Sandy Alcantara
The most durable starter of his generation suddenly can't stay healthy. Alcantara threw 228 innings in his Cy Young season of 2022, leading the majors by 25 frames while posting a sparkling 2.28 ERA. That workhorse mentality made him Miami's ace and one of baseball's most reliable arms.
But something shifted after that career peak. His 3.65 career ERA masks a concerning trajectory — that 2.28 mark in 2022 stands as a stark outlier in an otherwise solid but unspectacular resume. The 931 strikeouts in 1075 innings suggest a pitcher who relies more on command than overpowering stuff.
At 31, Alcantara faces questions about whether his body can handle the heavy workloads that once defined his value. That Cy Young feels increasingly like lightning in a bottle rather than a preview of sustained excellence.
| Date | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Jul 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | L |
| Jul 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | W |
| Jun 29 | 5.667 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | W |
| Jun 23 | 6.667 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | W |
| Jun 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | W |
| Jun 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | W |
| Jun 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | W |
| Jun 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | W |
| May 26 | 5.667 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | L |
Career · Hitting
4 seasons| Year | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | 32 | 58 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | 33 | 58 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | 79 | 128 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | |
Career · Pitching
9 seasons| Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | ERA+ | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | — | 10 | 1.80 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 34.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.44 | — | 30 | 1.41 |
| 2019 | — | 32 | 197.1 | 6 | 14 | 3.88 | — | 151 | 1.32 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 42.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | — | 39 | 1.19 |
| 2021 | — | 33 | 205.2 | 9 | 15 | 3.19 | — | 201 | 1.07 |
| 2022 | — | 32 | 228.2 | 14 | 9 | 2.28 | — | 207 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | — | 28 | 184.2 | 7 | 12 | 4.14 | — | 151 | 1.21 |
| 2025 | — | 31 | 174.2 | 11 | 12 | 5.36 | — | 142 | 1.27 |
| 2026 | — | 21 | 136.2 | 10 | 5 | 3.89 | — | 107 | 1.22 |
| Career | 198 | 1209.2 | 62 | 72 | — | — | 1038 | — | |
Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.
The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.
The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.
Matchups, projections, comps — grounded in Lahman, Retrosheet, and Statcast.