Jose Quintana is one of the most coveted pitchers on the free agent market. He has been dominant on the mound – atleast 200 innings pitched with a sub 3.60 ERA the past four seasons – and comes at a discounted rate – just $7 million in 2017 and under team control until 2020.
Any team in need of front-line pitching could be interested in Quintana. However reports had his market down to the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both teams aren’t just in need of starting pitching, but have the farm systems to get a deal done. It has seemed as if one of those two teams would be Quintana’s eventual landing spot.
However while Quintana’s potential landing spot was thought to be figured out, fans never really got a great understanding of what the White Sox would receive in return. Brian Bilek of Sox Net recently wrote an article in an effort to change that.
In Bilek’s latest piece, he detailed the seven most likely landing spots for Quintana and what it would take to get a deal done. The seven teams he listed, in order from least to most likely, were the Rangers, Dodgers, Rockies, Yankees, Astros, Braves and Pirates.
For the Rangers, he reported that the White Sox have insisted on either Nomar Mazara or Yohander Mendez as headliners, an idea Texas has balked at. Due to this, the Rangers seem like an unlikely landing spot for Quintana.
Bilek did say that a likely trade package includes: Leody Tavares, Andy Ibanez, Joey Gallo and a Single A pitcher. However it seemed as if Bilek was speculating rather than reporting with that offer.
Bilek noted that while the Dodgers and White Sox have had talks over Quintana, the Los Angeles refused to include top prospect Cody Bellinger, making a deal unlikely.
Finally, the Sox Net reporter wrote that the White Sox would want one of David Dahl or Brendan Rodgers in return from the Rockies. He noted that with due to Colorado’s confusing front office, it’s hard to gauge just how serious talks have gotten.
As for the Pirates, Astros, Yankees and Braves, Bilek reported what seems to be the team’s offers for Jose Quintana. While he did note that his article was conjecture, or a conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information, each trade package seems similar to what the White Sox would get in a deal.
While it isn’t certain that each trade package is 100% correct, Bilek’s report pinpoints the outline of any Quintana deal.
With Bilek touching on every team involved, fans can now decide which trade package they feel is best if the White Sox were to trade Jose Quintana.
