The Mets traded nearly everything of value on their roster at last week’s deadline — except for Jose Quintana.
After watching the left-hander deliver another strong performance, even Buck Showalter seemed surprised the quality starter, who has another year on his contract, is still on the roster.
And he figures to be in 2024, as well, when the games at least might have more importance than the one he lost on Sunday. The damage done by the Orioles against Quintana came with some help from the Mets’ unimpressive defense, as a Rafael Ortega misplay led to a triple by Jorge Mateo in the fifth. Mateo scored when the next batter, Adley Rutchsman, grounded to third and Mark Vientos didn’t handle it cleanly.
“Who knows?” Quintana said. “It’s not in my control. It was one of the hard times of my career, to see how the team started so slow. But we’ll keep competing.’’Showalter couldn’t help but wonder what a healthy Quintana would have meant to the season.
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