Omar Quintanilla
Full Name: Omar Quintanilla
Born: October 24,1981
Place: El Paso, Texas
Position: SS
Height: 5-9 Weight: 185
Bats: L Throws: R
High School:
College: University of Texas
Drafted: Selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (33rd overall) of the 2003 amateur entry draft. (June-Reg phase)
Omar Quintinalla is the kind of infielder that contending major league teams can't afford to have anymore as the time has past for all-glove/no-hit middle infielders has come and gone. Q has improved his approach at the plate but he will never have the kind of bat needed for him to stick in the majors for any length of time baring injuries. Perhaps a team such as the Rockies could get away with having him on the roster if he could steal a base or two but he can't even do that with any regularity.
Look for Q to be a AAA player in the Rockie system for a few more years as infield insurance.
YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
2005 39 128 16 28 1 1 0 7 31 9 15 2 1 .270 .242 .219
2006 11 34 3 6 1 1 0 3 9 3 9 1 1 .243 .265 .176
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Career 50 162 19 34 2 2 0 10 40 12 24 3 2 .264 .247 .210
20006 season
Omar Quintinalla was picked up by the Rockies from the A's in the Joe Kennedy trade. Because the Rox gave up such a young starting pitcher for Q means that he must be more than what he is probably capable of. In fact, Q will never be much of a big leaguer in a real sense of true quality shortstops, he will instead make his contribution as a back up middle infielder.
O'Dowd gave up way to much to get Quintanilla and the hope is that he will develop into something he won't be able to achieve talent wise. His glove is first rate but his bat is so weak that you wonder what anybody ever saw in this guy mainly because of an incredibly long swing from the left side. You can go to just about any farm system and pluck 5 guys out of there that are the same type of player. One reason the Rockies acquired Jamey Carroll from Washington is to allow Quintanilla some time to work on his offensive development in AAA.
Born: October 24,1981
Place: El Paso, Texas
Position: SS
Height: 5-9 Weight: 185
Bats: L Throws: R
High School:
College: University of Texas
Drafted: Selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (33rd overall) of the 2003 amateur entry draft. (June-Reg phase)
Omar Quintinalla is the kind of infielder that contending major league teams can't afford to have anymore as the time has past for all-glove/no-hit middle infielders has come and gone. Q has improved his approach at the plate but he will never have the kind of bat needed for him to stick in the majors for any length of time baring injuries. Perhaps a team such as the Rockies could get away with having him on the roster if he could steal a base or two but he can't even do that with any regularity.
Look for Q to be a AAA player in the Rockie system for a few more years as infield insurance.
YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
2005 39 128 16 28 1 1 0 7 31 9 15 2 1 .270 .242 .219
2006 11 34 3 6 1 1 0 3 9 3 9 1 1 .243 .265 .176
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Career 50 162 19 34 2 2 0 10 40 12 24 3 2 .264 .247 .210
20006 season
Omar Quintinalla was picked up by the Rockies from the A's in the Joe Kennedy trade. Because the Rox gave up such a young starting pitcher for Q means that he must be more than what he is probably capable of. In fact, Q will never be much of a big leaguer in a real sense of true quality shortstops, he will instead make his contribution as a back up middle infielder.
O'Dowd gave up way to much to get Quintanilla and the hope is that he will develop into something he won't be able to achieve talent wise. His glove is first rate but his bat is so weak that you wonder what anybody ever saw in this guy mainly because of an incredibly long swing from the left side. You can go to just about any farm system and pluck 5 guys out of there that are the same type of player. One reason the Rockies acquired Jamey Carroll from Washington is to allow Quintanilla some time to work on his offensive development in AAA.
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9/23/06.. addition.. purplerow.com
2006 grade:
Omar Quintanilla - F Twice now in two seasons Q's gotten cups of coffee in the bigs and failed to make anything positive of them. Hopefully Dan O'Dowd is getting a restraining order placed on Billy Beane and any middle infield prospects he might have in his possession.
8/5/06
The Rockies activated infielder Omar Quintanilla from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Colorado Springs.
7/25/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Infielder Omar Quintanilla is still sore after bruising his shin. There's still a lot of swelling on the tibia. He can't jog, run or jump, but he can hit off a tee, play catch and ride the exercise bike. There is no timetable for his return.
The original CT scan and MRI were both negative.
"If this lingers on for a month then you re-MRI him," Dugger said. "But you progress by what the patient's telling you. We go by his symptoms. We'll see if his leg balloons up as soon as we initiate some weight-bearing exercises. He's still quite tender in the area where the ball hit him."
