March 5: The Brewers made it official today, announcing that they have signed Quintana to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2026. DL Hall was placed on the 60-day IL to open a roster spot. Per Jon Heyman of The New York Post, it’s a $2MM salary in 2025 with a deferred $2MM buyout on a $15MM mutual option for 2026 and a $250K roster bonus. The incentives are $125K each for 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 games started, as well as $100K for 110, 120, 130 and 140 innings pitched.
March 3: The Brewers are making a veteran addition to their rotation. Milwaukee is reportedly in agreement with Jose Quintana on a one-year, $4.25MM deal. That takes the form of a $250K roster bonus and a $4MM base salary for the ACES client. The signing, which has not been made official by the team, also includes incentives. The Brewers have a full 40-man roster and will need to make a corresponding move once the deal is finalized.
Quintana, 36, is one of the top unsigned free agents as the regular season is just over three weeks away at this point. He just finished a two-year, $26MM deal with the Mets that saw him post solid surface-level results, though with the numbers under the hood a bit less impressive.
In 2023, a left rib fracture put him on the injured list at the start of the season and kept him there until the middle of July. He returned in time to make 13 starts down the stretch, allowing 3.57 earned runs per nine innings, though his strikeout rate fell to 18.8%. Last year, he stayed healthy enough to take the ball 31 times for the Mets and logged 170 1/3 innings with a 3.75 ERA. But his strikeout was again a tepid 18.8% and he benefited from .263 batting average on balls in play. His 4.56 FIP and 4.57 SIERA on the year both pointed to him deserving worse results than he actually posted.
Prior to signing with the Mets, Quintana had engineered a strong bounceback season. After struggling with injuries and underperformance in 2020 and 2021, the lefty posted a 2.93 ERA over 32 starts in 2022. In that bounceback year, he had a 20.2% strikeout rate, 6.9% walk rate and 46.4% ground ball rate. Since then, he has a 3.70 ERA over 246 innings but with his 18.8% strikeout rate, 8.4% walk rate and 45.6% ground ball rate each moving slightly in the wrong direction.
Quintana’s isn’t the most exciting profile, but even getting some boring back-of-the-rotation innings could be good for the Brewers, especially for the price. At the start of the winter, MLBTR predicted the lefty to secure a two-year, $20MM contract, alongside other mid-rotation or back-end guys like Frankie Montas, Andrew Heaney or Matthew Boyd.
The pitching market was very aggressive early on, with Montas able to get a two-year, $34MM guarantee plus an opt-out from the Mets. Boyd got two years and $29MM from the Cubs. But the heat died down more recently, which seems to have squeezed out certain guys. Heaney had to settle for a $5.25MM guarantee from the Pirates on a one-year deal. Quintana reportedly turned down a better offer than that Heaney deal from the Bucs but is now joining Milwaukee on a fairly similar arrangement.
The Brewers have clearly been operating with no financial wiggle room this winter. Prior to signing Quintana, their biggest free agent signing was giving a $1MM guarantee to Tyler Alexander. They did add Nestor Cortes in a trade with the Yankees, but that deal was fairly revenue-neutral, with Devin Williams going the other way.
Their rotation mix has a few question marks in it. Robert Gasser required Tommy John surgery in June of last year and will be out of action until the second half of 2025. Brandon Woodruff is working his way back from shoulder surgery which wiped out his 2024 campaign and it’s unclear when he will be a viable option. DL Hall suffered a lat strain a few weeks ago and will start the season on the injured list.
As of now, Freddy Peralta and Cortes have spots alongside Aaron Civale and Tobias Myers. Civale tossed 161 innings last year but that was a personal best for him, having never hit 125 frames in a big league season before. Myers posted an ERA of 3.00 in his first big league action but was a nomadic former prospect prior to that, so it remains to be seen if he can maintain his results or if his 2024 was a fluke.
Other options in the mix include Alexander and Aaron Ashby. Alexander has a 4.55 ERA in his career but mostly in a swing role, oscillating between starting and relieving. This Quintana deal should push him more firmly into that position again. Ashby, who left today’s Spring Training appearance with an oblique injury, has some starting experience but struggled through much of 2024 before finishing strong in a relief role. He is still a starting candidate but he could eventually end up back in the bullpen and also has an option year remaining, which could push him to the Triple-A rotation.
