Marlins pick up Sandy Alcantara's club option for 2027 season

[Kevin Barral]

As expected, the Miami Marlins announced on Friday that they have picked up Sandy Alcantara's $21M club option for the 2027 season.

Alcantara signed a five-year, $56M extension with the Marlins in 2022. This option represents the end of that contract. Barring a trade, it will mark the highest single-season salary that the club has ever paid an active player.

Alcantara, 31, is set to enter his 10th season with the Marlins and his ninth separate season making a regular season appearance (he missed all of 2024 while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery). Only Luis Castillo had a tenure of equal length with the organization.

This past season, Alcantara pitched to a 3.87 ERA, 4.08 FIP, 6.43 K/9 and 2.48 BB/9 in 214 innings pitched, which led all of Major League Baseball. During the span of his extension, he has won the 2022 National League Cy Young Award and posted a 3.80 ERA, 3.80 FIP, 7.3 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9 in 802 innings pitched while throwing an MLB-high 10 complete games.

Also, Alcantara owns the franchise records for career innings pitched, starts and strikeouts.

Picking up the option was a no-brainer. Miami's alternative would have been to pay a $2M buyout to Alcantara, making him a free agent.

Along with Alcantara, the current projected Marlins Opening Day starting rotation for 2027 includes Eury Pérez, Max Meyer, Janson Junk and Tyler Phillips.

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[Rob V]

Way to go Fish in picking up EL Caballo's 21M option year! He became our Franchise Player after we lost Jose Fernandez and is a player Marlins Fans respect and love. His grit, fight and determination plus preparation are 2nd to none in the game. He might even be our part-time closer along with Eury in 2027 in-between starts, like he showed he could do in September with 3 high octane saves! Watching the Rays make it to the WS only made me wonder when will Miami be knocking on the door 🚪 and we get to see the Magic City in a crazy World Series atmosphere. 🤔🏆

[One Regend]

I was honestly expecting Miami to be cheap and decline the option, and let him walk into Free Agency. I'm pleasantly surprised they picked up his option. They knew the starting rotation would be a mess without him. After Max Meyer and Eury Perez, who else was going to be in the rotation that you could count on? Ryan Gusto? Junk is a relief pitcher being given starter duties out of necessity, and Phillips is far more effective in the bullpen. Robby Snelling is going to miss at least half a season to Tommy John, and I'm not even sure Thomas White will be healthy enough for Opening Day. If they didn't pick up Sandy, I don't know what they'd do with the rotation.