P Rafael Montero #51
Age: 55 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal    
10/04/2046
P RAFAEL MONTERO #51 - AGE: 55 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 11 10 12 14
Movement 10 9 10 10
Control 15 15 16 16
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 11 13
Slider 13 14
Changeup 14 18
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 89-91 Mph
Stamina 13
Suggested Role Starter
Type Extreme Flyball
Hold Runners 12
Defense 2
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 4
Stealing Ability: 5
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 10
Bunt for Hit: 4
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Montero puts in long hours.
High: Work Ethic
Birthday:10/17/1990
Born in:Higüey, LA
Nationality:Dominican
Height:6' 0"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 51 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:8 Years, 51 Days
Pro Service:12 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2014 New York - MLB 23 10 8 1 3 0 4.06 44.1 44 21 20 8 23 42 0 0 1.51 .298 5.25 -0.3 91
2015 New York - MLB 24 5 1 0 1 0 4.50 10.0 9 6 5 0 5 13 0 0 1.40 .321 1.24 0.4 87
2017 New York - MLB 26 32 32 10 14 0 4.25 192.2 218 96 91 23 66 168 1 1 1.47 .337 4.02 2.6 95
2018 New York - MLB 27 31 31 12 12 0 4.43 195.0 201 101 96 38 47 165 1 0 1.27 .290 4.85 0.8 92
2019 New York - MLB 28 30 30 8 11 0 4.01 179.1 174 85 80 18 55 171 1 0 1.28 .310 3.62 3.3 100
2020 New York - MLB 29 32 18 8 8 0 4.71 120.1 122 65 63 24 39 82 0 0 1.34 .270 5.58 -0.9 86
2021 New York - MLB 30 17 10 3 6 1 4.14 71.2 68 34 33 9 20 69 0 0 1.23 .295 3.98 0.9 99
2021 Cleveland - MLB 30 12 11 4 2 0 6.00 60.0 64 45 40 8 18 48 0 0 1.37 .304 4.49 0.6 69
2021 Total - MLB 30 29 21 7 8 1 4.99 131.2 132 79 73 17 38 117 0 0 1.29 .299 4.21 1.5 84
2024 Detroit - MLB 33 43 5 2 5 3 4.94 71.0 74 39 39 10 27 54 0 0 1.42 .300 4.67 0.0 85
Total MLB 212 146 48 62 4 4.45 944.1 974 492 467 138 300 812 3 1 1.35 .304 4.42 7.5 92
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 New York N (GCL) - R 20 7 4 1 2 1 1.45 31.0 28 11 5 0 6 32 0 0 1.10 .301 2.20 1.1 275
2011 Port St. Lucie - R 20 7 4 1 2 1 1.45 31.0 28 11 5 0 6 32 0 0 1.10 .301 2.20 1.1 276
2011 Kingsport - Rk+ 20 4 4 2 1 0 4.24 17.0 17 8 8 2 6 9 0 0 1.35 .273 4.73 0.1 94
2011 Total - Rk+ 20 18 12 4 5 2 2.05 79.0 73 30 18 2 18 73 0 0 1.15 .295 0.00 0.0 0
2011 Brooklyn - A- 20 2 0 1 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0.80 .182 4.40 -0.0 111
2012 Columbia - A 21 12 12 6 3 0 2.52 71.1 61 24 20 4 8 54 0 0 0.97 .260 2.79 2.1 158
2012 St. Lucie - A+ 21 8 8 5 2 0 2.13 50.2 35 13 12 2 11 56 1 0 0.91 .270 2.27 1.9 188
2012 Total - A+ 21 20 20 11 5 0 2.36 122.0 96 37 32 6 19 110 1 0 0.94 .264 0.00 0.0 0
2013 Binghamton - AA 22 11 11 7 3 0 2.43 66.2 51 21 18 2 10 72 0 0 0.91 .277 1.88 3.0 166
2013 Las Vegas - AAA 22 16 16 5 4 0 3.05 88.2 85 35 30 4 25 78 0 0 1.24 .316 2.87 2.6 133
2014 New York N (GCL) - R 23 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.50 .500 0.20 0.1 89
2014 St. Lucie - A+ 23 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.75 .222 1.95 0.2 999
2014 Las Vegas - AAA 23 16 16 6 4 0 3.60 80.0 69 43 32 4 34 80 0 0 1.29 .297 3.16 2.0 112
2015 New York N (GCL) - R 24 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.83 .357 1.20 0.3 999
2015 St. Lucie - A+ 24 2 2 0 0 0 3.60 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1.60 .263 4.60 0.0 111
2015 Las Vegas - AAA 24 2 2 1 0 0 5.87 7.2 8 6 5 1 1 7 0 0 1.17 .318 3.46 0.2 69
2016 Las Vegas - AAA 25 31 31 13 11 0 4.33 189.1 191 93 91 25 47 155 2 1 1.26 .304 4.18 2.4 95
Total PCL 65 65 25 19 0 3.89 365.2 353 177 158 34 107 320 2 1 1.26 .306 3.62 107.7
Total EL 11 11 7 3 0 2.43 66.2 51 21 18 2 10 72 0 0 0.91 .277 1.88 166.2
Total FSL 11 11 5 2 0 2.11 59.2 42 15 14 2 15 61 1 0 0.96 .267 2.45 235.7
Total SAL 12 12 6 3 0 2.52 71.1 61 24 20 4 8 54 0 0 0.97 .260 2.79 157.6
Total NYP 2 0 1 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0.80 .182 4.40 111.0
Total APP 4 4 2 1 0 4.24 17.0 17 8 8 2 6 9 0 0 1.35 .273 4.73 94.4
Total GCL 18 11 2 4 2 1.41 70.0 64 23 11 0 12 73 0 0 1.09 .311 2.06 332.2
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2018 New York - MLB 27 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2019 New York - MLB 28 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.82 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2020 New York - MLB 29 1 1 0 1 0 3.86 7.0 11 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 1.86 .370 0.00 0.0 0
Total MLB 4 1 0 1 0 2.38 11.1 15 3 3 1 2 7 0 0 1.50 .359 4.03 446.5
