Quintana's potential seen 10 years ago in DR

Quintana retires 16 in a row MESA, Ariz. -- Carlos Chantres was a coach in the Yankees' organization in 2008 when he first saw Jose Quintana at the team's Dominican Republic academy.

"I still remember to this day, walking down a path and to my left, I see him throwing, and I said, 'Who's this?'" Chantres said of the then-19-year-old lefty. "I keep walking, and I get to the fence and he's pretty good. It was just the way the ball was coming out of his hand. The arm worked nice."

Chantres could see a few mechanical flaws in Quintana's delivery, but he knew they were fixable.

"He had an idea of his delivery already," Chantres said. "We tweaked some stuff, nothing crazy. He was a smart kid. He…