Mets’ Jose Quintana out ‘past July 1,’ cleared of cancer fears

New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler offered both upsetting and encouraging news about left-handed starting pitcher Jose Quintana on Tuesday. 

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of the New York Post and Lou DiPietro of WFAN, Eppler confirmed that Quintana will be sidelined “past July 1” due to a stress fracture in his rib. Eppler added, though, that doctors discovered a lesion on the rib that fortunately was benign. 

“We received the original scan,…