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Cleveland Guardians exile SP Cal Quantrill to the Colorado Rockies for C Kody Huff.
As Jeffrey Paternostro famous on the most recent episode of 5 & Dive, it feels nearly vindictive to banish a starter to a spot the place he’ll get hit so exhausting they’ll need to put him in a full-body swimsuit made out of Alex Torres’ hat. Huff’s profile tendencies closely towards “future scout,” which may’t be price greater than Quantrill’s well-being.
Nobody ever makes use of the “he can’t hold getting away with it” meme with a second panel that’s simply “okay, yeah, he didn’t,” however that was Quantrill’s 2023 season. After his rWAR outpaced his WARP considerably in two years of beginning for the Guardians, 5.7 to 1.5, actuality got here as a sledgehammer, with hitters slugging .456 towards each his fastballs and his offspeed, rendering him beneath substitute degree.
