The Angels have an agreement with a free agent southpaw Jose Quintana, pending a physical examination, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. It is a one year contract, $ 8 million for the Wasserman client, for Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports.
Quintana was one of the most talented inn-eaters available at the free agency, as the 31-year-old has launched 1,495 frames of ERA / 3.99 SIERA 3.73 ball between White Sox and Cubs since his career started in 2012. Of course , a good part of Quintana’s career was spent with Angels manager Joe Maddon, who was the captain of the Cubs when the southpaw pitched for the 2017-19 club. Maddon was with the Angels last season, when Quintana lost most of the year with thumb problems. He totaled just one game and 10 entries in his last season in Chicago.
Last year’s injury problems look like an anomaly for Quintana, who has entered the season with seven consecutive campaigns of more than 170 entries. This is the kind of durability that Angels have lacked in recent years. They battled a litany of injuries in their rotation on the way to six consecutive seasons with no playoff slot, but a healthy Quintana can help change their fortunes in 2021.
Together with Quintana, the Angels will present Dylan Bundy, Andrew Heaney and Griffin Canning among the top four of the rotation next season. Bidirectional player Shohei Ohtani and Jaime Barria I would also risk getting a lot of starts for the club, although new general manager Perry Minasian may not have just tackled that part of the Angels squad.