Jose Quintana twice "Granted Free Agency" by Brian Cashman, Yankee general manager.

Jose Quintana:
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.
Born: January 24, 1989 in Arjona, Bolivar, Colombia (Age 27)

Jose Quintana: another Brian Cashman mistake. Sunday, May 15, 2016

Jose Quintana:

• April 26, 2006: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
• July 31, 2007: Released by the New York Mets.
• March 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
• December 15, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
• November 9, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Jose Quintana is a left handed starting pitcher who will be 28 in late January, 2017. He has only pitched in the majors for the Chicago White Sox. Jose Quintana never pitched for the New York Yankees.

Jose Quintana is not Sandy Koufax or Clayton Kershaw. However, Jose Quintana is a workhorse and very effective. Plus, Jose Quintana is someone the Yankees desperately need whether they know it or not: a LEFTY starting pitcher. 1947 is the only season when the Yankees won the championship without a lefty starter.

So, the sheer and utter incompetence concerning Jose Quintana by Yankee general manager Brian Cashman will be examined in more detail than in the previous post that simply listed the fact that Cashman had twice "Granted Free Agency" to Jose Quintana without Jose Quintana ever pitching for the Yankees.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	23	CHW	AL	6	6	.500	3.76	25	22	2	0	0	0	136.1	142	62	57	14	42	4	81	3	2	10	568	113	4.23	1.350	9.4	0.9	2.8	5.3	1.93
2013	24	CHW	AL	9	7	.563	3.51	33	33	0	0	0	0	200.0	188	83	78	23	56	2	164	5	1	2	832	120	3.82	1.220	8.5	1.0	2.5	7.4	2.93
2014	25	CHW	AL	9	11	.450	3.32	32	32	0	0	0	0	200.1	197	87	74	10	52	3	178	2	0	7	830	113	2.81	1.243	8.9	0.4	2.3	8.0	3.42
2015	26	CHW	AL	9	10	.474	3.36	32	32	0	1	1	0	206.1	218	81	77	16	44	4	177	8	0	5	862	116	3.18	1.270	9.5	0.7	1.9	7.7	4.02
2016 ★	27	CHW	AL	13	12	.520	3.20	32	32	0	0	0	0	208.0	192	76	74	22	50	1	181	4	1	10	837	125	3.56	1.163	8.3	1.0	2.2	7.8	3.62	AS
5 Yrs				46	46	.500	3.41	154	151	2	1	1	0	951.0	937	389	360	85	244	14	781	22	4	34	3929	118	3.47	1.242	8.9	0.8	2.3	7.4	3.20
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.500	3.41	34	34	0	0	0	0	212	209	87	80	19	54	3	174	5	1	8	876	118	3.47	1.242	8.9	0.8	2.3	7.4	3.20

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Generated 11/8/2016.

Jose Quintana has thrown at least 200 innings in each of the four full seasons he pitched for the White Sox.

Let's see how Yankee starters did in those seasons, 2013-2016. And let's use a very low threshold, 400 innings, while Jose Quintana was racking up twice that, over 800 innings.

Rk	Player	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	HR	BF	IBB	HBP	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH	SF	2B	3B	GDP	SB	CS	PO
1	CC Sabathia	604.0	90	2013	2016	32-35	99	99	3	0	0	32	39	.451	0	642	328	305	190	512	4.54	4.36	88	2611	9	23	3	16	.272	.330	.439	.769	108	19	17	114	9	62	13	6	2
2	Masahiro Tanaka	490.0	132	2014	2016	25-27	75	75	4	1	0	39	16	.709	0	428	188	170	84	445	3.12	3.53	62	1956	0	8	0	15	.232	.267	.390	.657	77	7	14	93	6	28	14	6	3
3	Michael Pineda	412.2	101	2014	2016	25-27	72	72	1	0	0	23	27	.460	0	416	199	188	81	422	4.10	3.42	53	1714	1	9	1	14	.259	.296	.431	.727	95	6	10	91	13	19	25	21	3
4	Hiroki Kuroda	400.1	112	2013	2014	38-39	64	64	1	1	0	22	22	.500	0	382	170	156	78	296	3.51	3.58	40	1644	2	12	0	19	.249	.288	.387	.676	88	7	13	84	4	27	10	8	3

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Generated 11/8/2016.

The ERA+ for Jose Quintana was 118. Only Masahiro Tanaka did better and that in only 490 innings in three seasons.

Now let's look at all pitchers in 2013-2016 with at least 800 innings.

