It may only be the first spring training baseball game of the 2019 season, but Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara looked solid in the two innings he was on the mound Saturday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium.
He struck out three batters and showed off his fastball that already looked to be in mid-season form.
If the Marlins can get that kind of performance out of their second-year star, it might mean that the team’s No. 5 prospect ranked by MLB Pipeline, could be in line for a monster season.
Ideally, the Marlins would like Alcantara, who came over in the trade that sent Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals last off-season, to work his way toward becoming the team’s ace on the mound.