All you need to know about what happened to Jose Quintana who suffered an injury that could be crucial for the New York Mets.
According to the New York Mets, left-hander José Quintana, who left his start on Sunday with left-side stiffness, has a “small stress fracture” to his fifth rib. Quintana was supposed to depart the Mets following his appearance to join the Colombian World Baseball Classic team. Instead, Harvey has withdrawn from the tournament and will travel to New York for more imaging on the injury, at which point the Mets should be in a better position to set a schedule for his return.
Quintana, 34, agreed to a two-year contract with the Mets during the offseason. The contract, with its $26 million guarantee, was his prize for saving his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals last season.
He had a 137 ERA+ and a 2.91 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 32 starts, allowing him to produce an estimated 3.5 Wins Above Replacement. Quintana, along with fellow free-agent acquisitions Justin Verlander and Kodai Senga, were intended to bolster a Mets rotation that had lost Jacob deGrom, Taijuan Walker, and Chris Bassitt to bigger markets.
If Quintana is unable to start the season, the Mets will most likely resort to a depth pitcher, such as David Peterson, Tylor Megill, Joe Lucchesi, or possibly Elieser Hernandez.
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