My Take
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.
Overview
Sandy Alcántara Montero (born September 7, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals. Alcántara signed with the Cardinals as an international free agent in 2013, and made his MLB debut with them in 2017. The Cardinals traded Alcántara to the Marlins after the 2017 season.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.