With Shota Imanaga out for a bit with a hamstring injury, Justin Steele out for the remainder of the campaign, and more injuries likely on the way if history repeats itself, the Cubs need to show interest in Sandy Alcantara.

The Marlins right-hander received 12 votes, more than double the second-place finisher (Chicago White Sox centerfielder Luis Robert Jr. with five). The Marlins typically don't like to spend a ton of money, and Alcántara is the only player on their roster currently with a 2025 salary over $4.5 million. He's earning $17.3 million this season.

I'll admit: When I saw Sandy Alcantara this spring, I bought into the hype. The stuff was all the way back to pre-injury form, and the Marlins ' insistence that he would not face a real innings limit seemed to answer the biggest question we had about him coming into the season. How wrong I was.