Even if Quintana’s results in 2024 were a bit of a mirage and he ends up with an ERA in the mid-4.00s this year, a steady veteran presence at this price is a logical add for a club with so many rotation question marks and little spending capacity.
For clubs still looking to add starting pitching at this late stage of the offseason, there are still a few unsigned options, including Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn and Spencer Turnbull. The trade market could feature Jordan Montgomery and Taijuan Walker, though their salaries are much larger than what free agents have been settling for in recent weeks.
Robert Murray of FanSided first reported that the Brewers were signing Quintana to a one-year deal. Francys Romero reported that the salary would land in the $4-5MM range and the presence of incentives. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com had the specific $4.25MM guarantee and salary structure.
Milwaukee was definitely not on my list for Quintana.
What a bargain! This guy is a very solid starting pitcher. I’d rather have him than some of these guys that got $15 mil. contracts.
Good move Brewcrew!
It is cheap for a starting pitcher. Wow
Some people. An alarming amount predicted 15 or even 20 million. Tremendous bargain for them.
It’s just a fair price though. I predicted 5 to 8 million. They got a lil bargain since he waited so long and allegedly turned down more $ from Pirates. Bargain is because of age and strike outs he isn’t valued more highly.
Most the guys who got 15 20 have more upside. Could have more strike outs. Be better in playoffs.
Some don’t appreciate the ability to PITCH. As a Phillies Fan, I was quite impressed by Jamie Moyer when he joined the staff in his mid 40s. He was never an ace…..but he was a solid mid rotation starter for decades. Never threw fast. Never Struck anyone out. But he knew how to pitch. It was so funny seeing the confused batters walking back to the dugout because they could never figure out why they kept failing to square up the ball against him.
Concern for me without knowing how he has done in Milwaukee is the stadium.
I can’t stand when people bring up Moyer… Quintana has a far better career FIP. Please don’t compare him to Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer knew how to pitch… to a 4.47 career FIP
From what I heard, this deal includes a boatload of incentives.
Uh, Jamie Moyer won 269 games, won 20 games in a season twice, went 16-7 for the Phillies the year they won the WS (so has a ring), and threw 200+ innings in 10 seasons. Yeah, his micro-metrics are not as good as Quintana’s but are not THAT different, and I’ll take Moyer’s .563 career W-L % over Quintana’s .498 any day. Moyer posted 15 seasons with double-digit wins, while Quintana has 5, with a high of 13 wins. What the obsessive, modern-day FanGraphers refuse to acknowledge is knack for winning. Some guys have it, some don’t. Yet you can’t find a story on MLBTR that EVER mentions a pitcher’s W-L record. It’s as if the stat doesn’t even exist. Best of luck to Quintana. If he wins 13 games again, he’ll only need 154 more to match Moyer.
Well said.
Using win/loss record? Moyer has pitched so long historically that stats tell the whole story… but still, my point is you can pull out the “Moyer” card for any situation with his 30 years of stats. It doesn’t make him a better pitcher just because of longevity, nor can you really compare him under those terms.
Yea, that is a really solid signing. From one medium-small market team fan to another, I’ve always respected the Brewers ability to remain competitive.
If competitive you mean not get out of the first round of the playoffs, then okay
Surprisingly they were on mine. I picked them as a dark horse on the free agent contest. Coming in in last minute with one more correct guess, that still won’t get me anywhere near the top lmao
I ended up doing better than I thought this year. Zero research just kind of guessed. Would have done better just picking every player to return to their previous team.
Did you guys get the obvious ones? Everyone should have Soto to Mets. Teo to Dodgers.
No one should have Burnes Santander back to Baltimore.
Can’t miss the easy free ones.
I missed on Soto thinking the Dodgers might get him. Glad I was wrong. Missed on Snell and Adames and those were no brainers.
David Kaplan will get to see The Buick again when he pitches against the Cub!
Huh?
That was a slight miss on MLBTR’s prediction.
Good pick up. He’s a durable pitcher.
Brewers buy a cheaper and better option than any of the Mets starting pitchers so far
I hope he gets traded to the Reds mid-season so he can complete his tour of the NL Central.
Came here to comment this and you beat me to it.
Pretty specific comment to get beaten on.
If you know ball, it’s easy to acknowledge when one player has nearly “toured” an entire division. Nick Ahmed and Kelly Johnson are a couple names that come to mind for guys who nearly did in recent memory.
Meant it as a compliment to you both.
