The 29-year-old has struggled mightily this year in his return from Tommy John surgery.
The Mets are among the team to have checked in on Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara as a trade possibility, according to Mike Puma. The 29-year-old right-handed pitcher missed all of the 2024 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and he has a rather unsightly 6.66 ERA with a 4.48 FIP in 104.0 innings with the Marlins so far this year.
Those numbers have been pretty bad all season long, as Alcantara has a 5.93 ERA over his past seven starts dating back to June 16. And he hasn’t put together a good month yet this season with ERAs of 8.31 in March/April, 8.64 in May, 4.34 in June, and 5.63 in July. Despite those struggles, Puma’s report notes that the asking price for Alcantara is rather steep.
Before having his surgery, Alcantara had at times been one of the better pitchers in the game. He had a 3.32 ERA from his major league debut in 2017 through the end of the 2023 season, and he had a particularly great year in 2022, as he took home National League Cy Young honors after finishing the season with a 2.28 ERA in a staggering-for-the-current-state-of-baseball 228.2 innings of work.
Alcantara’s contract has him earning $17 million this year and next, and there’s a 2027 team option for $21 million with a $2 million buyout. If you think he could be the pitcher he used to be, that would be a steal. If you think he’s just going to be the pitcher he’s been in 2025, that’s not so great.