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OC Register: Angels send Jose Quintana to the bullpen, where he’ll work in short relief


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ANAHEIM ― If the next step for Jose Quintana wasn’t obvious from his performance, it was confirmed when the Angels activated the veteran left-hander from the injured list Monday, days before the team needed a starting pitcher.

Quintana is headed to the bullpen, Manager Joe Maddon confirmed Tuesday. Save for last season, most of which he missed because of a fluke injury to his left hand, Quintana has been a starter for the entirety of his 10-year major league career.

“We spoke with ‘Q’ a couple days ago,” Maddon said. “Total team guy. He absolutely gets it: ‘I’ll do whatever it takes.’ We could flip him back into the rotation at some point. He still views himself as a starter but isn’t going out there with any kind of chip on his shoulder regarding being upset.”

Quintana was 0-3 with a 7.22 earned-run average in nine starts before he was sidelined by inflammation in his left shoulder on May 31. The 32-year-old signed a one-year, $8 million contract in January. He has walked 26 batters in 33⅓ innings.

The decision to bump Quintana from the rotation was made possible by the emergence of left-hander Patrick Sandoval. The 24-year-old from Mission Viejo has a 3.13 earned-run average in six starts since he joined the Angels’ rotation as an injury replacement. He has completed five innings in each of his last five outings, including a victory over the Tigers on Saturday.

Overall, Sandoval is 2-2 with a 3.69 ERA in nine appearances this season.

“We felt it was not wise to take Sandoval out of the rotation,” Maddon said.

Quintana’s role isn’t set in stone, but Maddon said his appearances would occur in shorter spurts rather than long-relief appearances.

RODRIGUEZ ROCKETS UP

On Monday the Angels optioned right-hander Chris Rodriguez to Double-A Rocket City, where he will be built up as a starting pitcher. Rodriguez had been used exclusively as a reliever in 13 appearances this season, going 2-0 with a 3.66 ERA.

Rodriguez had a 2.30 ERA before going on the injured list with shoulder inflammation in May. Since he returned earlier this month, he’s allowed four earned runs in four innings.

Rodriguez hasn’t thrown more than 1⅓ innings in a single outing since April. Now, Maddon said, he will get a chance to build his stamina at Double-A before reporting to Triple-A.

“Pitching there is a little more amenable to doing that as opposed to Salt Lake City (where the Angels’ Triple-A affiliate is based), not because of competition, more because of elements,” Maddon said. “Sometimes it’s difficult to control because the ball flies there, quite frankly.”

The Rocket City Trash Pandas are based in Madison, Alabama.

ALSO

The Angels recalled pitcher José Quijada from Triple-A Salt Lake for the third time this season. The left-hander appeared in one game during each of his first two stints, throwing 3⅓ scoreless innings. In 12 games with Salt Lake, Quijada is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA and 22 strikeouts. … The Angels had an open space on their roster after demoting Rodriguez and Jaime Barría on Monday. … Wednesday’s game has the potential to be the first in major league history in which a National League team uses a designated hitter and an American League team does not.

UP NEXT

Angels (RHP Shohei Ohtani, 3-1, 2.70 ERA) vs. San Francisco (RHP Kevin Gausman, 8-1, 1.51 ERA), Wednesday, 1:07 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM

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