Kelly Johnson did it.. and 5 straight as well. Plowed through the AL East like me an ppls moms.
solid
Cobb getting 15, Montas 2/34 is crazy after this
Both have higher ceiling. Can be much better at least strike out wise which is what teams pay for.
True about higher ceiling but they’re also paying for getting them in prime market as opposed to 3 weeks before opening day as time is winding down for pitchers to sign and not have Montgomery type seasons from missing too much.
He’s definitely about getting batters out trying to get them to hit the ball rather than strikeouts. 4 million for Quintana is very surprising. He’s worth 8-12 million at least
Except that he’s worth $4.25 million.
How much is your house worth, according to YOU?
House and baseball player… definitely the same thing.
My house had a WRC+ of 120 indicating it was 20% better than league average with a .380 BABIP… ERA+ of 98 a 4.19 FIP and 4.89 SERRIA… indicating there’s room for improvement on that side of the ballroom
This was hilarious
Wait till we get into the defensive saber metrics compiled 8 defensive runs saved while also recording 20 outs above average. Which is also above normal so really just needs to lock in those spin rates on that side of the ballroom and the place should glitter like it’s 1999
Unfortunately it still only ranks in the 85th percentile in sprint speed, but it’s a work in progress and the discoball makes up for it
Matt Boyd $14M. Soroka $9M to be a SP when he was awful as a starter last year as well
Kyle Gibson has also raked in like 8-12 million since 2019
Nice move by the Brewers. I think he can be a good back of the rotation starter.
He’ll be a pain in the Cubs azzzzzzz. Just like a majority of Brewers’ players over the years.
Why take so long to sign?
Was he asking way too much ?
My guess is that he was looking to get somewhere between 10-13 million, which honestly I expected him to get around 10. But the market must not have been there.
I was just saying that… people called me crazy. Lol wanted to know what I thought my house was worth
Captainmike1 back at it again caring about players “making too much”…
Thank you for noticing that I am the only one outraged !!
I am proud to be the only intelligent person left !
You’re not intelligent, you’re annoying.
If I posted what I think of you I would get banned
Guessing he was also looking for a 2nd year.
I’m guessing that too. 2 years would be a huge gamble for any team. This deal is team friendly. Spring training is in full swing so he had to take it
Probably asking for more and wanted chance to go to WS. The WS does not go through the Dairy state.
He’s gonna be legit for MIL. They know how to get the best out of journeymen pitchers.
Better than Pittsburgh and Mets? In their hitter friendly park? Another year older? I doubt it. Can be similar to what he has been though.
Oh yeah well he’s going to be much better then.
pdxbrewcrew: Have you ever spent time in PGH or NYC? Both are beautiful cities and areas.
You really should learn to keep your piehole shut and let us think you might be an ignorant shmuck than to open it and remove all doubt.
pdxbrewcrew:
Yeah, true everyone is flocking to Milwaukee Wisconsin.
pdxbrewcrew:
OK, I know that wasn’t directed for me, but still that was a pretty gross thing to say. I think the point is that no one is exactly looking at Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the center of the world. Only saying that because you started picking on the other cities.
He’s the Zane Smith of the staff. I laugh about how people get excited about this signing
Yeah, nice. 5 inning guy, at best. Lots of ground balls. If he’s missing up, good night
Not real familiar with Brewers pitching, but he’s a complimentary piece, at best
pdxbrewcrew: I live in Brooklyn, and it only smells like urine when I piss in my toilet.
And my mother has been dead for several years, so I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Again, consider what I said about keeping your piehole shut, although the cat’s out of the bag about you being an ignorant shmuck.
Pittsburgh is a craphole town?
I’m a Pittsburgher by the grace of God
Unless you’re looking at pictures from the 1930’s, you’re so off that’s it’s hilarious
I’ve been to NYC often. Love the place. Love Manhattan. Wish I could afford spending more time
I’ve been to Cleveland. Like Pittsburgh, love the resurrection there
And I’ve been to Milwaukee. I won’t denigrate the entire town, but to anyone who travels, your thoughts are delusional.
The Pirate ballpark is great. I love the confluence of the rivers, the Clemente Bridge. The city is just fine. The haters are going to hate.
MrMuyBueno: A real yinzer, uptahn and dahntahn!
And don’t forget the sou-side
This is why the Brewers stay on top of the NL Central, and also shows why others in the division don’t move up.
