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Cleveland Guardians exile SP Cal Quantrill to the Colorado Rockies for C Kody Huff.
As Jeffrey Paternostro famous on the newest episode of Five & Dive, it feels virtually vindictive to banish a starter to a spot the place he’ll get hit so arduous they’ll should put him in a full-body swimsuit made out of Alex Torres’ hat. Huff’s profile tendencies closely towards “future scout,” which might’t be value greater than Quantrill’s well-being.
Nobody ever makes use of the “he can’t preserve 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 in opposition to each his fastballs and his offspeed, rendering him under substitute degree.