6/4/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Quintanilla, who was called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs late Saturday, will play mostly at second base but can also play shortstop, and Hurdle said Quintanilla's addition will let him be more flexible with his lineup.
"His at-bats have gotten cleaner," he said. "He's hitting the ball to all parts of the ballpark. ... His plate discipline has been pretty solid."
2/28/06.. analysis.. FOXSports.com
The Rockies expected more from Eric Byrnes, but Quintanilla was the key player they received from the A's in return for Joe Kennedy and Jay Witasick. A 2003 first-round pick out of the University of Texas, Quintanilla has hit 320 as a minor leaguer. He saw time at shortstop for the Rockies in place of the injured Barmes last season, but second base is expected to be his long-term home. He's very good defensively there. Not much more than 8-10 homers per season should be expected, but with OBPs solid enough to make him an asset as a No. 2 hitter, he'll likely become a solid regular. Since he's a left-handed hitter, the Rockies may have him platoon with Luis Gonzalez during the second half of the season.
2/1/06.. addition.. Baseball Prospectus.com
Red flags rise when Billy Beane trades a prospect, and Omar Quintanilla's stock dove following a rough 2005 in which he struggled at Double-A Midland and knocked all of two extra base hits in 128 AB with the Rockies. Quintanilla has a higher ceiling than Gonzalez; he hit 42 doubles in 2004 between Single-A and Double-A, and a return of that gap power in Triple-A Colorado Springs will win him a promotion. With Jayson Nix no longer a potential answer at the keystone after a second straight bad year in the Texas League, the Rockies will test whether Quintanilla deserves a piece of their next playoff share.
1/09/06... addition.. MLB.com
"If Quintanilla shows up and wins the job (in the spring of 2006), he's going to fill that role," Hurdle said. "But it's a win-win situation. For him to go to Triple-A for a hundred more at-bats -- I'm sure that's not what he wants to hear -- but I don't think it will hurt him by any means and it could help him."
2006 grade:
Omar Quintanilla - F Twice now in two seasons Q's gotten cups of coffee in the bigs and failed to make anything positive of them. Hopefully Dan O'Dowd is getting a restraining order placed on Billy Beane and any middle infield prospects he might have in his possession.
8/5/06
The Rockies activated infielder Omar Quintanilla from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Colorado Springs.
7/25/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Infielder Omar Quintanilla is still sore after bruising his shin. There's still a lot of swelling on the tibia. He can't jog, run or jump, but he can hit off a tee, play catch and ride the exercise bike. There is no timetable for his return.
The original CT scan and MRI were both negative.
"If this lingers on for a month then you re-MRI him," Dugger said. "But you progress by what the patient's telling you. We go by his symptoms. We'll see if his leg balloons up as soon as we initiate some weight-bearing exercises. He's still quite tender in the area where the ball hit him."
6/4/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Quintanilla, who was called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs late Saturday, will play mostly at second base but can also play shortstop, and Hurdle said Quintanilla's addition will let him be more flexible with his lineup.
"His at-bats have gotten cleaner," he said. "He's hitting the ball to all parts of the ballpark. ... His plate discipline has been pretty solid."
2/28/06.. analysis.. FOXSports.com
The Rockies expected more from Eric Byrnes, but Quintanilla was the key player they received from the A's in return for Joe Kennedy and Jay Witasick. A 2003 first-round pick out of the University of Texas, Quintanilla has hit 320 as a minor leaguer. He saw time at shortstop for the Rockies in place of the injured Barmes last season, but second base is expected to be his long-term home. He's very good defensively there. Not much more than 8-10 homers per season should be expected, but with OBPs solid enough to make him an asset as a No. 2 hitter, he'll likely become a solid regular. Since he's a left-handed hitter, the Rockies may have him platoon with Luis Gonzalez during the second half of the season.
2/1/06.. addition.. Baseball Prospectus.com
Red flags rise when Billy Beane trades a prospect, and Omar Quintanilla's stock dove following a rough 2005 in which he struggled at Double-A Midland and knocked all of two extra base hits in 128 AB with the Rockies. Quintanilla has a higher ceiling than Gonzalez; he hit 42 doubles in 2004 between Single-A and Double-A, and a return of that gap power in Triple-A Colorado Springs will win him a promotion. With Jayson Nix no longer a potential answer at the keystone after a second straight bad year in the Texas League, the Rockies will test whether Quintanilla deserves a piece of their next playoff share.
1/09/06... addition.. MLB.com
"If Quintanilla shows up and wins the job (in the spring of 2006), he's going to fill that role," Hurdle said. "But it's a win-win situation. For him to go to Triple-A for a hundred more at-bats -- I'm sure that's not what he wants to hear -- but I don't think it will hurt him by any means and it could help him."