Sandy Alcantara

Bats R Throws R6'5" 200 lbBorn 1995 Azua, D.R.Debut 2017Team MIA2x All-StarContract 5 y/$56M (22-26)+27 cl opt 2026: $17,300,000

Awards: All-MLB First Team, NL Cy Young

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	634	19.1	6.8	3.01	20.3	6.67	101.5
2027							101.9
2028							102.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 103 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Cole Hamels	2013	108.4	107.1	829
2	David Price	2015	109.8	106.6	951
3	Roy Oswalt	2007	108.3	109.2	862
4	Sonny Gray	2019	108.4	117.6	235
5	Jordan Zimmermann	2015	106.5	93.9	450
6	Aaron Nola	2022	110.2	105.3	793
7	Felix Hernandez	2015	109.5	100.4	655
8	Dan Haren	2010	108.0	113.2	953
9	Brad Penny	2007	105.1	86.7	426
10	Aaron Harang	2007	106.0	93.0	793

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	MIA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MIA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	MIA	33	64	0	2	1	0	3	45	0.034	0.097	0.052	0.148	-61.4
2020	MIA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	MIA	32	63	2	5	1	4	1	46	0.086	0.117	0.103	0.220	-42.1
2018	MIA	6	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	0.000	0.077	0.000	0.077	-75.5
2017	STL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		177	140	2	7	2	4	5	99	0.055	0.104	0.070	0.174	-54.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									634				101.9
2026*									728				108.0	98.9	106.9
2025	MIA	11	12	5.36	31	31	0	174.7	745	22	57	142	100.1	98.3	98.4
2023	MIA	7	12	4.14	28	28	0	184.7	762	22	48	151	106.6	98.8	105.4
2022	MIA	14	9	2.28	32	32	0	228.7	886	16	50	207	116.8	100.9	117.7
2021	MIA	9	15	3.19	33	33	0	205.7	837	21	50	201	110.7	99.1	109.8
2020	MIA	3	2	3.00	7	7	0	42.0	172	4	15	39	111.1	100.5	111.6
2019	MIA	6	14	3.88	32	32	0	197.3	838	23	81	151	103.9	99.8	103.7
2018	MIA	2	3	3.44	6	6	0	34.0	146	3	23	30	95.9	102.3	98.2
2017	STL	0	0	4.32	8	0	0	8.3	39	2	6	10	81.6	109.2	90.8
Career		52	67	3.65	177	169	0	1075.3	4425	113	330	931	107.4		107.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	64	77.6	-37.5	0.0	6.7	58.8	23.6	0.043	0.051	0.088	24.5
2019	63	84.1	-8.8	9.1	20.0	59.6	37.8	0.057	0.079	0.079	25.3
2018	13	89.9	-1.9	0.0	25.0	55.0	35.3	0.060	0.064	0.110

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIA	P	31	175	8	13	0	1	1.000	-1.6
2023	MIA	P	28	185	14	16	5	1	0.857	-1.1
2022	MIA	P	32	229	20	28	0	2	1.000	+1.0
2021	MIA	P	33	206	24	26	4	1	0.926	-0.9
2020	MIA	P	7	42	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2019	MIA	P	32	197	10	20	4	0	0.882	-0.2
2018	MIA	P	6	34	2	3	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2017	STL	P	8	8	0	2	1	2	0.667	+0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.100	0.250
2018	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Pit	484	115.2 IP, 18% K	3.91
2018	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Pit	48	11.1 IP, 17% K	4.05
2017	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	555	125.1 IP, 19% K	4.32
2016	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Pit	134	32.1 IP, 25% K	3.64
2016	A	Peoria Chiefs	Pit	399	90.1 IP, 30% K	4.10
2015	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Pit	267	64.1 IP, 19% K	3.23
2014	Rk	DSL Cardinals	Pit	247	56.2 IP, 22% K	4.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.115	0.068	0.074	0.088
2019	0.000	0.118	0.159	0.059
2018	0.000	0.070	0.000	0.100

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2020	1	1	4.26	2	2	0	12.7	11	2	4	12	1.18
Career	1	1	4.26	2	2	0	12.7	11	2	4	12	1.18