100 prospects and one more solid org prospect.
He is 29 and under control next year with a 20 mil 2027 Club Option Teams will what that even if he is a 4 era pitcher this year which is normal in tj return.
Question is what kind of top 100 prospects it will be.
If it is the 40th overall, 90 overall and a good orgs top10 guy imo it would be a decent price that a contender should pay.
But maybe they ask for a top10 overall prospect which is a steep price.
Meant what not what in that sentence above:).
I don’t think a top5 overall prospect is on the table, those guys are untouchable these days. But maybe someone is willing to give a prospect from the backend of the top10
The last 2 guys I can think of traded with 2 years of control were Cease and Crochet.
Cease had a 3.37 ERA in the 2 seasons prior to the trade. The White Sox got 1 back of the top 100 prospect for him, 2 players at the back of the Padres top 10, and a reliever.
Crochet had a 3.58 ERA in his only season as a starter. The White Sox got 2 Top 100 prospects, #25 rated Teel and #54 rated Montgomery, and Boston’s #11 and #14 prospects prior to the trade.
Alcantara had a 4.14 ERA in the last season he pitched, had Tommy John surgery, and now has a 4.70 ERA this season.
Alcantara will not get a return even close to Crochet and the one for Cease is out of the question too unless he really picks it up between now and the deadline.
Anthony or mayor? Consider what they just traded for crochet who was younger cheaper with the same amount of control and not coming off major surgery. .then realize there is zero chance the marlins get a top 20 or better prospect in all mlb for sandy..especially with hows hes pitched thus far
Cubs must engage.
Absolutely! ” Mr Alcantara?, Jed Hoyer on line 1.”
Line 1? What century is this?
You don’t have call waiting on your cell so you can take another call on the other line?
That’s call waiting on a cell phone.
Do you not understand “line 1”?
Sure do – not sure why you ask “what century is this” like you don’t think people don’t have multi line hardwired phones in their offices or something though.
It isn’t some “last century” specific term – yet anyway. It may be next century.
I just threw a sarcastic reference back at you to make a point. If instead of line 1, someone has used the term “call waiting” from landline lingo, would you have asked the same question?
You only have one line on your cell phone. I have 3 separate numbers that feed into my cell phone including an 800#. All with separate ringtones. Time to move into the 21st Century brah.
Out – I can be on a call and another comes in and I can tap “hold and answer”.
If that isn’t the exact same process and result as the household landline (with only one line) call waiting then I don’t know what it could be called.
Peak value for top talent is always in July. The Marlins assume some risk holding onto him that long, but no reward comes without it.
Both Marlins fans will be disappointed either way.
So far he hasn’t shown he is a top talent post-TJ.
Hardly anyone bounces back from TJ that quickly. Another argument for letting him ride until July.
He wasn’t great during the season before the injury.
He was mediocre in 2023 as well.
Nevertheless I agree with the premise of this article that he will be one of the hottest commodities in the trade market this summer. Feel free to explain why you believe otherwise.
I always wondered about that statement. Does that mean he will have a lot of teams asking about him because back of the rotation starters are in high demand or does it mean he will have just a couple of teams asking about him because they think he is better than a #3?
Yes.
I hope this clears up any confusion you may have.
Anytime. They have traded every other good player they have had in the past! Haven’t kept a single one! Alcantara will not be an exception! So anytime!
I’ve followed his entire career and have watched every pitch he’s thrown. Trader beware. He’s on the downslope and not worthy of anything more than a high AA
Nicky boy, pitchers coming off Tommy John are not workhorses. Add in the fact that he missed time to injuries in 2018 and 2020 and definitely not a workhorse.
From now to the end of the yr who will have more innings. Snell or Alcantra.? Snell makes 31 mm. The Dodgers would love to work it out for him. He would slot into that team as maybe the most innings from any of their starters or close to it. Who will have more innings Alcantra or Glasnow? To get 135 innings from Glasnow is alot. Having a guy who can go further gives the relef squad a break. Glasnow at 30mm. Money talks.
What does Snell have to do with Alcantara? What does what a pitcher did after they signed have to do with what their value was before they signed?
