"One thing is for certain: Friday night had better not be the last time Sandy Alcantara takes the mound for the Miami Marlins in 2025. Sandy could have thrown a perfect game Friday night, narrowly outdueling fellow former Cy Young winner Tariq Skubal of the Tigers, and that would still be true. No matter how epic, no matter how packed loanDepotPark was or wasn't, the Marlins have to finagle things to let Alcantara take the mound during the final weekend of the season."
"The concern of this not working out would be if Miami went with the traditional five-man approach the rest of the way, which would result in Alcantara ending his 2025 season on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies. Yet the Marlins already went with a six-man rotation just to get Alcantara into this much more appealing Friday night contest with Skubal and the playoff bound Tigers, rather than a Thursday night meeting with the woeful Washington Nationals."
"The team the Marlins play that final weekend in Miami though? That would be the New York Mets, who are currently free falling harder than Tom Petty in the NL Wild Card Standings. Already, Marlins social media is buzzing about the chance of depriving the Mets of a chance at playing on into October. The house would be packed, with Marlins fans making sure to come out for a chance to send all those beloved transplanted Mets fans home unhappy."
Sandy Alcantara narrowly missed a perfect game while outdueling Tariq Skubal, creating urgency to arrange a final home start at loanDepot Park in 2025. Rotation math makes a home finale plausible, but a traditional five-man plan would leave Alcantara finishing on the road against the Phillies. Miami already used a six-man rotation to place Alcantara in a preferred Friday matchup, and maintaining that approach through off days could enable a final home appearance. The likely opponent would be the New York Mets, generating strong fan interest and social media buzz over postseason implications.
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