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Red Sox To Sign Carlos Quentin

By Jeff Todd | February 8, 2017 at 2:00pm CDT

SATURDAY 9:57am: Quentin can make $750K in the Majors, Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald tweets.

WEDNESDAY 2:00pm: There’s no invite to Major League camp on Quentin’s deal with the Red Sox, reports WEEI’s Rob Bradford, so it seems he’ll head to minor league camp and open the season in Triple-A. Bradford cites a lack of depth in the team’s current minor league outfield options as well as the fact that Quentin has dropped 40 pounds behind the signing.

12:52pm: The Red Sox have agreed to a deal with veteran slugger Carlos Quentin, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter). It’s all but certain that the deal is of the minor-league variety, though it’s not clear whether Quentin will receive an invite to MLB camp.

Quentin last appeared in the pages here at MLBTR when he took his free agency from the Twins last spring. After failing to crack the Minnesota roster out of camp, he asked for his release rather than taking a spot at the Triple-A level.

That brought an end to Quentin’s most recent comeback attempt, but it seems he has at least one more try left in the tank. Now 34, the right-handed-hitting outfielder has not seen the majors since 2014, when he struggled in a fifty-game stint with the Padres.

Despite the recent layoff and long-running knee problems, Quentin does have a long track record of quality offensive production. Between 2008 and 2013, he posted a .260/.356/.503 batting line with 136 home runs over 2,638 plate appearances.

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43 Comments

  1. a1544

    8 years ago

    I thought this was to coach when I first saw the headline lol

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    • chieftoto

      8 years ago

      Same

      Reply
  2. LADreamin

    8 years ago

    Is he trying to rush Greinke on the mound just one more time?

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  3. aknott1

    8 years ago

    I can’t believe he’s only 34.

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    • bbatardo

      8 years ago

      34 with the knees of a 50 year old lol

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      • scogan

        8 years ago

        Those knees are waaaaay older than 50. Haha.

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    • pukelit

      8 years ago

      I was thinking the same thing I thought he was 39 or 40

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    • Priggs89

      8 years ago

      No kidding. Dude used to mash for the White Sox. Feels like that was so long ago.

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  4. citizen

    8 years ago

    almost fairly certain this is the missing piece in the jose quintana trade.

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    • redsox for_life

      8 years ago

      They miss on Jose Valbuena and Ploutfe now in desperation mode!!

      Reply
      • vtadave

        8 years ago

        Who?

        Reply
        • redsfan48

          8 years ago

          He meant Luis Valbuena and Trevor Plouffe I think.

          Reply
        • TheChanceyColborn

          8 years ago

          Quintana, Plouffe, and Valbuena. He just couldn’t grammar.

          Reply
        • redsox for_life

          8 years ago

          Loll

          Reply
        • SimonSwings

          8 years ago

          Grammar? I hardly know her!

          Reply
        • whimsy

          8 years ago

          Love it

          Reply
  5. BrodiesHairisGreezy!

    8 years ago

    He must have some dirty pictures of the Bosox Front-office.

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    • redsox for_life

      8 years ago

      Yes Luis Valbuena and Plouffe

      Reply
  6. davbee

    8 years ago

    One of the best pure hitters I saw in the minor leagues. Can’t imagine there’s much left in the tank.

    Reply
  7. BrittBurnsFan

    8 years ago

    When I see stories like this part of me thinks “why, just retire and go home” but 34 is pretty young in the real world and now that I am older I find myself thinking “why not, what do you have to lose?”! Can’t hurt to try…

    Reply
  8. rcglanzer

    8 years ago

    It’s a shame he didn’t take that AAA assignment with the Twins. He almost certainly would have been added to the roster and called up, judging by other outfielders who made appearances in Minnesota during the season.

    Reply
    • redsfan48

      8 years ago

      To be fair, they had at least 3 solid outfielders last year with Buxton, Kepler and Grossman

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      • TheChrisMLB

        8 years ago

        Solid? Buxton is a bust

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  9. hamelin4mvp

    8 years ago

    Hard to believe it’s already been 9 years since he finished 5th in MVP voting.

    Reply
  10. reseda refugee

    8 years ago

    As a Padre fan, I was the one who was in pain…every time he tried to hobble from base to base.

    Reply
  11. phantomofdb

    8 years ago

    MLB all time Q home run leader is back

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    • chieftoto

      8 years ago

      My name irl is Quentin so I gotta rep

      Reply
  12. A'sfaninUK

    8 years ago

    There’s probably a stack of superior under 30 indy ball players out there who deserve this spot – go away Quintin, your time is done. Retire and do something else with your life.

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    • _kherz23

      8 years ago

      I hate people like you. Let the man do what he wants

      Reply
    • phillies012tg

      8 years ago

      Your a very bitter person. If it were your career/dream, you wouldn’t give up on it either. Why don’t you dial it back a bit and relax.

      Reply
    • bravesfan1998

      8 years ago

      Yup

      Reply
  13. oaklandathletics116

    8 years ago

    he’s alive??

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  14. bravesfan1998

    8 years ago

    He must hate the braves because the second he got traded to the braves he retired

    Reply
  15. AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres

    8 years ago

    He didn’t retire?

    Reply
  16. Monkey’s Uncle

    8 years ago

    As long as no one expects him to play defense, why not see what he can do? If he can hit, maybe he can help. Unfortunately, even when he was younger and lighter he played in the outfield like he was roller skating in mud.

    Reply
  17. gomerhodge71

    8 years ago

    Well, I guess when you toss half your minor league system out the door, this is what you have to replace it with.

    Reply
  18. nysoxsam

    8 years ago

    Sounds simply like insurance in case of a spring training injury to Chris Young. no other way he makes the roster.

    Reply
  19. soundwave

    8 years ago

    Imagine if he never hit that bat and broke his wrist. He would have been a superstar.

    Don’t hit bats with your wrist lol

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  20. giants51

    8 years ago

    Has been…..

    Reply
  21. Grebek7

    8 years ago

    He carried chisox to playoffs that year. He coulda been a beast if he drank more milk & didn’t punch bats with his wrist. We needed him to advance that year not nearly enough offense w/o him. I hope he can help BoSox this year

    Reply
  22. chieftoto

    8 years ago

    Was it him who charged the mound on Greinke and broke G’s collarbone or was it someone else?

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    • redsox for_life

      8 years ago

      Him!!

      Reply
      • Austin0723

        8 years ago

        That’s a very valuable skill to have

        Reply

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