{"id":679409,"date":"2026-04-19T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679409\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:04:48","slug":"rangers-shouldnt-judge-cal-quantrills-value-by-mariners-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679409\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Shouldn\u2019t Judge Cal Quantrill\u2019s Value by Mariners Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas Rangers <\/a>were lucky they were able to stash pitcher Cal Quantrill in Triple-A to start the season. <\/p>\n

The 31-year-old former first-round pick was on a minor league deal in Texas<\/a>. When he failed to make the Rangers\u2019 opening day roster after spring training, he could have asked for his release and Texas might have granted it. Or, the Rangers could have traded him for something. Instead, Texas kept him \u2014 and it\u2019s already paid off. <\/p>\n

Texas called up him up earlier this week, along with rookie Gavin Collyer, after the Rangers placed relievers Luis Curvelo and Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list. Quantrill was originally envisioned as rotation depth. Now, he\u2019s worked through two turns in the bullpen, both of which were valuable in their own way. <\/p>\n

Cal Quantrill\u2019s Two Rangers Outings\"Canada<\/p>\n

Canada starting pitcher Cal Quantrill. | Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

His first appearance was against the Athletics on Thursday. Quantrill isn\u2019t used to throwing in the ninth inning of a leverage situation, but that\u2019s where he found himself after the Rangers used four other relievers ahead of him. Texas lost the lead after the A\u2019s scored four runs in the eighth inning. Texas handed Quantrill a three-run lead with a four-run ninth inning. <\/p>\n

He was near-perfect. He gave up just one hit and got through the inning with no other damage. Quantrill claimed his first win of the season. The Rangers re-claimed the AL West lead. <\/p>\n

Then, on Saturday night, Quantrill entered the game in the sixth inning and the Rangers down 3-1. Nathan Eovaldi started the sixth but gave up a Luke Raley home run. Texas still had a chance to get back in the game, but it also had an exhausted bullpen. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker<\/a> used five relievers on Friday to preserve a Texas win. Quantrill hadn\u2019t pitched since Thursday, so he got the call. <\/p>\n

Texas<\/a> clearly made a choice. Quantrill was going to go the distance. He ended up throwing 65 pitches, piggybacking on Eovaldi\u2019s five innings. He allowed three hits, three earned runs and two walks while he struck out five. The Mariners got him for three more runs in the eighth inning. <\/p>\n

Had this been September and the heat of a pennant race, it\u2019s likely that Schumaker would have approached things differently. But Saturday was game 21 of 162. Sometimes pitchers like Quantrill must eat innings to help the rest of the bullpen. <\/p>\n

So, Quantrill shouldn\u2019t be judged by Saturday night. The Monday before he was promoted, he was named the Pacific Coast League pitcher of the week. In two starts with Round Rock he struck out 10 hitters in 12 innings without a walk. <\/p>\n

The Rangers knew they would need him at some point. That\u2019s why they optioned him instead of releasing him or trading him. Three weeks into the season he\u2019s proven his value. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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