Staying on the east coast might be a legitimate path for the Mets to find an ace. Could they pull off a huge trade and get Sandy Alcántara from the Marlins?

Manager Clayton McCullough confirmed to reporters Thursday that former Cy Young winner Sandy Alcántara is healthy enough to serve as the Miami Marlins' Opening Day starter.

Sandy Alcántara was dealing 99 mile-per-hour fastballs in a spring training game on Sunday, making his first appearance with the Miami Marlins since September 2023.

The Atlanta Braves need to upgrade the pitching staff after losing Max Fried and Charlie Morton. Their dream replacement looks sharp for the Miami Marlins.

It's February, and the fantasy baseball preseason is, pardon the pun, in full swing. Pitchers and catchers have reported, and spring training action is underway. Even so, many sports fans are devoting the majority of their attention to the NBA and NHL,

The avalanche of shiny new Statcast data makes it extremely challenging for fantasy managers to decipher signal from noise, especially when dealing with small sample sizes. The overwhelming majority of the spring training data overload winds up being completely useless (often narrative-driven spin) that doesn’t wind up having any tangible impact,

“Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara took the mound for the first time in 521 days, maxing out at 99.3 mph on the radar gun and tossing a scoreless inning in Sunday afternoon’s 1-1 Grapefruit League tie with the Mets at Clover Park,” De Nicola wrote.