What Will the Marlins Do With Sandy Alcantara?

Unfortunately, it just hasn’t been the same as the season progresses.

Stats were taken prior to play on June 10.

What’s Wrong With Sandy Alcantara?

Before the season started, there were rumors that Sandy was on the trade block even before he threw another pitch for the Marlins. While Miami was quick to move on from Jesús Luzardo when his value was at its lowest, as proven by his start to the year, Peter Bendix decided that Sandy was going to be on the roster to begin the season.

Now, through the struggles, it is easy to say that he made the wrong choice in which pitcher to move on from.

Heading into his start on June 10, Sandy has an ERA of 7.89 across 57.0 innings pitched. Of starters with at least 50 innings on the year, that’s the highest mark in Major League Baseball.

His 4.74 BB/9 is also very worrisome, considering how easily he was able to execute each of his pitches prior to the injury. That mark is the fourth highest among starters with at least 50 innings.

It isn’t only the surface numbers that look bad for Sandy right now. His pitches are being barreled up at an alarming 8.7% to go along with a 44.0% hard-hit rate. Both are well above league average and noticeable increases from his marks in previous seasons.