On the first day of spring training, the Miami Marlins adopted a new approach for pitchers, moving them from practice bullpens to game mounds with batters present. Sandy Alcantara, returning ace post-surgery, opened the rotation and demonstrated his skills by mixing various pitches. Catcher Nick Fortes noted Alcantara's strong performance, while Alcantara reflected on the challenge of controlling intensity in front of batters. The hitters appreciated facing a top pitcher like Alcantara, underscoring an aggressive start to the training season.
We're doing something different this year, to be more aggressive.
He was throwing hard... they told him he had to dial it back a little bit a couple times, but he looked really good.
It's hard... when you have batters out there, you generally go up [in intensity and velocity]. Today was a little hard for me because I'm trying to control it.
He's one of the best pitchers in baseball. You want to face him.
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