No, it probably shows more a player who misplayed his hand, expected more than other teams were offering, other teams moved on until the player had to accept less as the season neared. Earlier reports had him being offered more than 5.25 million guaranteed by the Pirates. Great pickup by the Brewers but I think the credit goes to Quintana.
Reds is right. Doesn’t happen often so give him praise. A absolute great number 5 for 5m.
Canha on minor league deal. Could pirates not use a 370 obp who plays both 1b and outfield?
Cubs trade for 1 year rental giving up 1st round draft pick. Brewers trade away 1 year rental for 6 years of ss. Let there former ss leave free agency and get a 1st round draft pick.
Pirates signed Heaney or they would have signed Quintana.
YourDreamGM: Canha can also fill in at 3B.
I would assume he slots right into that rotation, right? Peralta, Myers, Cortes, Civale, Quintana? Then Ashby back to the bullpen as he (supposedly) keeps getting stretched out.
I don’t follow the Brewers too closely though so curious what others think. Reporting I saw on Ashby was pretty inconsistent on his chances to make it as a starter.
Woodruff should be back at some point this year as well.
He would have signed with Pirates if they were the last team to offer him a starting spot you would think so he will start.
la verdad: No guarantee that Woodruff makes it back at all. Shoulder capsule surgery has ended many a career, including Johan Santana’s.
If Woodruff was coming back. They probably would not have signed Quintana. Leads to believe Woodruff may not be back at all.
Ashby was terrible as a starter but solid as a relief pitcher
Plus Brewers still owe him $15 million
Ashby is overrated and a bust. Shouldn’t have been signed to his current contract in the first place.
Peralta, Myers, Cortes, Civale, Ashby, Quintana, and whatever they get out of Woodruff certainly looks pretty good on paper.
Eight year olds, dude
What?
Take your meds
I’m staying. Finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee.
The carpet really tied the room together.
*rug
That creep can roll, man
This bush league psyche-out stuff – laughable.
heard he spent 8 years up in Chino.
Heard he spent 8 years up in Chino
What a steal. Good for Milwaukee
Fabulous move for Milwaukee. They are so good at the waiting game.
“Fabulous move”..Good things come to those who faithfully wait for them.
Indeed. I don’t blame a bunch of SPs for waiting after seeing what oft-injured and only relevant during PED use Montas got. As long as Quintana does not get hurt early, this is quite the bargain.
Great pickup
Wow, Brewers are doing some things.
Great job by the front office on this one. I’ve been impressed with their moves since Stearns left.
Quality org.
Bud Selig set them up right with his lackey Manfred. They could sign Bartolo Colon and he’d post a mid 3 ERA and FIP.
it’s fair to dislike the overall financial landscape of MLB but there are people the hate the Brewers? I thought that them and the Rays are kind of universally loved.
seems like you have a “thing” happening here.
i personally hate the brewers but that’s only because they always beat us
Nicely done by Arnold. Ashby should just absolutely not be a starter and this weekend proved that. Once Woody comes back, this is gonna be a dangerous team to face once again.
This signing makes me believe Woodruff may not come back. At least until late in season.
He will have a 2.70 ERA with 15 wins somehow
Bud Selig squeezes his hands together somewhere while Braun and Yelich laugh.
Mets dropped the ball there. All of a sudden they sign Soto and they become cheap.
he’d have been perfect for them after Montas got hurt
They definitely fumbled smh ♂️
For $4-5 million I don’t know why the Mets didn’t re-sign him instead of getting Canning. Maybe Quintana was asking for more earlier in the offseason but I’d rather have Quintana at $8 million than Canning at $4.5 million.
My guess is he was looking for more earlier in the offseason. I was expecting him to sign for 10 mil, especially with the way people were getting paid. 5 mil is a bargain for his experience.
Jose Quintana’s preference was to return to the Mets. I’m guessing he would have ultimately accepted the same offer the Brewers gave him which might have cost the Mets around $10MM with their luxury tax hit.
Now “Q” can help the Brewers fend off his former Cubs team in the NL Central instead of doing the same in NY as the Mets compete with the Phillies and Braves in a much stronger NL East.
The Brewers can now fend off the Cubs for second place behind the first place Reds in the NL Central.
You better hope the Reds are 10 games better than last year, because I don’t see the Brewers more than 6 games worse
The Reds will be at least 10 games better than last year. They were decimated by injuries last season. Adding McLain, CES, a healthy Candelario, Friedl, Hayes, and a healthy rotation will get them to 90+ wins.