Snell put up a 2.25 ERA with SD and a 3.12 ERA with SF before signing his deal. He put up one of the best 2nd half in MLB history last season. That is why he was worth so much in the FA market.
In 2023, Alcantara put up a 4.14 ERA, then got hurt and missed an entire season and now has a 4.70 ERA and got lit up in his last outing.
Innings or starts do not = value without high performance.. See Patrick Corbin who never missed a start from 2021-2024 and had the 4th most starts in the game. He is making $1.1 million in 2025.
If Alcantara had put up a low 2 or even a low 3 ERA in 2023 like Snell did in his last 2 seasons before becoming a FA you might be able to say that he had Ace upside, but he had a 4.14 ERA which was just a little better than average. With declining SO rates and increasing BB rates that is not going to entice some team to pay a huge return for him for the 2025 stretch run. He needs to prove he is better than a back of the rotation starter 1st. That is why they should hold him at least until the deadline.
This season he started out ok with velocity right at his career averages, but since then he has already had to skip a start since returning this season and his velocity in his 3rd start against the Nationals, a game in which he got lit up for 4 runs in 5.2 IP, was 2 mph lower.
The Marlins need to hold onto him and hope that he can turn things around this season so they can get a good return for him, because as of today, that is not happening.
OILF, I said something very similar up above.
What else do the Padres have left to trade? If they are trading for a starter you’d have to think one of their top two prospects would have to be included.
They missed a bargain in Quinn Priester.
I wonder what starter the Rays are looking to trade after Joe Boyle flashed some potential? Any of the Rays top five would cost a top prospect but Littell could probably be coaxed away for less than your top two.
Padres window closed two or three years ago after spending like clowns. It’s going to take them years to retool. Most likely not even worth it
I sort of agree, they are in the deep end of the pool. Id say they have to either trade both of their top two prospects and go for it this season or trade both of their starters and stack some prospects for ’26. Im interested to see which and would be surprised if they didnt make any trades at all.
You never know about injury or poor performance, but the Padres still have a majority of the team under contract for ’26. They’re set to lose Arraez, Cease, and King this fall while Suarez will probably opt out; along with Hosmer’s contract ending, they’re freeing up around 57M. Even with arbitration raises for Adam, Morejon, and a few other guys, they will have plenty of options and flexibility.
The Padres have the best record in baseball. They ARE going for it and they will continue go for it for the foreseeable. They haven’t had to trade their top two prospects either and have no reason to. This is the deepest team in the franchise’s history.
Amount coming off CBT Payroll after 2025
Hosmer – $17.240 million
Arraez – $14 million
Cease – $13.75 million
King – $1 million ( He also got a $3 million signing bonus and a $3.75 million option buyout of the $15 million player option for 2026)
Iglesias – $3 million
Sheets – $1.6 million
Diaz – .$1 million ($2 million option buyout on $7 million mutual option for 2026)
Gurriel – $1.35 million (he will be gone far before the end of 2025)
Heyward – $1 million
Maldonado – $1 million
Joe – $1 million
That is a total of $64.69 million
Peralta – $4.25 million ($8.9 million player option for 2026-2027 @ $4.45 million each season)
Suarez – $10 million ($16 million player option for 2026-2027 @ $8 million each season)
BOTH Peralta and Suarez would have to have exceptional seasons to opt out. Merely good would not be enough to get them more guaranteed money at 34 and 35 years old respectively. If they do pitch well enough to opt out, the Padres will have likely gotten to best seasons they will have in the rest of their careers at that age. I really hope they pitch well enough to opt out.
If everyone opts out, that is $78.9 million coming off the payroll and will leave the Padres approximately $45.6 million below the 1st CBT before arbitration raises. With approximately $35 million in arbitration raises for 2026 if they retain everyone and Merrill’s new contract kicking in, the Padres would be right around the CBT before filling any of the holes left by those players leaving.
There’s a new CBA coming in ‘26 and with the way salaries are skyrocketing the CBT will be raised without a doubt.
Pads fan..i totally get your excitement..i would be excited as well but lets not forget they have not even played 20 games yet and 13 of which have come at home..over 140 to go..
Padres are certainly an interesting team as far as payroll and contracts go. It will be interesting to see how they handle the the trade deadline, because the pay increases to Machado and Tatis are approaching and they are going to bite.
