Sandy Alcantara
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 200LBS | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 9 15 3.19 33 33 0 205.2 201 1.07
2022 14 9 2.28 32 32 0 228.2 207 0.98
2023 7 12 4.14 28 28 0 184.2 151 1.21
7 Seasons 41 55 3.32 146 138 0 900.2 789 1.16
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 33 9-15 3.19 205.2 201 1.07
2022 32 14-9 2.28 228.2 207 0.98
2023 28 7-12 4.14 184.2 151 1.21
7 Seasons 146 41-55 3.32 900.2 789 1.16
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 21 155 23 2 8.7 5.1 85.2 104.9 12.5 69.6 .310 .530 .375 .404 .505 43.5 25.6 15.4 4.32 7.64
2018 22 567 91 3 3.3 2.1 88.3 110.5 11.7 23.1 .215 .327 .317 .310 .307 31.9 20.5 15.8 3.44 4.07
2019 23 3091 598 39 6.5 4.7 87.3 111.7 11.8 29.9 .244 .424 .308 .322 .351 34.3 18.0 9.7 3.88 4.60
2020 24 662 117 7 6.0 4.1 88.3 108.7 6.8 32.5 .243 .386 .288 .310 .360 38.5 22.7 8.7 3.00 4.07
2021 25 3095 576 35 6.1 4.2 87.6 115.7 4.5 29.9 .232 .368 .279 .288 .347 39.4 24.0 6.0 3.19 3.47
2022 26 3248 620 33 5.3 3.7 87.8 114.8 5.5 28.4 .215 .331 .260 .266 .315 38.5 23.4 5.6 2.28 2.90
2023 27 2721 557 39 7.0 5.1 88.8 115.1 7.0 31.4 .265 .417 .301 .320 .371 40.6 19.8 6.3 4.14 4.33
Player 13539 2582 158 6.1 4.3 87.9 115.7 7.4 30.1 .238 .383 .288 .300 .346 38.0 21.4 7.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Alcantara relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(29.0%) ,
Changeup
(27.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(21.3%) ,
Slider
(20.1%) ,
Curveball
(2.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 26.1 8.7 56.5 8.7 39.1 43.5 17.4 8.7 17.4 17.4 39.1 8.7 8.7 5.1
2018 50.5 19.8 18.7 11.0 40.7 33.0 23.1 2.2 35.2 27.5 22.0 7.7 3.3 2.1
2019 45.5 24.1 22.7 7.7 36.3 38.6 25.1 4.5 35.3 24.7 21.4 6.5 6.5 4.7
2020 50.4 19.7 24.8 5.1 40.2 40.2 19.7 4.3 36.8 24.8 24.8 3.4 6.0 4.1
2021 54.0 20.5 21.2 4.3 39.4 38.2 22.4 5.6 40.3 19.4 22.6 6.1 6.1 4.2
2022 54.2 19.8 18.9 7.1 36.6 38.9 24.5 6.1 41.0 21.1 20.6 5.2 5.3 3.7
2023 51.9 21.5 21.9 4.7 36.8 39.9 23.3 4.8 37.9 19.0 24.6 6.6 7.0 5.1
Player 51.1 21.2 21.5 6.2 37.5 38.8 23.6 5.2 38.2 21.5 22.5 6.0 6.1 4.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2023 Curveball MIA R 60 86.1 39.6 -4.7 3.4GLV -2.3 -3.0 -6.9 3.4GLV -5.5
2023 Slider MIA R 548 89.9 29.8 -1.4 0.5GLV -3.2 4.0 -2.5 0.5GLV -4.8
2023 Changeup MIA R 743 91.1 29.3 1.3 16.3ARM 1.1 3.7 1.7 16.3ARM 1.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 579 98.0 15.1 -2.0 11.9ARM 3.1 13.5 -2.3 11.9ARM 4.5
2023 Sinker MIA R 789 97.6 21.4 1.3 17.6ARM 2.1 7.4 0.2 17.6ARM 2.6
2022 Changeup MIA R 892 91.8 28.9 1.4 16.8ARM 1.5 3.7 2.2 16.8ARM 2.6
2022 Curveball MIA R 11 86.2 39.3 -4.6 2.4GLV -2.4 -2.6 -7.3 2.4GLV -6.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 815 98.0 14.9 -2.1 12.0ARM 3.8 13.8 -2.4 12.0ARM 4.7
2022 Sinker MIA R 809 97.8 21.3 0.9 17.7ARM 2.0 7.5 0.8 17.7ARM 2.9
2022 Slider MIA R 714 90.0 30.5 -0.1 0.3GLV -2.8 3.4 -1.6 0.3GLV -5.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Sinker 1.7 14 790 29.0 251 .237 .366 .308 12.7 12.4 18.6 .293 .470 .365 39.2
2023 Changeup -0.6 -5 744 27.3 190 .282 .401 .331 30.3 19.5 16.2 .262 .386 .305 40.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 579 21.3 165 .253 .448 .312 26.7 30.9 22.6 .239 .406 .291 47.7
