Sandy Alcántara

Sandy Alcántara is one of those pitchers who makes you remember why starting pitching is still the most beautiful thing in baseball. The guy from San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic came up through the Cardinals system, got traded to Miami after 2017, and then quietly became the most dominant starter in the National League — capping it all with the 2022 NL Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote, which honestly felt overdue the moment it happened. What I love about him is the absolute arsenal: a mid-90s fastball, a filthy sinker, a changeup that just disappears, and the durability to throw 200-plus innings when everybody else's rotation is falling apart. He's the rare modern ace who actually wants the ball deep into games, and that mentality alone makes him worth watching every fifth day.

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Name (English)

Sandy Alcántara

Name (Japanese)

サンディ・アルカンタラ

Reading

さんでぃ・あるかんたら

Born

September 7, 1995 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

San Juan de la Maguana, San Juan Province, Dominican Republic

Occupation

baseball player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy%20Alc%C3%A1ntara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38458271

Tags

• San Juan Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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