Quantrill to undergo Tommy John surgery

Cal Quantrill pitches in a Stanford jersey
Quantrill, who graduated from Stanford in 2016, has been an ace for the Cleveland Guardians this season. He couldn't replicate his magic when it mattered most, however, as the Guardians fell to the Yankees in the NLDS (BOB DREBIN/stanfordphoto.com)
By Jordan Wallach
March 15, 2015, 4:21 p.m.

Stanford baseball’s sophomore ace Cal Quantrill will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2015 season.

Quantrill had not pitched since Feb. 27 at Rice, as he was skipped over in the Texas series after head coach Mark Marquess said he was “sick and sore.”

The Cardinal rotation — which looked to be one of the strengths of an otherwise inexperienced roster entering this season — has now lost two of its returning starting pitchers. Junior starter Marcus Brakeman (shoulder) has also not pitched since Feb. 28 against Rice and is expected to be out long-term.

Quantrill began his Stanford career as the first freshman pitcher to start opening day for the Cardinal since Mike Mussina did it back in 1988. In 2014, he went 7-5 with a 2.68 ERA in 18 games, leading the team in innings (110.2) as well as strikeouts (98). He was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and named a Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger and Perfect Game for his accolades.

This season, Quantrill picked up where he left off in his freshman year, going 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (4 ER/18.2 IP) over his first three starts. He received a no-decision after holding Indiana to one run over 5.2 innings on Opening Day, then picked up a win at Cal State Fullerton after tossing six scoreless innings, and also earned a win in Houston against Rice after allowing three runs on seven innings.

After its two-week finals break, Stanford resumes play with the start of the Pac-12 season on Friday. The Cardinal welcome Arizona to Sunken Diamond for a three-game set, now with their starting rotation completely in flux.

Sportsnet’s Jeff Blair first reported the Quantrill injury.

Contact Jordan Wallach at jwallach ‘at’ stanford.edu.

Jordan Wallach is a Senior Staff Writer at The Stanford Daily. He was previously the Managing Editor of Sports, a sports desk editor for two volumes and he continues to work as a beat writer for Stanford's baseball, football and women's volleyball teams. Jordan is a junior from New York City majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science. To contact him, please send him an email at jwallach 'at' stanford.edu.

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