2023 Topps, Sandy Alcantara

Card No. 107

The list of players to win an N.L. Cy Young award while wearing a Marlins uniform is exactly one name long, and that name is Sandy Alcantara....The Dominican right-hander led all pitchers with 228 2/3 IP and 6 CG during his award-winning 2022 campaign....Was part of the trade package Miami received from St. Louis in exchange for OF Marcell Ozuna in December 2017....His rookie card can be found in the '18 Topps set (#594)....Sandy recorded 3 CG during the '23 season, including a 3-hit shutout vs. MIN, 4/4/22.

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2008 Topps, Luis Gonzalez

Card No. 442

Today's Jukebox entry represents the final chapter of the Luis Gonzalez story in the Topps library....It's his 20th Topps base card (including Traded/Update issues)....It's also his one and only card as a Marlin....Luis' rookie is part of the 1991 Topps Traded set....Gonzo's excellent career included 2,591 base hits plus the series-clinching hit off Mariano Rivera in Game 7 of the 2001 Fall Classic, as Arizona topped New York....In his final big league season, Luis batted .261 in 136 games for the '08 Marlins.

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2012 Topps Update, Giancarlo Stanton

Card No. US154

Prior to the 2012 season, the man previously known as 'Mike' announced that he would begin going by Giancarlo Stanton....Giancarlo is actually his first name while Michael and Cruz are his middle names....Perhaps the first and only time a player winds up in an Update/Traded series due to a name change....He's listed as "Mike" on his card in the regular '12 Topps set....His rookie card is included in the 2010 Update series....Giancarlo blasted 37 homers in 123 games for Miami in '12.

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2007 Topps, Dontrelle Willis

Card No. 100

The man they called "D-Train," southpaw Dontrelle Willis and the unmistakable black borders of 2007 Topps combine for today's entry....The '07 set is one of two in Topps annals to feature a black border (1971 also)....Willis first appeared on a Topps card in the 2002 Traded and Rookies release....Made his base-set debut the following year, sharing a "Prospects" card with fellow Marlins minor leaguer Jason Stokes.... Nobody started more games (35) or yielded more earned runs (116) than Dontrelle did during the '07 season.

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1993 Topps, Nigel Wilson

Card No. 426

Younger collectors likely don't know the name Nigel Wilson, but if you were collecting cards in 1993 you definitely do....The top-rated prospect in baseball, Wilson was the first-ever draft pick by the Florida Marlins when he was selected 2nd overall in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft....This card, Nigel's rookie, was part of the Series 2 release in '93....His only other Topps card appeared in the 1995 set....In his lone season as a Marlin, Nigel played in just 7 games during the '93 campaign and went 0-for-16 with 11 Ks.

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