The Rockies announced they’ve non-tendered right-hander Cal Quantrill and second baseman Brendan Rodgers . Both players are now free agents and the club’s 40-man roster count drops to 38. Quantrill, 30 in February, once seemed like a rotation building block for the Guardians but this is now two years in a row in which he’s lost his roster spot after a tough season.
From 2020 to 2022, he tossed 368 innings for the Guards with a 3.08 earned run average. His 18.
4% strikeout rate wasn’t amazing but he limited walks to a 6.7% clip and kept the ball on the ground 42.7% of the time.
But in 2023, shoulder inflammation limited him to 19 starts with a 5.24 ERA. His strikeout rate, which was already subpar, slid to 13.
1%. The Guards designated him for assignment and flipped him to Colorado for minor league catcher Kody Huff . The Rockies installed Quantrill into their beleaguered rotation, with Germán Márquez and Antonio Senzatela both recovering from Tommy John surgery.
They avoided arbitration with Quantrill by agreeing to a $6.55M salary. He went on to serve as a steady presence in the rotation but with fairly unexciting results.
Over 29 starts, he logged 148 1/3 innings with a 4.98 ERA. His 44.
4% ground ball rate was around league average but his 16.8% strikeout rate and 10.5% walk rate were both well below par.
MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected Quantrill for a raise to $9M next year, his final season of club control, but it seems the Rockies were uninterested in b.