Tom Verducci views Sandy Alcantara as a good, realistic option for Cubs on trade market

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00:00now as the trade deadline approaches who's the best starting pitcher they could possibly go

00:06and get because they'll need one is it sandy alcantara are the braves gonna put chris sale

00:13on the trade block like like who's the best guy they could go get yeah i i would be surprised the

00:19braves move people they've been a great second half team there and the the fan base there the

00:24way the team is built uh i don't think they're built to cash it in after you know we've seen

00:29them last year and the year they won the world series play really well the last two three months

00:33uh i like alcantara a lot and just watching his more recent starts they've been a lot better he

00:40had a real hard time getting the ball uh to both sides of the plate now he's starting to command

00:45the ball the way he did before the velocity has been okay i mean it's what we see a lot with tommy

00:50john guys coming back right their velo is good and you look at the metrics of the pitches and you say

00:55you know the guy's back but command wise no he wasn't even close the first month or two this

01:01season but um i i see a fully healthy guy command coming back um i'm betting on the upside here not

01:08when you look at the numbers seven something era doesn't look pretty i think he's trending the right

01:13way um listen i don't think the the devers deal was a shock right partly because we just don't see

01:20trades in june um so we're still probably a good month away from these things kind of percolating

01:25but i would say alcantara to me um because i always say you trade for a starting pitcher he better be

01:31somebody who can start one of the first three games of postseason series for you and i think

01:36he's the best option will be the best option