The Miami Marlins have announced that Sandy Alcantara will be the Opening Day starting pitcher against Philadelphia on July 24. The announcement came from Don Mattingly on the Marlins’ YouTube show “The Line Drive”.
Alcantara had been battling Caleb Smith throughout spring and summer camps, with both of them sharing the load in two intrasquad scrimmages this past week.
“A lot of the conversations we’ve had over the last couple years, he’s taken to heart,” Mattingly said on The Line Drive. “This guy’s work is way better. His attention to detail, every time he throws a bullpen he’s paying attention to every pitch and what it does.