Jose Quintana

BIOGRAPHY

José Quintana was born January 24, 1989, in Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

In 2013, Quintana pitched 200 innings in 33 starts, going 9–7 with 164 strikeouts and a 3.51 ERA. His 17 no decisions were the most among MLB starting pitchers in 2013. On March 24, 2014, Quintana signed a five-year extension with the White Sox, which also includes club options for a further two years. He qualified as a "Super 2" arbitration-eligible player after the 2014 season, activating a clause in his contract making the deal worth a guaranteed $26.5 million. During the 2014 year, Quintana made 32 starts going 9–11 with 178 strikeouts and a 3.32 ERA in 200+1⁄3 innings.

He followed up with a 3.36 ERA and 9–10 record with 177 strikeouts in 206+1⁄3 innings in 2015. That season he led all major league pitchers in curveball percentage (30.9%).

Through the All-Star break in 2016, Quintana pitched to a 7–8 record with a 3.21 ERA in 117+2⁄3 innings pitched. He was named to the MLB All-Star Game as an injury replacement for Danny Salazar. He finished the season 13–12 with a 3.20 ERA, striking out 181 batters while making 32 starts.

On August 30, 2021, Quintana was claimed off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants. Quintana made five appearances for the Giants, posting a 4.66 ERA with 12 strikeouts. On September 30, he was designated for assignment. On October 15, Quintana elected free agency.

On November 29, 2021, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Quintana to a one-year contract for $2 million.

After a scoreless effort against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 29, he, alongside Chris Stratton, was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Malcom Núñez and Johan Oviedo. He had a 3.50 ERA at this point in the season.

He made his debut for the Cardinals on August 4 in the second game of a double-header at Busch Stadium, tossing six innings of one-run baseball, and striking out seven. He was charged with another no decision, although St. Louis would win the game, 7–2. He earned his first win with the team against the Colorado Rockies in his next start. He ended August with 3.38 ERA for the month, a 1–1 record, and 20 strikeouts in 29 innings pitched. In September, Quintana won his first start of the month against the Washington Nationals on September 6, and followed this up with eight scoreless innings and six strikeouts against the Cincinnati Reds on September 17. Quintana had a 0.89 ERA in five starts in September, pitching 30 innings, striking out 28 while walking just three, and only allowed three earned runs during the whole month.

For the 2022 season, Quintana finished with a career-best 2.93 ERA in 165+2⁄3 total innings pitched, striking out 137 in 32 games played, all of them starts. Quintana started Game 1 of Wild Card Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. In the game, he pitched 5+1⁄3 scoreless innings, striking out 3, and walking just one.

In December of 2022, Quintana signed with the New York Mets for 2 years at 26 million dollars.