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Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55

Switch-hitting shortstop Quintana is a tall, athletic infielder with good bat-to-ball skills from both sides of the plate. Scouts have noted that his game is very polished -- on offense and defense -- especially for someone his age. He will improve on all facets of his game when he signs with a team and is placed in the club’s academy.

Quintana has a knack for hitting the ball into the gaps with authority with flashes of home run power. His overall strength is expected to improve as he matures and his body develops. Defensively, he is a twitchy athlete with the quickness needed to remain at shortstop. He has been praised for his work ethic and makeup.

Quintana trains in Venezuela with Andres Mujica, a member of MLB’s Trainer Partnership Program.

Scouting grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

In a class that included Jesús Made and Luis Peña, Quintana was the Brewers’ top international signing in 2024 when he joined the organization for $1.7 million out of Venezuela. A solid first season in the Dominican Summer League led to a move stateside for 2025, though he didn’t head straight to Single-A like his fellow infielders. Quintana was hitting .264/.349/.403 in 50 Arizona Complex League games when Milwaukee moved him to San Diego alongside Nestor Cortes in a move for outfielder Brandon Lockridge. As is their wont, the Padres pushed Quintana aggressively to Single-A, and he struggled a bit with a 33.7 percent strikeout rate in 25 games with Lake Elsinore.

Results aside, there are some interesting raw materials in Quintana’s profile. As a switch hitter, he starts from an open stance from both sides – more so from the left – and brings freakish bat speed to the table. The contact can be loud for his experience level, as evidenced by a 104.1 mph 90th-percentile exit velocity in his age-18 season, and there could be more pop coming as he adds strength to his 6-foot-2 frame. He too often swung through soft stuff in the California League, and the Padres are also hoping to tighten up his swing a bit to generate more line-drive contact, rather than pulled groundballs for easy outs.

Quintana saw more time at third base in 2024 but was primarily a shortstop last year. With average speed, he can show decent range and actions right now, and his above-average arm strength plays well from deep in the hole. He could be above-average if he needs to slide back to the hot corner. Still a teenager, Quintana has a wide range of outcomes, depending on if the hit tool comes around.

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

The Brewers’ 2024 international class already boasts two potential superstars in Jesús Made and Luis Peña, but neither was the player who signed for the most among the entire group. That honor belongs to Quintana, who first joined the system for $1.7 million that January. Quintana was solid in the Dominican Summer League in his introduction to pro ball, and while the others moved up quickly to Single-A, he progressed more normally with a league-average season in the Arizona Complex League. Following the end of the ACL, he was traded to the Padres alongside Nestor Cortes for outfielder Brandon Lockridge.

Quintana is the rare switch-hitter who’s shown pretty even splits from both sides at such an early stage in his career. He has decent bat-to-ball skills for his age, but as he fills out, he’s trending more toward becoming a power bat (and even homered against rehabbing Major Leaguer Aaron Ashby before the ACL season kicked off). He'll flash plus raw pop, and that could come out more with additional stateside experience.

That would have value if he can remain at shortstop. He had even more focus at the six in his second full season while still sprinkling in some time at third base. There is the concern that he’ll slow down as he fills out that 6-foot-2 frame even more and head to the hot corner for good down the line. For now, he has enough speed to be a stolen-base threat with 19-plus thefts in each of his first two campaigns. Quintana will be in much less of a shadow in his new organization, and the Padres have a history of turning new acquisitions into even better prospects in time.

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40

The Brewers have had great success with their top signings from the international scene in recent years. Jackson Chourio (2021) was one of the breakout stars of the 2022 season and just set a record for the largest contract signed by a player with no MLB service time. Luis Lara (2022) similarly skipped the Arizona Complex League in his second full season and reached High-A at 18. Yophery Rodriguez (2023) was one of the Dominican Summer League’s best all-around players last summer. Next up could be Quintana, who joined Milwaukee for $1.7 million in January.

Ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 12 prospect in this year’s international class, the 6-foot-2 switch-hitter impressed scouts with his all-around polish, especially at the plate. He has good bat-to-ball skills from both sides, and while the power mostly plays to the gaps at this early stage, there’s room for projection and eventual average pop once he matures physically. 

Quintana might be just an average runner in the end, but the 6-foot-2 shortstop has enough quickness and arm strength to get a long look at shortstop. Should he need to move, the bat should be valuable anywhere, though. Milwaukee scouts Quintana’s native Venezuela -- which Chourio and Lara also call home -- as well as any other organization in baseball and now has a chance to develop its most recent big signing into a well-rounded player at a premium position.

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	03/05/2026	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to San Diego Padres Prospects.
	03/04/2026	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to San Diego Padres.
	08/06/2025	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
	08/04/2025	ACL Padres activated SS Jorge Quintana.
	07/31/2025	Milwaukee Brewers traded LHP Nestor Cortes, SS Jorge Quintana and cash to San Diego Padres for LF Brandon Lockridge.
	07/31/2025	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to ACL Padres.
	04/30/2025	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to ACL Brewers from DSL Brewers Gold.
	04/30/2025	ACL Brewers activated SS Jorge Quintana.
	06/02/2024	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to DSL Brewers 2.
	01/15/2024	SS Jorge Quintana assigned to DSL Brewers 1.
	01/15/2024	Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent SS Jorge Quintana to a minor league contract.