Brewers sign longtime nemesis José Quintana to bolster starting rotation
José Quintana is a Brewer killer no more.
The Milwaukee Brewers, in need of starting pitching depth, reportedly signed the veteran left-hander after years of years of repeatedly facing him on the mound, including in some of their most high-profile games in recent memory. The move was first reported by Robert Murray of FanSided.
Quintana, 36, spent all of last season with the New York Mets, with a 3.75 earned run average in 31 starts, but the Brewers are more familiar with him from his time with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Beginning in 2017, when the Cubs acquired him from the White Sox and lined up his starts to face the Brewers each time they would play down the stretch, Quintana has faced the Brewers 23 times in the regular season and owns a 2.98 ERA with 131 strikeouts in 130 innings.
Quintana faced the Brewers seven times in 2018 alone, including in Game 163, which Quintana and the Cubs lost as Milwaukee won the National League Central Division.
Fittingly, Quintana took the ball for the Mets in Game 3 of the wild-card series last October, throwing six shutout innings of New York's 4-2 win.
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The Brewers have targeted Quintana in free agency for an extended time this off-season, sources said, but a restricted budget kept negotiations from advancing at times. The Mets were reportedly contenders to land Quintana's services at one point, but their interest waned and ultimately the Brewers and Quintana struck a deal.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers sign longtime nemesis José Quintana to bolster pitching
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