{"id":12279,"date":"2025-06-24T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sandy-alcantara-the-cy-young-winner-regains-his-level-marlins-dream-of-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:54:21","slug":"sandy-alcantara-the-cy-young-winner-regains-his-level-marlins-dream-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/sandy-alcantara-the-cy-young-winner-regains-his-level-marlins-dream-of-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara: The Cy Young winner regains his level, Marlins dream of playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara Takes Flight Again: Signs of Dominance on the Mound<\/h2>\n\nMiami \u2013 Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, the Marlins&#8217; star pitcher, shows clear signs of recovery and is approaching the level that earned him the National League Cy Young Award in 2022. Despite not yet being in his best form, the Dominican has exhibited a notable improvement, driven by greater confidence and control in his repertoire.\n\nIn Sunday&#8217;s 5-3 victory against the Atlanta Braves at loanDepot park, Alc\u00e1ntara delivered another solid performance, guiding the Marlins to their first series win against the Braves since September 2023. This was his third quality start in June.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A lot of confidence. I try to be more aggressive in the zone. My two-seam fastball was great today. I threw it where I wanted and with great execution.<\/p><cite>Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn his last four starts, Alc\u00e1ntara has maintained an ERA of 2.74, with 19 strikeouts and only 8 walks in 23 innings pitched. This performance contrasts significantly with the start of the season for the pitcher from Azua, Dominican Republic, who began with a high ERA of 8.47 in his first 11 starts.\n\nDaniel Moskos, pitching coach, positively evaluates his progress: &#8220;I would give him a 7 or 8 on a &#8216;being back&#8217; scale. His execution has improved noticeably. He is placing his best pitches in the most effective zones and keeping his entire arsenal under control.&#8221;\n\nAlc\u00e1ntara&#8217;s consistency has been crucial for the Marlins to remain competitive in the demanding National League East Division. His recent victory marked the 45th of his career in the Major Leagues, a symbolic achievement that coincides with his return to the elite level.\n\nWith the season underway, the Marlins are confident that their ace will continue to elevate his performance. If he manages to maintain this level, the team could aim for the postseason, as they already did in 2023.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara Takes Flight Again: Signs of Dominance on the Mound Miami \u2013 Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, the Marlins&#8217; star pitcher, shows clear signs of recovery and is approaching the level that earned him the National League Cy Young Award in 2022. Despite not yet being in his best form, the Dominican has exhibited a notable improvement, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[4663,1121,1150,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-12279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cy-young","9":"tag-marlins","10":"tag-pitching","11":"tag-sandy-alcantara"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}