Quintana Declined Offer From Pirates Before Heaney Dea

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The Pirates added to the back of their rotation this evening with the with . writes that the Bucs pivoted to Heaney after first making an unsucce sful push to bring back. According to Murray, the Pirates offered Quintana a stronger guarantee than the sum which they eventually agreed to pay Heaney. Quintana declined the offer. Its not clear what kind of contract the 36-year-old southpaw is seeking. Its unlikely that Pittsburgh would circle back after landing Heaney. Quintana and are the top two unsigned starting pitchers. Quintana spent the first half of the 2022 season in Pittsburgh. Hed signed a $2MM deal as a buy-low free agent with a then-rebuilding Bucs club. The Pirates hit on the common hope for rebuilding teams of turning a low-cost free agent pickup into a midseason trade chip. Quintana turned in a 3.50 ERA acro s 20 starts in black and gold. The Bucs flipped him to the Cardinals alongside reliever for righty and minor league first baseman . Oviedo lost last season to Tommy John surgery but could find himself at the back of Derek Sheltons starting staff this year. A strong finish in St. Louis positioned Quintana much more strongly for his return to the market. He landed a two-year, $26MM guarantee from the Mets over the 2022-23 offseason. It turned De'Anthony Melton Jersey out to be a good investment on New Yorks part. While he mi sed a good chunk of the 23 season, Quintana was a key rotation piece last year. He fired 170 1/3 frames of 3.75 ERA ball. He chipped in another 14 1/3 innings of 3.14 ERA ball in the postseason including six scorele s in a winner-take-all Game 3 against Milwaukee in the Wild Card series. Effective as Quintana was last year, the Mets havent seemed eager to bring him back. The New York Posts Mike Puma shortly after the injury that the Mets hadnt reciprocated the veteran leftys eagerne s for a reunion. Francys Romero that the Mets, Padres and Rangers could show interest. The Padres have already added and to the back of their rotation. The Rangers seem unlikely to seriously pursue Quintana unle s they first offload salary in a trade, as theyre projected within $6MM of the luxury tax threshold. wrote this evening that the Mets have limited interest in Quintana because of concerns about his underlying numbers. Thats presumably mostly about his lack of swing-and-mi s. Quintana posted an 18.8% strikeout rate in consecutive seasons. He generated swinging strikes on only 8.5% of his offerings last year. Its the third consecutive year in which Quintana succeeded despite middling whiff rates. Hes a quality strike-thrower who got grounders at a solid 47.4% clip and has rattled off a trio of consecutive sub-4.00 ERA showings. Justise Winslow Jersey