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2011 Brooklyn - A- P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Kingsport - Rk+ P 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Port St. Lucie - R P 7 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 New York N (GCL) - R P 7 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 St. Lucie - A+ P 8 0 1 5 1 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 Columbia - A P 12 0 2 9 0 12 1 .917 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2013 Las Vegas - AAA P 16 0 6 11 1 18 1 .944 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2013 Binghamton - AA P 11 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 New York - MLB P 10 8 2 6 1 8 0 1.000 44.1 1.62 -0.2 .000
2014 Las Vegas - AAA P 16 0 4 5 0 10 1 .900 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 St. Lucie - A+ P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 New York N (GCL) - R P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 New York - MLB P 5 1 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 10.0 2.70 -0.0 .000
2015 Las Vegas - AAA P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 St. Lucie - A+ P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 New York N (GCL) - R P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2016 Las Vegas - AAA P 31 31 18 24 3 43 1 .977 189.1 2.00 -2.2 .891
2016 Las Vegas - AAA C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.4 .000 0 4 0 0.0
2017 New York - MLB P 32 32 20 21 1 45 4 .911 192.2 1.92 -0.5 .980
2018 New York - MLB P 31 31 16 26 0 43 1 .977 195.0 1.94 +0.7 1.060
2019 New York - MLB P 30 30 13 13 1 28 2 .929 179.1 1.30 +0.3 1.058
2020 New York - MLB P 32 18 6 14 1 21 1 .952 120.1 1.50 -0.2 1.007
2021 New York - MLB P 17 10 1 5 2 8 2 .750 71.2 0.75 -0.1 .997
2021 Cleveland - MLB P 12 11 2 3 0 6 1 .833 60.0 0.75 -0.6 .831
2024 Detroit - MLB P 43 5 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 71.0 1.14 -0.6 .867
TOTAL P 335 177 103 166 11 284 15 .947 1133.2 2.14 -3.4 .975
TOTAL C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.4 .000 0 4 0 0.0
PLAYER HISTORY
01/20/2011 Signed as an international Free Agent with the New York Mets
06/14/2016 Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Reno Aces with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
11/28/2016 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $507,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (15); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 14 (15).
07/22/2017 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Miami Marlins with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
07/24/2017 Injured (food poisoning), out for 1 day.
11/28/2017 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $507,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 15 (15); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 15 (15).
12/01/2018 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,600,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (14); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 15 (15).
11/25/2019 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,500,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (14); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 16 (16).
06/06/2020 Injured (hamstring soreness), out for 1 day.
11/22/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,000,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 15 (15); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 15 (15).
07/31/2021 Was traded by the New York Mets to the Cleveland Indians, along with RP Gabriel Ynoa, SS Andrew Grogan, SP Luis Reinoso, in exchange for 2B Riley Unroe.
11/28/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 15 (15); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 15 (15).
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (14); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 15 (15).
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 15 (15); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 15 (15).
02/17/2024 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000 with the Detroit Tigers organization.
06/08/2024 Injured (flu), day-to-day for 3 days.
08/08/2024 Injured (sinus infection), out for 2 days.
12/01/2024 Became a free agent.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (14); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 16 (16).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (15); Movement: 11 (12); Control: 15 (16).
01/01/2026 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year L Rank
2017 14 6
Year BF Rank
2017 844 10
Year HRA Rank
2017 23 6
2018 38 1
2020 24 9
Year CG Rank
2019 1 10
Year CGP Rank
2019 .033 10
Year SHO Rank
2017 1 1
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