Even though MLB fans may not love the Marlins trading Alcantara, another former ace, to the Dodgers, a trade with Los Angeles would make a ton of sense. This is a scenario Marlins On SI's own Matthew Schmidt recently broke down. The Dodgers came into the season with the fourth-best farm system in baseball.

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Janson Junk (1-0) worked 5 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in a bullpen game, allowing two hits and striking out four. Faucher earned his seventh save.

There is one team that makes perfect sense as a trade partner for the Miami Marlins before the MLB trade deadline.

Jesús Sánchez homered in the seventh inning, and the Miami Marlins held off the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Saturday. Miami clinched its sixth series victory of the season and first since taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels on May 23-25. The Marlins have won consecutive games for the first time since May 24-25.

Alcantara, who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2022, has struggled in his first season back from Tommy John surgery. The 29-year-old enters MLB games today with career worsts in ERA (7.14), WHIP (1.49) and OPS allowed (.758).

The Miami Marlins will go for their first series sweep of the season when they visit the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.

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The Nationals are not in a good place right now, suffice it to say. They’ve lost seven in a row, including two straight to the Marlins. They’re a season-low 10 games under .500. And after Saturday’s game,

Considering the previous antiquated facilities, this is significant, especially for a Marlins’ franchise whose payroll is always close to the bottom.

While the season hasn't been the best for this Marlins star, the trade value could be too low to do any deal at this point.

Miami Marlins pitcher Ronny Henriquez had a pretty embarrassing moment during the second inning of Saturday's game against the Washington Nationals at