Good signing and a good man
Wow, nice pick up for MIL.
Was hoping to get one last correct answer for the free agent contest to shoot myself up to ties for probably 7th place. But also as a brewers fan, think it’s a solid pickup for that price.
That is such a weak rotation. Shame the owner is cheap billionaire who would rather whine and pocket tens of millions in profits rather than spend to get good players. Amazing how they all complain like little babies but never open up their books. Cant have it both ways jerks.
He’s not actually a billionaire.
@knucklecurve
Never Remember is still correct about an owner “who would rather whine and pocket tens of millions in profits rather than spend to get good players.” But hey, you go ahead and keep swallowing the Brewer owners excuses for only making one W/S appearance in 50 plus years.
Team is always in MLB top 15 for attendance and average fan COST to attend a game!
You are one massive cry baby. Momma not give you ebough mac n cheese for lunch. I hope you feel better
What a dumb comment.
He only needs to sign with tbe Reds to have played for the entire NL Central
I’d rather take him over Colin Rea. At least Q is a starter. Rea is an emergency spot starter at best
Quintana has already pitched for the Cubs before too, and he was a pretry solid starter. I would rather have Quintana over Boyd or Rea.
Mets being cheap??? Problem is they’re over the last threshold of the luxury tax. Any signing they’re paying double what any other team is paying(exception Dodgers). Doesn’t mean they’re cheap!!
Very nice signing for the brewers! They needed him.
The Mets inadvertently traded Quintana to the Brewers for Montas. Horrible move. I’d rather have Quintana.
I’m not a huge Montas fan, but Quintana is due for a pretty big regression.
Miken31;
Where do kids like you come up with this: “[player name] is due for a pretty big regression.”
Like you posters are smart.
The Brewers have the best catching coach in MLB – and catchers are the pitchers partner. They also have had a history of great head pitching coaches as well as assistant pitching coaches and analysts.
That’s what pitchers work with each day when they show up for work.
“Due for regression”. How moronic.
Samuel:
Oh, I see you’re a Brewers fan and the Brewers signed him so it must be a great signing! Get your head out of your ass and learn a few things. If you actually took the time to read the article you would know that a lot of his data is unsustainable. That would make him do for a pretty big regression. Are you able to connect the dots on any of this or is this just too much for you? Give me a break with catching coaches. The Mets have one of the most state of the art pitching labs and one of the most respected pitching coaches in baseball so I wouldn’t expect what he did last year. Got it now, fool?
You are a typical New Yorker, full of yourself.
And you’re a dope. Warren Spahn? Shouldn’t you be off being dead somewhere.
@Miken31
Samuel isn’t a “Brewers fan”, he’s an extremely knowledgeable fan of the game and as such respects the job the Brewers do year in and year out with their team. He nailed the fact the Brewers have the best catching system in the game, with a tremendous PDS. Chris Hook and Jim Henderson are one of the best pitching coach tandems in the game. Pitching lab is supreme as well. It’s likely they will be able to get the best out of Quintana in 2025.
I’m the longtime Brewers fan as you can probably tell from the username. Just the fact you called him a fool makes you a troll or a fool or both.
Bud Selig Fan:
I think he can defend himself and he doesn’t need you to do so but calling him extremely knowledgeable is highly subjective. He seems like a fool to me when he doesn’t understand why Quintana is due for a regression and perhaps so are you if you don’t get why. You did see him insulting me just because I made an obvious statement based on statistics that Quintana is due for a regression. He made it personal before I did, just as you are making it personal with me by calling me a fool or a troll when I said nothing to you. I don’t care about pitching coaches or whatever the Brewers have. I know they make more out of less more than many organizations do. That was never my point. Perhaps they will get the best out of him, but even with that if he’s due for regression, he’s due for regression. That was all my point was.
Question for Brewers fans: Is this the year Peralta develops into the ace his 2021 performance hinted at? Back then, I thought he was a future stud starter.
No. He is what he is. A mid #2 at best. Still a bargain with that. I think that’s why trading for cortes and keeping civale were necessary. Hoping for a bunch of 2s/3s/4s.
Peralta – low 1
Cortes – mid 3
Civale – high 4
Quintana – high 5
Myers – 5
Woodruff coming back and being a 2 is what this team needs to be a legitimate playoff contender.