Rk	Player	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	HR	BF	IBB	HBP	BK	WP	Tm	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH	SF	2B	3B	GDP	SB	CS	PO
1	Max Scherzer	891.2	137	2013	2016	28-31	132	132	6	4	0	73	27	.730	0	689	304	292	209	1052	2.95	2.90	94	3541	5	21	4	28	DET-WSN	.211	.261	.355	.617	69	24	21	162	14	36	41	23	3
2	David Price	885.1	124	2013	2016	27-30	128	128	12	1	0	60	34	.638	0	825	354	321	162	875	3.26	3.04	88	3588	4	18	0	16	TBR-DET-TOR-BOS	.245	.281	.381	.663	81	17	20	167	15	67	24	18	8
3	Madison Bumgarner	863.2	130	2013	2016	23-26	130	130	12	5	0	64	37	.634	0	699	301	274	198	903	2.86	3.06	83	3457	11	27	2	15	SFG	.219	.269	.346	.616	75	27	19	133	11	59	26	26	17
4	Jeff Samardzija	850.2	97	2013	2016	28-31	130	130	7	3	0	38	50	.432	0	819	405	380	224	746	4.02	3.76	98	3532	10	31	0	28	CHC-OAK-CHW-SFG	.253	.306	.409	.715	99	17	22	156	28	74	59	25	2
5	Jon Lester	840.2	132	2013	2016	29-32	129	129	5	2	0	61	36	.629	0	740	310	280	214	801	3.00	3.18	72	3412	0	25	0	20	BOS-OAK-CHC	.236	.288	.363	.652	81	16	14	162	12	69	100	33	2
6	James Shields	839.2	101	2013	2016	31-34	134	134	4	1	0	46	43	.517	0	836	392	367	275	727	3.93	4.29	116	3567	8	36	5	40	KCR-SDP-CHW	.260	.323	.433	.756	109	17	20	165	22	78	44	21	10
7	Cole Hamels	837.2	122	2013	2016	29-32	127	127	3	1	0	45	36	.556	0	756	325	304	248	815	3.27	3.44	81	3462	12	35	6	23	PHI-TEX	.241	.302	.375	.677	87	25	14	167	6	71	91	27	15
8	R.A. Dickey	824.1	100	2013	2016	38-41	131	130	6	1	1	49	52	.485	0	762	408	371	269	602	4.05	4.58	114	3469	3	41	4	26	TOR	.244	.310	.420	.729	99	8	24	166	21	70	19	10	10
9	Chris Sale	823.2	131	2013	2016	24-27	119	119	13	2	0	53	39	.576	0	688	305	278	172	941	3.04	3.01	86	3312	6	55	1	20	CHW	.225	.277	.352	.629	75	11	13	116	8	60	33	12	5
10	Corey Kluber	820.0	133	2013	2016	27-30	124	122	10	3	1	56	39	.589	0	719	313	288	186	877	3.16	2.93	73	3305	7	29	2	15	CLE	.235	.284	.368	.652	75	22	10	164	11	68	34	26	1
11	Clayton Kershaw	816.0	194	2013	2016	25-28	114	114	16	10	0	65	23	.739	0	563	190	170	136	944	1.88	2.03	43	3091	4	12	10	33	LAD	.193	.232	.280	.512	47	22	5	103	11	52	18	18	20
12	Jose Quintana	814.2	118	2013	2016	24-27	129	129	1	1	0	40	40	.500	0	795	327	303	202	700	3.35	3.34	71	3361	10	19	2	24	CHW	.256	.303	.389	.692	92	13	18	170	15	68	33	19	13

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Generated 11/8/2016.

Jose Quintana is number 12 in innings but he's number 9 in ERA+. And that's a pretty impressive group. It includes Cy Young award winners:
Kershaw: 2011, 2013, 2014
Dickey: 2012
Price: 2012
Scherzer: 2013
Kluber: 2014

Is there any doubt that the Yankees could have used Jose Quintana the last four seasons? Here are the Yankee win totals: 85, 84, 87, 84. On the bubble. In those seasons, 2013-2016, the Yankees qualified for the tournament only in 2015 when they lost the wild card game. Maybe having Jose Quintana in 2015 the Yankees could have finished first in their division and avoided that wild card game. In 2016 the Yankees gave up with more than one third of the season remaining. Maybe with Jose Quintana the Yankees would have added talent at the trading deadline instead of trading it for minor league players and gotten at least to the wild card game.

Finally, Jose Quintana is a relative bargain.

Year	Age	Team	Salary	ServTm(OpnDay)	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
2013	24	Chicago White Sox	$500,000	0.133	contracts
2014	25	Chicago White Sox	$850,000	1.133	contracts
2015	26	Chicago White Sox	$3,400,000	2.133	contracts
2016	27	Chicago White Sox	$5,400,000	3.133	$3.8m salary if not arbitration eligible after 2014 season
2017	28	Chicago White Sox	$7,000,000		$6.0m salary if not arbitration eligible after 2014 season
2018	29	Chicago White Sox	$8,850,000		$8.35m salary if not arbitration eligible after 2014 season
2019	30	Chicago White Sox	*$10,500,000		$10.5M Team Option, $1M Buyout
2020	31	Chicago White Sox	*$11,500,000		$11.5M Team Option, $1M Buyout
		Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,750,000	Does not include future salaries ($21.25M)

Free agent in 2019. It's likely that the White Sox will exercise their club option and keep Jose Quintana for $10.5 million. It's very unlikely that Jose Quintana will be "granted free agency" by the White Sox. You know, like Yankee GM Brian Cashman did ... twice.

Hal Steinbrenner, are you paying any attention at all?