A long time has passed since Sandy Alcántara He dominated the batters of the National League at pleasure, to the point where he was selected as the best serpentinero in the entire old circuit there in 2022.
A surgery Tommy John later, the right still suffers in the process of trying to recover the way he once led him to be in the elite.
After tolerating seven races and giving five tickets at its opening last April 29 against the Dodgers, Alcántara made the decision to alter its preparation between departures.
Before a new clash against the major league defenders this last Monday, the Quisqueyano worked during his bullpen sessions to launch in a consistent way in the corners of the Strike area and to clean his mechanics a little with the intention of avoiding the pitching he was about to use.
In his second careo with the Californians in this campaign, Alcántara obtained mixed results. He tolerated five lines, including a couple of home runs, along five episodes on the ring.
The stumble was a new chapter of torture that have been the Dodgers for the right -handed in his career, in which he now records a life effectiveness of 9.57 in direct duels with the angels.
Sandy Alcantara continues with many opportunities
“Do you know what?” Asked the manager of the Marlins, Clayton McCullough, before the media after the most recent opening of his pitcher. “You pass by gusts in which sometimes those balls raise them, in which they connect them from Foul and that did not happen this time. You have to try to get everything positive from this exit and build from there. In the baseball game there are opportunities. Simply pass in stages in which the balls find holes and do not fail. It feels a bit like that at this time,” he added.
With the most recent setback, Alcántara has now lost in four exits for the first time in his career as a lightning. During that period, the arm has allowed 21 races in 15 entries and two thirds of work for an effectiveness of 12.06, with 10 tickets granted and 11 strikeouts.
The good news for the veteran is that his speed has not been affected, so the physical problem in his arm seems to be a thing of the past.
