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DENVER -- Rockies right-hander Cal Quantrill described himself during Spring Training as ¡°an expert on trade.¡± So he approaches Tuesday¡¯s 4 p.m. MT Trade Deadline with a relaxed smile.

¡°I¡¯ve been traded twice,¡± said Quantrill, who was dealt from the Padres to the Guardians at the 2020 Deadline and to the Rockies on Nov. 17, three days after Cleveland designated him for assignment. ¡°I know how this goes.

¡°There¡¯s a business side to this. The most important thing we can do as players is go out and continue to go out and play as professionals. Right now, I¡¯m a Colorado Rockie, and I want to win every single game I pitch for the Colorado Rockies. If that changes then I'll change.¡±

This is a change the Rockies rarely make.

During its rebuilding period, Colorado has been stockpiling starting pitching under general manager Bill Schmidt. At last year¡¯s Deadline, Schmidt sent veteran hitters Mike Moustakas, C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk to the Angels, and relievers Pierce Johnson and Brad Hand to the Braves. All the acquisitions were pitchers, and most were starters (right-hander Jake Madden and left-hander Mason Albright from the Angels, righties Victor Vodnik and Tanner Gordon for Johnson and righty Alec Barger for Hand).

The Rockies have given up pitchers who struggled with the special challenge of pitching at Coors Field, but rarely those who had some success there.

So they want to score big.

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Indications from teams that follow the Rockies are they are looking for Major League-ready talent in any trade. An idea of the Rockies¡¯ asking price: Under previous general manager Jeff Bridich, they scored eventual All-Star starter Germ¨¢n M¨¢rquez when they sent outfielder Corey Dickerson to the Rays on Jan. 28, 2016.

It¡¯s a big decision to deal someone such as Quantrill, who showed up with a newly developed split-finger pitch -- and an attitude that Coors would not beat him. He has a 3.29 ERA in nine starts in Colorado this season, with a good argument that it should be lower.

¡°It¡¯s important to win in your stadium,¡± Quantrill said. ¡°The key as we move forward and become a championship-level team is winning here and finding different ways to do it.

¡°It¡¯s not always fun to pitch at Coors, but the guy on their team has probably done it less. So we¡¯ve got to choose to see it as an advantage.¡±

Quantrill is under club control through next season, so the Rockies could choose to hold onto him -- although his value is high. Asked if he has talked to the Rockies about an extension, Quantrill was diplomatic.

¡°All I can say is I¡¯ve enjoyed my time here,¡± he said. ¡°I enjoy playing. This is a good culture. We've got a good organization. Most of that's up to them, and I got to continue to go do my job and see what happens.¡±

Manager Bud Black said he will sit with Quantrill.

¡°He's probably had this conversation, probably with a staff and a couple other teams he's been on,¡± Black said. ¡°If anybody can handle the outside noise, it's him, to not be distracted and keep his focus on his game.¡±