Applaud the Quintana signing.
However, when Canha or Quintana are your major signings. The goal is just to be a playoff contender and the annual acceptance of just enough to put 2-2.75 million butts in the seats. 40% of MLB teams make the playoffs..What happened to the goal of winning championships?
As usual over the past decade, the Brewers are very vanilla by design!
They get the job done year after year.
Better than Matthew Boyd at a third of the price!
Don’t remind me…
He’s not very good in the cold weather but once’s June hits he’s great.
I guess it’s lucky that he signed with a team that plays indoors this time around
Rounds out the rotation nicely for the Brewers
Shows that Ashby’s command is not to be trusted. Good move, Q owned the Crew at his best and this solidifies a pretty good rotation.
Now, any luck on a 3B pickup?
Posted this before Ashby injury but it still stands. He’s a solid BP pitcher.
Never Remember.
You’re way off base with this. What Mark Attanasio and his staff, has done in THE smallest market in the league is nothing short of miraculous.
GTF Outta Here with that garbage!
Cant beat him, sign him! Great move Brewers!
Milquetoastana?
The A’s should get him since they like their lineup. Another ok starter could keep them in WC hunt.
The crew finally did something to add not subtract this off Eason.
Such a reasonable deal… I don’t understand how the Braves weren’t in on this…
A+. Cheap as it gets.
Why would the Mets not sign this guy? I’m mean, they aren’t exactly loaded with pitching. The Mets for me, is like buying the nicest, most expensive car on the lot, that’s missing the back right wheel.
Missing the engine, maybe
Projected starting rotation, Opening Day-2025:
Senga (5 IP in 2024)
xxxxxxxx Manaea (out)
Peterson (21 starts and 7,5K/9 in 2024)
Clay Holmes (reliever)
xxxxxxxx Montas (out, 1.1 IP in 2023)
Blackburn (75 IP in 2024, 4.66 ERA, 7K/9)
Canning (5.18 ERA, most ER allowed, AL, 2024)
Megill (4.04 ERA, 15 starts, 75 IP in 2024)
And they didn’t need Quintana?? None of these guys except Canning is capable of pitching a full season
Quintana man, that creep can roll. Historic Brewer killer.
How good are Milwaukees fielders? Quintana isn’t a high ko pitcher with a high whip but a low era. Maybe the Quintana just scatters the hits across 7.
Orioles give Morton 15 million, and this guy signs for 4.5??? WTF!
Pirates had trouble meeting his salary demands a few weeks ago. Geez. What did they offer him?
These later-in the offseason signings are always interesting. It’s like musical chairs. Sometimes….
I like it. Any SP that is at least a #5 is worth $5M.
All day everyday. My Brewers are winning a WS…someday ….I hope
This is a great deal. There are some definite overpays in the back-end SP market (such as Matt Boyd $14M, Soroka $9M to be a SP when he was awful as a starter last couple of years to name a couple).
Looking at his career stats, they guy has only really had one truly bad year, arguably 2. Loved him on my White Sox.
The Brewers will now win 85 games and win the NL Central. By 10-15 games.
You mean the Brewers who won 95 games in 2021, 92 games in 2023 and 93 games in 2024?
Yes, all WITH Adames and Williams. Plus Burnes, Woodruff sprinkled in two of those years. Team wins 90 at most this season, more likely 78-85.
Zoom straight ahead to October drama. Mets vs Q and the Brewers.
All he do is win win win
Fn’ Quintana… that creep can roll, man.
Quintana’s career FIP and ERA are almost identical, so it’s not as if he’s better than his FIP—which was 4.56 in 2024.
Still, the Brewers paid Quint what the Mets are going to pay each of Griffin Canning and Paul Blackburn in 2025, and it’s hard to believe they’re getting a better deal on both.
Particularly with Manaea and Montas out past Opening Day, Montas having pitched just 1.1 innings in 2023, and Senga having gone 5 innings in 2024, signing Quintana on the cheap assuming he would have returned to Queens made a lot of sense.
Who’s the one starter on the Mets who’ll be in the active rotation on Opening Day who had an ERA under 5,00 in 2024 and made more than 21 starts? There isn’t one.
Only David Peterson had more than 75 IP and an ERA under 5.00. Stearns isn’t asking for trouble, he’s begging for it.
Reds lineup will make this guy look like a cy young candidate