2023 Slider -0.3 -2 548 20.1 142 .227 .364 .298 35.2 21.1 19.7 .251 .383 .302 35.3
2023 Curveball 0.9 1 60 2.2 14 .308 .308 .257 18.2 14.3 14.3 .259 .400 .272 41.7
2022 Changeup 2.7 24 895 27.6 263 .146 .195 .179 34.6 29.7 27.1 .168 .229 .199 29.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 816 25.1 196 .229 .413 .311 24.5 24.5 20.3 .232 .422 .314 48.5
2022 Sinker 0.9 7 811 25.0 254 .267 .371 .323 11.0 11.4 15.6 .252 .344 .298 36.5
2022 Slider 0.4 3 714 22.0 170 .217 .360 .267 31.4 30.6 23.1 .217 .369 .272 45.5
2022 Curveball 0.2 0 11 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .032 .070 .041 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 723 91.1 90 17.4 2:00 2:45 -45
2023 Curveball 60 86.1 29 6.2 8:15 7:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 574 98.0 94 17.9 1:45 1:30 15
2023 Sinker 787 97.6 93 19.5 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Slider 545 89.9 21 3.9 12:00 11:15 45
2022 Changeup 872 91.8 90 17.8 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Curveball 11 86.2 29 5.3 8:30 7:00 90
2022 4-Seam Fastball 814 98.0 94 18.2 1:45 1:30 15
2022 Sinker 808 97.8 93 19.7 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Slider 714 90.0 17 3.3 11:45 11:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 39 155 -1 0 -1 0 -3
2018 146 567 6 6 -5 -4 3
2019 833 3,090 17 20 -18 -13 6
2020 227 857 12 2 -5 -3 6
2021 835 3,095 9 24 -7 -11 14
2022 885 3,247 20 41 -15 -8 37
2023 762 2,721 -2 31 -14 -8 7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 155 50.3 64.1 74.0 27.3 38.1 43.9 56.4 45.8 36.6 9.0 50.0
2018 567 46.6 65.2 81.4 25.1 52.6 40.4 61.6 43.7 27.0 6.9 69.2
2019 3,091 47.3 70.0 82.4 31.3 60.0 43.6 60.5 49.6 23.8 7.7 74.8
2020 662 51.5 67.4 83.9 28.3 54.9 42.6 61.0 48.5 24.0 8.6 73.7
2021 3,095 51.7 71.4 80.1 33.9 53.6 43.6 64.0 53.3 27.5 7.9 80.5
2022 3,248 52.2 70.5 80.8 34.7 58.1 46.3 62.5 53.4 25.4 7.2 78.3
2023 2,721 51.9 72.1 80.6 34.8 60.1 45.6 65.0 54.2 25.4 7.1 83.9
Player 13,539 50.6 70.5 81.0 32.9 57.4 44.5 62.7 51.9 25.7 7.5 78.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2017 98 87 28
2018 85 62 37 40
2019 40 49 41 40 38 7 59 80 69 16 25 38 73 82 76 45 16
2020 55 46 55 62 51 38 62 51 42 47 49 31 55 91 71 32 28
2021 75 58 66 72 80 11 76 76 42 54 83 61 95 97 65 39 18
2022 85 75 82 80 88 16 81 65 45 53 83 50 94 96 54 14
2023 42 22 38 59 49 12 65 55 39 26 80 44 97 95 67 47 16
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.7 2 2.0 0 1 1 1 50.0
2018 21.1 3 2.8 0 2 2 1 33.3
2019 22.7 23 27.5 -5 17 23 11 47.8
2020 23.0 6 4.8 1 3 3 2 33.3
2021 23.1 21 22.0 -1 15 19 8 38.1
2022 23.7 16 16.8 -1 15 15 6 37.5
2023 23.0 22 19.3 3 13 18 6 27.3
Player 23.1 93 95.2 -2 66 81 35 37.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 4 2
2019 23 32 23 32 29 27 32 30 20 18 24 33 35 25 26 28 26 22 25 31 27 26 39 31 28 26 20 33 33 27 17
2020 6 5 4 7 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3
2021 21 25 23 26 24 22 25 23 15 14 17 29 21 17 21 24 19 20 26 26 19 25 30 25 17 19 28 25 20 18 18
2022 16 12 13 17 19 19 20 13 13 11 16 23 20 16 18 20 16 14 15 17 15 15 24 19 11 12 21 23 19 18 14
2023 22 16 13 17 22 19 23 12 15 16 20 22 19 18 23 21 21 15 22 24 19 22 25 24 15 17 17 24 20 22 17
