{"id":708129,"date":"2026-05-25T06:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708129\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:12:37","slug":"jose-quintana-injures-elbow-rockies-rotation-take-another-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708129\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Quintana injures elbow, Rockies rotation take another hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best thing that happened to the reeling Rockies on Sunday happened in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Ryan Feltner pitched five strong innings for Triple-A Albuquerque in a rehab start and should be returning to the big-league club soon. The Rockies desperately need him because their starting rotation is in a shambles.\n<\/p>\n

Feltner, who was dealing with right ulnar nerve inflammation,<\/a> allowed one run on six hits, struck out five, and walked one. He threw 67 pitches, 44 for strikes.\n<\/p>\n

In their 9-1 drubbing at the hands of the Diamondbacks on Sunday at Chase Field, veteran left-hander Jose Quintana <\/a>departed with one out in the second inning with a tight and painful left elbow. Before leaving the game, he was bludgeoned by Arizona, giving up six runs on six hits, including a leadoff double to Ketel Marte in the first, immediately followed by a triple by Corbin Carroll.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just elbow tightness,\u201d manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters in Phoenix.\u00a0 \u201cHis elbow tightened up on him; discomfort in there. So we had to get him out of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Quintana, pitching on a one-year, $6 million contract, sounded a more ominous tone, telling MLB.com: \u201cIt feels pretty bad right now, quite painful. In the second inning, I felt (stress) in my elbow. That\u2019s the first time I have felt that. It\u2019s really frustrating to leave the game in the middle of the inning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schaeffer said that there were no indications that Quintana\u2019s elbow was bothering him heading into Sunday\u2019s start.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just happened today,\u201d Schaeffer said, but he did not provide more updates.<\/p>\n

Quintana added that he felt some fatigue in his elbow while warming up before the game. He said he\u2019s hoping for the best and expects to undergo an MRI on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel any pop in (my elbow) and I don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s anything broken,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I felt a lot of pain, especially with my offspeed (pitches). I felt a heaviness in the elbow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quintanta, along with veteran right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano,<\/a> has been the Rockies\u2019 only reliable starter of late, especially with right-hander Chase Dollander on the injured list with elbow tightness. Entering Sunday\u2019s game, Quintana was 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in his four starts this month.<\/p>\n

Dollander is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least another three weeks, so Feltner\u2019s return is paramount. Schaeffer, however, did not say if Feltner will be rejoining the rotation later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be discussing that behind closed doors,\u201d Schaeffer said, adding that he\u2019d announce Feltner\u2019s status on either Monday or Tuesday when the Rockies are in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Overall, things have gone from mediocre to bad for Colorado.\u00a0After inspiring hope with a 14-18 record in March and April, the Rockies own a 6-16 record in May. Bad starting pitching is at the root of the losses. Colorado starters are 2-13 with an 8.26 ERA. Michael Lorenzen, who, along with Quintana and Sugano, was signed as a free agent during the offseason, is 2-7 with a 7.21 ERA this season. Colorado mainstay Kyle Freeland is 1-5 with a 7.04 ERA.\n<\/p>\n

Poor performance and short starts have taxed the bullpen. So much so that on Sunday, for the second time in less than a week, catcher Brett Sullivan was called to the mound to finish the game to save bullpen arms.<\/p>\n

The Rockies lost three of four in Arizona, and all of them were close games, save for Sunday\u2019s blowout. Arizona won 2-1 on Thursday, Colorado won 3-2 on Friday, and the D-backs prevailed, 5-4, on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, this series, I thought we played well enough to win three out of the four games,\u201d Schaeffer said. \u201cLack of execution loses one-run ballgames. They executed, and we didn\u2019t, in general. We just need to get over that hump and start flipping those one-run games the other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pitching probables<\/p>\n

Monday: Rockies TBA at Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (3-1, 4.93 ERA), 7:10 p.m.
Tuesday: Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-5, 7.04) at Dodgers LHP Eric Lauer (1-5, 6.69), 8:10 p.m.
Wednesday: Rockies TBA at Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani (4-2, 0.73), 8:10 p.m.
Thursday: Off day
TV: Rockies.TV
Radio: KOA 850 AM\/94.1 FM<\/p>\n

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