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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1797606" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-quintana-gives-cardinals-best-chance-against-phillies-in-game-1-and-other-series-thoughts/article_dbbdc58f-d1b6-5a6b-a603-565b5d37d481.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson" target="_blank">Ben Frederickson</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd go with Q for Game 1.</p><p>Jose Quintana, the veteran left-hander who emerged as one of the Cardinals' steadiest and most efficient arms down the stretch, would be my pick to start off this wild-card series against the Phillies.</p><p>The Phillies have been a hair more powerful against southpaws like Quintana (.774 on-base plus slugging percentage) than against right-handers (.731 OPS) but not enough to keep you from starting a seasoned starter who since his trade-deadline arrival from Pittsburgh has produced a 2.01 ERA in 12 starts and 62.2 innings pitched. That’s lower than all but six qualified major league starters during that span, and better than guys like Shane Bieber (2.10), Blake Snell (2.42) and should-be National League Cy Young Award winner and former Cardinal Sandy Alcantara (2.84). And Quintana has been even better since September. In his last six starts he has limited opponents to a .183 average, a .217 on-base percentage and a .226 slugging percentage. During that span his ERA is 0.81, with 28 strikeouts in 33.1 innings, and just four walks.</p><p></p><p>The 33-year-old Quintana has allowed just one home run while wearing the Cardinals uniform, and that feels like an important thing to note considering the power that can be found in this Phillies lineup. Philadelphia (205 homers) was one of four National League clubs to sock 200-plus home runs this season. Quintana and his 48.9 percent groundball rate as a Cardinal have his chance to keep the Phillies grounded. Quintana has allowed no more than two earned runs in any of the five games he's started as a Cardinal at Busch Stadium, and he surrendered one or fewer in three. He experienced the pressure of the postseason with the Cubs in 2017. He's well rested after pitching three sharp tune-up innings (38 pitches) on Monday. Is he going to go seven innings? Probably not. Is he going to go eight or nine? No chance Newsflash: No starter in this rotation is. Especially not with this manager. But Quintana can give the Cardinals their best chance to win Game 1, and their best chance and perplexing the Phillies as the series evolves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1797606, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-quintana-gives-cardinals-best-chance-against-phillies-in-game-1-and-other-series-thoughts/article_dbbdc58f-d1b6-5a6b-a603-565b5d37d481.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson']Ben Frederickson[/URL] I'd go with Q for Game 1. Jose Quintana, the veteran left-hander who emerged as one of the Cardinals' steadiest and most efficient arms down the stretch, would be my pick to start off this wild-card series against the Phillies. The Phillies have been a hair more powerful against southpaws like Quintana (.774 on-base plus slugging percentage) than against right-handers (.731 OPS) but not enough to keep you from starting a seasoned starter who since his trade-deadline arrival from Pittsburgh has produced a 2.01 ERA in 12 starts and 62.2 innings pitched. That’s lower than all but six qualified major league starters during that span, and better than guys like Shane Bieber (2.10), Blake Snell (2.42) and should-be National League Cy Young Award winner and former Cardinal Sandy Alcantara (2.84). And Quintana has been even better since September. In his last six starts he has limited opponents to a .183 average, a .217 on-base percentage and a .226 slugging percentage. During that span his ERA is 0.81, with 28 strikeouts in 33.1 innings, and just four walks. The 33-year-old Quintana has allowed just one home run while wearing the Cardinals uniform, and that feels like an important thing to note considering the power that can be found in this Phillies lineup. Philadelphia (205 homers) was one of four National League clubs to sock 200-plus home runs this season. Quintana and his 48.9 percent groundball rate as a Cardinal have his chance to keep the Phillies grounded. Quintana has allowed no more than two earned runs in any of the five games he's started as a Cardinal at Busch Stadium, and he surrendered one or fewer in three. He experienced the pressure of the postseason with the Cubs in 2017. He's well rested after pitching three sharp tune-up innings (38 pitches) on Monday. Is he going to go seven innings? Probably not. Is he going to go eight or nine? No chance Newsflash: No starter in this rotation is. Especially not with this manager. But Quintana can give the Cardinals their best chance to win Game 1, and their best chance and perplexing the Phillies as the series evolves. [/QUOTE]
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