Player 93 95 81 103 103 96 110 88 71 66 86 118 105 86 98 103 92 80 98 109 90 99 128 108 79 82 96 115 102 95 73
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.2 95.4 -2.8 ↓ 95.5 0.1 ↑ 96.5 1.0 ↑ 97.8 1.3 ↑ 97.9 0.1 ↑ 97.8 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 90.8 89.0 -1.8 ↓ 89.1 0.1 ↑ 90.1 1.0 ↑ 91.8 1.7 ↑ 91.8 0.0 91.1 -0.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.9 -0.7 ↓ 84.8 -0.1 ↓ 85.9 1.1 ↑ 89.8 3.9 ↑ 89.9 0.1 ↑ 89.5 -0.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.2 88.3 3.1 ↑ 87.3 -1.0 ↓ 88.3 1.0 ↑ 87.6 -0.7 ↓ 87.8 0.2 ↑ 88.8 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 12.5 11.7 -0.8 ↓ 11.8 0.1 ↑ 6.8 -5.0 ↓ 4.5 -2.3 ↓ 5.5 1.0 ↑ 7.0 1.5 ↑
Barrel % 8.7 3.3 -5.4 ↓ 6.5 3.2 ↑ 6.0 -0.5 ↓ 6.1 0.1 ↑ 5.3 -0.8 ↓ 7.0 1.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 43.5 31.9 -11.6 ↓ 34.3 2.4 ↑ 38.5 4.2 ↑ 39.4 0.9 ↑ 38.5 -0.9 ↓ 40.6 2.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 69.6 23.1 -46.5 ↓ 29.9 6.8 ↑ 32.5 2.6 ↑ 29.9 -2.6 ↓ 28.4 -1.5 ↓ 31.4 3.0 ↑
xBA .310 .215 -0.095 ↓ .244 0.029 ↑ .243 -0.001 ↓ .232 -0.011 ↓ .215 -0.017 ↓ .265 0.050 ↑
BA .273 .214 -0.059 ↓ .241 0.027 ↑ .226 -0.015 ↓ .223 -0.003 ↓ .212 -0.011 ↓ .251 0.039 ↑
xwOBA .404 .310 -0.094 ↓ .322 0.012 ↑ .310 -0.012 ↓ .288 -0.022 ↓ .266 -0.022 ↓ .320 0.054 ↑
wOBA .375 .317 -0.058 ↓ .308 -0.009 ↓ .288 -0.020 ↓ .279 -0.009 ↓ .260 -0.019 ↓ .301 0.041 ↑
xSLG .530 .327 -0.203 ↓ .424 0.097 ↑ .386 -0.038 ↓ .368 -0.018 ↓ .331 -0.037 ↓ .417 0.086 ↑
SLG .485 .359 -0.126 ↓ .397 0.038 ↑ .355 -0.042 ↓ .365 0.010 ↑ .324 -0.041 ↓ .391 0.067 ↑
K% 25.6 20.5 -5.1 ↓ 18.0 -2.5 ↓ 22.7 4.7 ↑ 24.0 1.3 ↑ 23.4 -0.6 ↓ 19.8 -3.6 ↓
BB% 15.4 15.8 0.4 ↑ 9.7 -6.1 ↓ 8.7 -1.0 ↓ 6.0 -2.7 ↓ 5.6 -0.4 ↓ 6.3 0.7 ↑
Swing % 45.8 43.7 -2.1 ↓ 49.6 5.9 ↑ 48.5 -1.1 ↓ 53.3 4.8 ↑ 53.4 0.1 ↑ 54.2 0.8 ↑
Whiff% 36.6 27.0 -9.6 ↓ 23.8 -3.2 ↓ 24.0 0.2 ↑ 27.5 3.5 ↑ 25.4 -2.1 ↓ 25.4 0.0
In Zone % 50.3 46.6 -3.7 ↓ 47.3 0.7 ↑ 51.5 4.2 ↑ 51.7 0.2 ↑ 52.2 0.5 ↑ 51.9 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.7 53.4 3.7 ↑ 52.7 -0.7 ↓ 48.5 -4.2 ↓ 48.3 -0.2 ↓ 47.8 -0.5 ↓ 48.1 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 25.1 -2.2 ↓ 31.3 6.2 ↑ 28.3 -3.0 ↓ 33.9 5.6 ↑ 34.7 0.8 ↑ 34.8 0.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.6 29.5 3.9 ↑ 32.6 3.1 ↑ 32.0 -0.6 ↓ 36.2 4.2 ↑ 35.1 -1.1 ↓ 38.3 3.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 61.6 5.2 ↑ 60.5 -1.1 ↓ 61.0 0.5 ↑ 64.0 3.0 ↑ 62.5 -1.5 ↓ 65.0 2.5 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 39 .375 18 0 0.0 21 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 146 .317 67 13 19.4 79 34 43.0
2019 Shifts 833 .308 380 72 18.9 453 258 57.0
2020 Shifts 172 .288 89 36 40.4 83 37 44.6
2021 Shifts 835 .279 398 154 38.7 437 174 39.8
2022 Shifts 885 .260 406 165 40.6 479 294 61.4
2023 Shades 761 .302 375 95 25.3 386 232 60.1
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 46 15.5 43.5% 2.2% 29 21.4 0.0% 3.4%
2018 164 14.6 56.7% 0.0% 110 22.1 0.9% 10.0%
2019 879 14.9 51.3% 1.3% 467 22.3 1.7% 9.4%
2020 201 15.0 50.2% 2.0% 95 22.6 2.1% 14.7%
2021 896 14.9 50.9% 1.0% 376 21.8 1.1% 12.8%
2022 920 15.5 43.5% 1.0% 393 21.9 0.0% 9.2%
2023 727 14.1 67.5% 0.0% 334 18.6 6.0% 0.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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