The St. Louis Cardinals on Monday acquired veteran left-handed beginning pitcher Jose Quintana from the Pittsburgh Pirates as a part of a four-player commerce. Each groups have introduced the deal.
Quintana, 33, has pitched to a 3.50 ERA/119 ERA+ and a 2.87 Ok/BB ratio throughout 20 begins and 103 innings this season for the Pirates. These outputs represent a rebound for Quintana, who in 2021 had an ERA north of 6.00 in a mixture of rotation and bullpen work for the Angels and Giants. Early in his profession with the White Sox, Quintana was a daily purveyor of 200-inning seasons and better-than-average run-prevention numbers, however following a commerce to the Cubs he appeared to enter a untimely decline section. This season he is regained effectiveness, partly due to elevated use of his changeup.
Quintana is on a one-year contract price $2 million, so he is a “rental” acquisition by the Cardinals.
Whereas the Cardinals, based on many reviews, are prominently within the combine for Juan Soto of the Nationals, rotation is a transparent deadline precedence as St. Louis tries to safe a playoff berth down the stretch. Shoulder woes have restricted Jack Flaherty to only three begins this season, and he is possible sidelined till September. Meantime, free-agent addition Steven Matz might miss the remainder of the season with a torn MCL in his left knee. Of late, the Cardinals have been working with a four-man rotation because of nicely timed off days.
Proper-hander Chris Stratton can also be going to the Cardinals within the commerce. Stratton, who turns 32 later in August, has labored nearly solely out of the bullpen for the Pirates since they acquired him in 2019. Over that span, he is put up a 3.98 ERA in 162 aid appearances and one begin.
Proper-hander Johan Oviedo and third base prospect Malcom Nunez are going to the Pirates within the commerce. Oviedo, 24, has put up a 3.20 ERA in 13 aid appearances and one begin for the Cardinals this season. For his profession, he owns an ERA+ of 86 in 19 begins and 14 aid appearances unfold throughout three big-league seasons for St. Louis. Nunez, 21, owns a slash line of .280/.366/.465 with 41 house runs in 276 minor-league video games. This season, he is put up an OPS of .823 at Double-A Springfield. MLB.com ranked Nunez because the No. 10 prospect in a deep Cardinals system.
