Tag: Sandy Alcantara

Spring Training Game Chat: Mets vs. Marlins, 1:10 P.M.

Sunday, March 22, 2026 • 1:10 PM Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL LHP David Peterson (1-0, 5.63) vs. RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-1, 5.63) Marlins.TV The New York Mets play their last spring training game Sunday afternoon. On Thursday, the Mets will open the season against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Queens. Saturday, outfielder Mike Tauchman, who was on the precipice of...

Trade Profile: Sandy Alcantara, SP

Sandy Alcantara Position: RP B/T: R/R Player Data: Age: 30 (09/7/1995) 2025 Traditional Stats: 31 GS, 11-12, 174 2/3 IP, 5.36 ERA, 1.271 WHIP, 142 SO, 7.3 SO/9 2025 Advanced Stats: 82 ERA+, 19.1% K%, 7.7% BB%, 4.58 xERA, 4.28 FIP, 0.1 bWAR Rundown Sandy Alcantara’s 2025 was one to forget. The 2022 NL Cy Young missed the entire 2024 season due to Tommy John, and struggled in his returning...

Mets Drop Series To Marlins As Senga Struggles Again

The New York Mets wrapped up a rough series at Citi Field on Sunday with a 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins, dropping three of four and watching their Wild Card cushion shrink to just four games over the Cincinnati Reds. The starting pitching once again faltered and New York was unable to recover from another early deficit. Kodai Senga’s struggles since coming back from injury showed up again as he...

Game Chat: Marlins vs. Mets, 1:40 P.M.

Sunday, August 31, 2025 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sandy Alcantara (7-11, 5.87) vs. RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.73) WPIX The New York Mets will try to salvage the series with the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon. It’s been a wild series with the Mets beating themselves Thursday, routing the Marlins on Friday, and almost completing a major comeback on Saturday. At one point, Saturday, the...

Report: Mets Have Called Marlins About Sandy Alcantara

According to the New York Post’s Mike Puma, the Mets are among the teams to have checked in on Marlins right-handed starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara. However, the chances of a deal seem slim. Miami’s asking price is extremely high, and the Mets consider the starting pitching market difficult to navigate. Alcantara, who won the 2022 NL Cy Young Award, has struggled since returning...

Morning Briefing: Jackson Merrill Inks Nine-Year Extension

Good morning, Mets fans! The Padres, who have had several questions concerning their financial status, were able to lock up one of their young stars on Wednesday. San Diego’s center fielder, Jackson Merrill, had an All-Star campaign in his rookie year, slugging 24 home runs with a .292/.326/.500 slash line. Merrill agreed with the club on a nine-year, $135 million contract extension which...

Split-Squad Game Chat: Mets vs. Nationals; Marlins vs. Mets

Sunday, February 23, 2025 • 1:05 PM CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches • West Palm Beaches, FL RHP Ty Adcock (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara (0-0, -.–) MASN What a start for the 2025 New York Mets on Saturday! Juan Soto hit a home run in first spring at-bat as a Met. Clay Holmes tossed three perfect innings in his first start. Not to mention, fans almost broke the attendance...

NL East Farm System Analysis: Miami Marlins

We’ve reached Part 2 of 4 of our breakdown of the other farm systems in the National League East. After heading down south to Georgia for Part No. 1, we’re going a bit farther south to Vice City for this installment. LEAGUE RANKINGS Baseball America: 18 MLB Pipeline: 15 FanGraphs: 20 All three outlets generally agree that the Marlins have a middle-of-the-road farm system. Not great,...

Which Rule 5 Eligibles Will Be Added to Mets’ 40-Man Roster?

Each offseason, teams around the league need to make tough decisions in regards to which Rule 5 draft eligible players will be added to the 40-man roster to ensure they are not taken by another team. This is a lighter group than normal for first year Rule-5 eligibility because the group corresponds to the abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft class. There are, of course, more players in the minor league...

Morning Briefing: Series Finale Against Phillies Moved To 6:05 P.M.

Good morning, Mets fans! The season continues to wind down as September rolls on. The New York Mets have dropped two in a row to Philadelphia Phillies this weekend. They will look to avoid a sweep in the series finale Sunday evening at 6:05 p.m. ET (rescheduled from 1:05 p.m. ET late Saturday night). José Butto will get the ball for the Mets on Sunday afternoon. Latest Mets News Per Tim Britton...

Morning Briefing: Braves Clinch Sixth Consecutive NL East Title

Good morning, Mets fans! With their 96th win on Wednesday night, the Atlanta Braves clinched their sixth consecutive National League East title. Atlanta needed every game they could get last season to beat out the Mets down the stretch, but with their 4-1 over the Phillies last night they put the division to bed with 16 games left. The 2023 Braves have become the second quickest to do so as they...

Morning Briefing: Scherzer Struggles in Showdown Against Verlander

Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, former Mets pitchers and twice teammates faced off deep in the heart of Texas, as Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers went head-to-head. Verlander had a big bounceback start as he went seven stellar innings, just giving up two runs (one earned) and holding the vaunted Rangers lineup to only four hits. Scherzer,...

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