This is getting a little ridiculous. From the headline I thought he was a FA next year. They have him under contract for two and a half years!! Just because a team is rebuilding, they don’t have to immediately fire sale everyone.
We can have this convo in the 26-27 off-season, or summer 2027.
The reason is that his value goes down with each passing day. Its not like he has shown he is a TOR pitcher since his return from TJ, so they need to maximize the return while teams still think he has value.
This team has no money. Zero dollars. They will move him. They will fire sale every player who gets to arbitratation. Those are the facts. Other players on the block as well this yr. Anyone who makes over min can be moved.
Sure had a lot of money in 2012 and 2013. Just didn’t use it right
How about CF Jesus Sanchez? Tigers need a CF.
He’s not a CF.
He’s more of a CF than Ryan Kreidler.
Wait until he’s pitching well. I didn’t vote because it wasn’t an option.
When they get the offer that they want, that’s when
100/100 times.
“Sandy Alcantara’s Sandy Alcantara, but the Mystery Prospects could be anyone! One of the could even be the next Sandy Alcantara!”
“Then why don’t we just keep S-”
“We’ll take the Mystery Prospects!”
– how the Marlins continue to do “business” today
Marlins are an embarrassment and I live in South Florida.
Marlins are an embarrassment and I live 3000 miles away from them.
2 World Series is more than other teams…
The Marlins should pick up his $21m ‘27 option and give him a 3yr extension with a 4th year team option.
Marlins history is marred by accidentally competing amidst intentionally tanking. Just keep him until July
2 World Series is more than others
The Orioles are calling as we speak!
Should be Boston. Probably NY. But Baltimore probably has the best to offer and most need.
I’m all for the Tigers to acquire Sandy Alcantara while they have the current pitching staff.
The Tigers need some basepath speed too. They’re going to waste so many runners on base with those easy double plays by their lack of speed.
Mike Elias on line….oh, never mind. He hung up.
The pole forgot the option “before Will Warren’s next turn in the Yankees rotation.”
To Baltimore for Kjerstad, Mayo and Povich
Mayo, Povich and a toolsy low level lotto ticket like Joshua Liranzo should be enough. I thought Elias would go get Crochet or Cease this year, so what do I know.
The Marlins pick up his ‘27 team option and sign him to an extension should of been an option to choose from as well
What? Thats funny. FYI Sherman and Co have no money. No deal like that would ever happen.
Marlins had money in 2012 and 2013 then traded everyone out
Tuesday 3:22PM
Hoyer needs to sniff. One arm down. Not sure of any viable trade material though?
Immediately before his injury.
Related: when is Prince Spaghetti day?
A. Wednesday
B. When Doves Cry
Arighetti?
1999
It’s unfortunate… Marlins never have that open window to compete but it’s not doing them any good holding on to him. They should trade and try to get an open window for competition with prospects again
The Tigers are not going to be able to sign Skubal to a long term contract. Alcantara would be somewhat close to Skubal for a lot less money. Gets them through 3 seasons.
Tigers go into September with Skubal, Alcantara, Flaherty, Jobe and Olson.
Heck, trade Flaherty…again…this year. Substitute Mize for jack F.
I’m telling you right now. Max Clark is not the next coming of Bryce Harper. More like a Johnny Damon (with a better arm). Would Miami be interested?
Clark, Colt Keith and Keider Montero. Would that be enough? I would even send Olson instead of Montero.
Guardians have a lot of nice prospects, they could land Alcantara.
Max Meyer has looked good though, sure would be a nice 1/2 in Miami with Meyer and Alcantara if somehow Miami keeps him around.
No No No
I take it all back. Alcantara lit up by Phils tonight. The Fish should take whatever they can get.
The Tigers don’t need him…if this is how he’s going to pitch.
I like how some of the MLB teams have become development pipelines for the top MLB teams.
Cubs will get him, Padres and Yankees don’t have the assets
Yankees have better options than the Cubs, Cubs dont have a single pitcher of interest in their AA/AAA in my opinion. I’ll have to take a closer look Yankees have some decent pitching prospects. Hess, LaLane, Schlitter, LaGrange.
Cade Horton
Trade him whenever they get an offer they can’t refuse