You all know the story of Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara.

He had several good seasons in Miami, including winning the Cy Young Award in 2022 at age 26. It looked like he was headed for a good-to-great career, until Tommy John surgery cost him the entire 2024 season.

Returning in 2025, he had a typical TJS return season: A rough go in the first half, then as the year went by, he got better and better and seemed at least close to his Cy Young form. In the second half of 2025, Alcantara made 13 starts and posted a 3.33 ERA and 1.040 WHIP, compared to 7.22 and 1.484 for those numbers in 18 first-half starts. His K rate isn’t quite back to what it was pre-TJS, but if you squint you can see that maybe it will be. His walk rate remained fairly consistent.

His velocity in 2025 remained ve

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