Mets ‘predicted to target’ no cost agent pitcher ‘in the coming several hours’

Could the Big apple Mets and Jose Quintana be heading toward a reunion?

In keeping with MLB reporter Francys Romero, the free agent pitcher is preferred and he may land again in New York.

Jose Quintana remains attracting interest on the market, Regardless of remaining unsigned. Teams such as the Mets, Rangers, and Padres are expected to target the thirteen-season MLB still left-hander in the approaching hours, per resources.

Although the offseason additions of Griffin Canning, Frankie Montas and Clay Holmes as well as re-signing of Sean Manaea looked as if it would finish the likelihood of Quintana returning, an harm to Montas may be renewing their initiatives to incorporate extra depth.

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Montas experienced a large grade proper lat pressure all through his firstbullpen session in spring instruction. The Mets mentioned he’d be shut down for 6-eight weeks, even though Montas informed reporters Wednesday that It might be nearer to four-6 months.

Either way, the Mets open up their year on March 27, suggesting Montas could miss out on the first thirty day period of action by the time he ramps up and pitches in slight league rehab game titles.

At this time, the Mets’ rotation, which is expected to include six pitchers, has Manaea, Kodai Senga, David Peterson, Holmes, Paul Blackburn and Canning. But the depth thins speedily following that If your Mets are certainly not all set to dip into their best pitching potential customers such as Brandon Sproat.

Quintana spent the 2023-24 seasons While using the Mets, pitching a hundred and seventy one/three of his 246 normal-season innings final calendar year. He recorded a three.70 ERA and one.27 Period. He also started out 3 games in the playoffs, heading 0-one and enabling five attained operates in 14 1/three innings (three.14 ERA).

He attained $26 million more than his two-yr cope with the Mets, and, now 36, he’d be a short-expression, inexpensive selection for the back again of a rotation on the Mets or elsewhere.

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