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===Houston Astros=== [[File:Astros Opening Day-29 Humberto Quintero.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Quintero during his tenure with the [[2009 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros in 2009]]]] On March 28, 2005, Quintero was traded to the [[Houston Astros]] for pitcher [[Tim Redding]]. Quintero began the year with Triple-A [[Round Rock Express|Round Rock]]. On June 1, Quintero was recalled when [[Raúl Chávez]] was designated for assignment. He started 5 games before being placed on the disabled list. After a rehab assignment with Double-A [[Corpus Christi Hooks|Corpus Christi]], he was activated from the disabled list on July 16. On August 31, he was optioned to Round Rock, but was recalled when the rosters expanded. In 18 games with the Astros, he hit .185 with 1 HR and 8 RBI. Quintero spent most of 2006 with Round Rock, but on August 28, he was recalled, replacing [[J. R. House]]. In 11 games with the Astros, he went 7-21 with 2 RBI. Quintero made the Opening Day roster with the Astros in 2007, but was outrighted to Round Rock on June 10. He returned to the Astros as a September call-up. In 29 games with the Astros, he hit .226 with 1 RBI. Quintero made the Opening Day roster in 2008 with the Astros, but did not appear in a game before being outrighted to Round Rock. On April 14, he was called up to the Astros, but was outrighted again on April 23. On June 5, he was called up again, replacing [[J. R. Towles]]. On July 2, he was placed on the disabled list with a concussion, and was activated on June 22 after a rehab assignment in Corpus Christi. He was the starting catcher for most of August and September, replacing [[Brad Ausmus]]. Quintero was considered the [[incumbent]] starting catcher for the 2009 season due to his experience over [[J.R. Towles]] and Lou Palmisano but was used as a backup catcher after the team came to terms with [[Iván Rodríguez]] on March 16, 2009. He began 2009 with the Astros, but on April 25, he was placed on the disabled list.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Astros place catcher Quintero on disabled list |url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=4423568&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060238/http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=4423568&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |date=April 25, 2009}}</ref> After a rehab assignment with Round Rock, he was activated from the disabled list on May 12. Quintero spent the rest of the season with the Astros. In 60 games with the Astros, he hit .236 with 4 HR and 14 RBI. In the 2010 season, Quintero was moved into the starting role behind the plate and was backed up by [[Kevin Cash]]. He began splitting time with [[Jason Castro (baseball)|Jason Castro]] during the season. In 88 games, he hit .234 with 4 HR and 20 RBI. On May 28, 2011, Quintero was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a high right ankle sprain. [[Robinson Cancel]] was called up to take his spot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110527&content_id=19661012&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|title=Quintero goes to DL with ankle sprain|last=Kavner|first=Rowan|date=2011-05-28|work=MLB.com|access-date=2011-05-28}}</ref> followed by [[Carlos Corporan]] just a few days later. In 79 games with the Astros, he hit .240 with two home runs and 25 RBI.
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