Trade Target - Jose Quintana

[sportsfan8703]

LH SP. He has 1yr/$13 mil left on his deal. 

Lefties play up at OPACY because of the wall. He fits in our budget for a SP and would be in line with the Gibson/Lyles signings in terms of commitments. The Mets are rebuilding/retooling in 2024, so they may be interested in some of our prospect bats(Norby?). Outside of 2021 Quintana has been decent/good for a long time. Sinkerballer. That’s another plus with our IF defense. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jose-quintana-500779?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

He’s not the big time frontline SP, but that likely isn’t available over the offseason, or not for a price we want to pay when 85% of the league has playoff aspirations. Quintana is a good fit with us. Especially if we use a 6 man rotation next year and maximize our ballpark by using LH SP. He’s a good fit to get us to the trade deadline to be in a position to buy a top rental SP. We also line up pretty well with the Mets as trading partners.

[Sports Guy]

Pass

[Pickles]

24 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

LH SP. He has 1yr/$13 mil left on his deal. 

Lefties play up at OPACY because of the wall. He fits in our budget for a SP and would be in line with the Gibson/Lyles signings in terms of commitments. The Mets are rebuilding/retooling in 2024, so they may be interested in some of our prospect bats(Norby?). Outside of 2021 Quintana has been decent/good for a long time. Sinkerballer. That’s another plus with our IF defense. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jose-quintana-500779?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

He’s not the big time frontline SP, but that likely isn’t available over the offseason, or not for a price we want to pay when 85% of the league has playoff aspirations. Quintana is a good fit with us. Especially if we use a 6 man rotation next year and maximize our ballpark by using LH SP. He’s a good fit to get us to the trade deadline to be in a position to buy a top rental SP. We also line up pretty well with the Mets as trading partners.

Regardless of Quintana or other additions, I'd be beyond shocked if they went with a six man rotation next year at any point.

[RZNJ]

I’d expect to see Gibson back before they trade for someone like Santana but it’s in the realm of possibilities.

[sportsfan8703]

Maybe he should be a free agent target this offseason. 

[interloper]

50 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Maybe he should be a free agent target this offseason. 

Don't hate it as a backend guy. 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Heading into his age 36 season next year, with a 4.56 FIP and 7.1 K/9 in 2024, and a fastball that averaged around 90 MPH.

HARD pass. We need to aim higher and there is absolutely no good reason why we can't.

[Aristotelian]

Just let Povich pitch and see what happens. If we need a backend LHP at the deadline we can trade for one. I don't see why the Mets would trade Quintana when he is pitching for them in the playoffs. Maybe he becomes available at the deadline if they are bad next year.

[sportsfan8703]

33 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

Heading into his age 36 season next year, with a 4.56 FIP and 7.1 K/9 in 2024, and a fastball that averaged around 90 MPH.

HARD pass. We need to aim higher and there is absolutely no good reason why we can't.

That's some high standards.  Sinker ball types are always going to have higher FIPs and lower K rates.  The truth is, Quintana is probably out of our price range.  That price range is probably no more than the standard Lyles/Gibson/Kimbrel/Frazier price range until otherwise seen.  

Back to Quintana, I think he's the type of guy that if healthy could be a real weapon for us with our home ballpark and a home playoff game if we ever get deep into a series.