{"id":670033,"date":"2026-04-08T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670033\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:25:25","slug":"marlins-ace-appears-perturbed-about-his-removal-in-loss-to-the-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670033\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins ace appears perturbed about his removal in loss to the Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Marlins<\/a> right-hander Sandy Alcantara was cruising before getting lifted in the ninth inning Tuesday with 95 pitches. The former Cy Young Award winner (2022) walked Cincinnati Reds<\/a> shortstop Elly De La Cruz to put runners on second base and first base with one out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Marlins had a 2-0 lead, and the double play was in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marlins Manager Clayton McCullough\u00a0immediately popped<\/a>\u00a0out of the Marlins dugout and would pull Alcantara from the game. Alcantara was not happy about getting pulled, but respected McCoullough\u2019s decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I deserve to be asked how I feel before getting taken out of the game, at 95 pitches and a righty on deck, but I respect the decision,\u201d Alcantara said\u00a0Marlins beat writer Isaac Azout<\/a><\/p>\n

The two-time All-Star was attempting to finish his second complete game and shutout of the season. Alcantara would finish with a line of 8.1 innings pitched, allowed three hits, two earned runs \u2014 due to Anthony Bender\u2019s wild pitch scoring De La Cruz \u2014 two walks, and six strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sandy Alcantara has been great out of the gate for the Marlins\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now two years removed from having Tommy John surgery (2024), Alcantara appears to have returned to his Cy Young form. In three starts, he\u2019s 2-0 with a 0.74 ERA and has struck 18 in 24.1 innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alcantara will be one of the best starting pitchers available at the trade deadline and continues to increase his value with every start. To add to his value, Alcantara is under contract for next season (club options for $21 million).\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, a potential work stoppage could threaten the 2027 season, possibly making Alcantara a \u201cfree agent\u201d after this season. The Marlins are rebuilding, and Alcantara is ascending back to being one of the best pitchers in baseball, so trading him soon, while his value is high, is in their best interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara was cruising before getting lifted in the ninth inning Tuesday with 95 pitches.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,1816,778,58,4171,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-670033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-marlins","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-marlins","12":"tag-miamimarlins","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116368606754709749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}