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Mets planning to shut down Jose Quintana for three months

The Mets will prepare to play the first half of the season without Jose Quintana.

The left-hander is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least three months, according to sources, after he was diagnosed last week with a stress fracture on the fifth rib on his left side.

Under that timetable, Quintana would begin throwing again in mid-June at the earliest to ramp up for a return to the Mets’ rotation around the All-Star break.

Quintana, 34, arrived in the offseason on a two-year contract worth $26 million.

RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 13, 2023 at 01:52 PM | 15 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Starring Bradley Scotchman as RMc Posted: March 13, 2023 at 02:07 PM (#6120308)

I'll highjack this thread to ask why there's no Omnichatter for the WBC. (Is it because they're determined to put the USA games on too late for anybody east of Phoenix to watch them?)

2. Walt Davis Posted: March 13, 2023 at 02:19 PM (#6120309)

Bring on the robot pitchers!

3. salvomania Posted: March 13, 2023 at 02:29 PM (#6120310)

Cardinals got 1.5 WAR out of Quintana for a under $1M in 2022. The Mets are going to spend $13M this year for what will probably be less production than that.

4. sanny manguillen Posted: March 13, 2023 at 02:31 PM (#6120311)

RMc: The "spring training" omnichatter just designates the time period. The WBC is being discussed there.

5. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: March 13, 2023 at 03:20 PM (#6120319)

Did he just injure it throwing?

6. The Duke Posted: March 13, 2023 at 03:57 PM (#6120331)

The cardinals had to give up Oviedo for that 15 starts. They'll come to regret it imo. But Quintana was great for us and if Marmol had simply let him keep pitching instead of blindly following front office math, we might have gotten by the Phillies in Round 1 game 2. Took him out at 70+ pitches, over taxed his bullpen and then inconceivably let Helsley keep pitching when he was toast.

7. Starring Bradley Scotchman as RMc Posted: March 13, 2023 at 04:59 PM (#6120337)

Re 4: Thanks!

8. Howie Menckel Posted: March 13, 2023 at 06:43 PM (#6120353)

Mets GM Eppler says the report is "premature."

I mean, I guess it's true that he hasn't missed any time yet - but by mid-June it will be true?

9. Walt Davis Posted: March 13, 2023 at 09:39 PM (#6120369)

Nah, Eppler just means it's the Mets so there's no plan.

10. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 15, 2023 at 02:15 PM (#6120478)

@AnthonyDiComo
Update: José Quintana has a lesion on his rib, according to Mets GM Billy Eppler. He was seen by a tumor specialist, and the results of a biopsy came back benign.
However, Quintana is going to undergo bone graft surgery. The Mets aren't expecting him back until at least July.

Hoping for the best.

11. cardsfanboy

Posted: March 15, 2023 at 03:53 PM (#6120487)

My prediction that this was one of the best free agent signings in the off season, goes to the crapper now.

12. Ziggy: social distancing since 1980 Posted: March 15, 2023 at 07:23 PM (#6120495)

Cardinals got 1.5 WAR out of Quintana for a under $1M in 2022. The Mets are going to spend $13M this year for what will probably be less production than that.

This is a very Cardinals thing to have happen. Also a very Mets thing, now that I think about it.

13. Lizabeth Goolsby Posted: March 23, 2023 at 03:16 AM (#6121129)

Winker is roughly comparable to other players such as Grossman, Schwarber, Castellanos, Teoscar, Mancini, Wil Myers, Voit, and Pederson. It's not so much talent that he can get away with being a lazy jerk nerdle, but it's enough talent that he makes $100 million when the timing is right and people like this can almost always get $8-10 million.

14. lim Posted: April 06, 2023 at 02:57 AM (#6122848)

Quintana has been diagnosed with a stress fracture on the fifth rib of his left side and is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least three Snow Rider 3D months.

15. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: April 06, 2023 at 04:11 PM (#6122922)

The bots are getting more entertaining, at least. I’m thinking of changing my handle to “Lazy Jerk Nerdle”

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