PHOENIX, Ariz. >> DL Hall was placed on the 60-day injured list with a left lat strain on Wednesday to open a roster spot for fellow left-hander José Quintana, whose $4.25 million, one-year contract was finalized by the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Brewers had revealed at the start of spring train

ing that Hall was dealing with the lat issue.

Hall, 26, went 1-2 with a 5.02 ERA last season in 13 appearances, including seven starts. The Brewers acquired Hall as well as infielder Joey Ortiz in a 2024 trade that sent 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles.

Quintana gets a $250,000 bonus for being added to the major league roster in 2025 and a $2 million salary this year. His agreement includes a $15 million mutual option for 2026 with a $2 million buyout.

“I’m so excited to be a part of this group, a lot of younger guys,” Quintana told reporters. “Right away, I pass the clubhouse, I feel that energy. Now I understand in just a couple of days here why they win, how they win. It’s a new journey for me, and I’m excited for the next chapter in my career. I can’t wait to be a Brewer.”

He can earn $1 million each season in performance bonuses: $100,000 each for 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 innings, and $100,000 apiece for 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 starts.

Quintana, 36, was 10-10 with a 3.75 ERA in 31 starts last year for the New York Mets during the second season of a $26 million, two-year contract. He struck out 135 and walked 63 in 170 1/3 innings. Over his last six regular-season starts, Quintana gave up four runs — three earned — in 36 1/3 innings.

He started the deciding game of New York’s NL Wild Card Series matchup with the Brewers and pitched six shutout innings in the Mets’ 4-2 victory, though he received no decision. Quintana had three postseason starts, allowing six runs — five earned — over 14 1/3 innings.

“It was amazing to see the way they play the game (and) the most important thing, how they respect the game,” Quintana said.

Quintana now will compete for a spot in a Brewers rotation that returns right-handers Freddy Peralta, Tobias Myers and Aaron Civale. The two-time defending NL Central champions also added left-hander Nestor Cortes in a trade that sent two-time NL reliever of the year Devin Williams to the New York Yankees.

Iglesias leaves Mets, lands with San Diego

Infielder Jose Iglesias agreed to a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.

The 35-year-old Iglesias would make $3 million while in the major leagues if added to the Padres’ 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn another $1 million in performance bonuses.

Iglesias helped spark the New York Mets to the playoffs last season, when he hit .337 with four homers and 26 RBIs in 118 games last season.

After not playing in a big league game in 2023, he was called up by the Mets at the end of May after initially joining them on a minor league deal.

Iglesias is a .283 career hitter in 1,181 games since 2011 with seven teams — Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, the Los Angeles Angeles, Colorado and the Mets.

He finished second in the AL Rookie of the Year voting behind Tampa Bay’s Wil Myers in 2013, and was an All-Star with the Tigers in 2015.

Walker scratched with oblique soreness

New Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was scratched from the lineup for a spring training game because of soreness in his left oblique.

Walker missed more than a month last season with Arizona because of a strained left oblique muscle. He joined the Astros on a $60 million, three-year contract during the offseason.

In his first four spring training games for Houston, Walker was 4 for 8 with three doubles. He also had two walks.

Adding a first baseman over the offseason was a priority for the Astros after struggling José Abreu was released less than halfway through a $58.5 million, three-year contract.

Walker, who turns 34 on March 28, hit .251 with 26 home runs and 84 RBIs in 130 games for the Diamondbacks last season. He won his third consecutive Gold Glove at first base.

In 832 big league games, Walker has hit .250 with 147 homers. All but 13 of those games came with Arizona over the past eight seasons, after his MLB debut with Baltimore in 2014 and 2015.

Walker had two stints on the injured list because of right oblique issues in 2021. He played 160 games in 2022 and 157 in 2023, hitting 69 homers and driving in 197 runs combined over those two seasons.

Rangers expect Garcia to be ready for opener

The Texas Rangers expect right fielder Adolis García can be ready for opening day after testing on his sore left oblique revealed a mild strain.

Manager Bruce Bochy told reporters a day after García was scratched from the lineup for a spring training game, that the two-time All-Star slugger had “not quite” a Grade 1 strain.

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twins >> Royce Lewis and Ty France had one RBI each as the Twins fell 5-2 to Baltimore. Pablo Lopez allowed two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings, taking the loss. Minnesota, now 3-5 this spring, takes on the Yankees at noon on Thursday.

MLB >> The Hall of Fame made some small adjustments to its veterans committee system to limit people with relatively little support from repeatedly remaining on future ballots. Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not be eligible for that committee’s ballot during the next three-year cycle, the hall said Wednesday. A candidate who is dropped, later reappears on a ballot and again receives fewer than five votes would be barred from future ballot appearances.