Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (ATL) Jul'25

Thu 8/28	Fri 8/29	Sat 8/30
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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $1.60 Median $1.50

Roster%
0%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0.31%

2025 OPL Round 7
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

August 28, 2025 9:35 AM : Montero tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of relief in Wednesday's 7-0 loss to the Athletics. He walked one batter and struck out four.
Analysis: After starter Casey Mize was tagged for five runs in just 3.1 innings, Montero came on and gave the Tigers some valuable long relief. It was the veteran righty's longest outing of the season, and he's now covered two or more innings four times this year. Montero has been fairly effective in Detroit since coming over before the trade deadline, posting a 3.48 ERA and 1.06 WHIP across 10.1 innings with his new team.

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	WINS	SV	K	ERA	WHIP
2014	NYM	10	8	44.1	1	0	42	4.06015	1.51128
2015	NYM	5	1	10.0	0	0	13	4.50000	1.40000
2016	NYM	9	3	19.0	0	0	20	8.05263	2.05263
2017	NYM	34	18	119.0	5	0	114	5.52101	1.74790
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	2	0	34	2.48276	0.96552
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	0	8	19	4.07546	1.01887
2021	SEA	40	0	43.1	5	7	37	7.26924	1.63846
2021	HOU	4	0	6.0	0	0	5	0.00000	0.83333
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	5	14	73	2.37073	1.02439
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	3	1	79	5.07921	1.52970
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	1	0	23	4.69565	1.40870
2025	HOU	3	0	4.0	0	0	5	4.50000	1.25000
2025	ATL	36	0	34.1	0	0	34	5.50485	1.39806
2025	DET	7	0	10.1	1	0	8	3.48387	1.06452

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	WINS	SV	K	ERA	WHIP
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	18.0	1	0	20	1.00000	0.38889
2011	NYM (R)	7	4	31.0	1	1	32	1.45161	1.09677
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	17.0	2	0	9	4.23529	1.35294
2011	NYM (A-)	2	0	5.0	1	0	5	3.60000	0.80000
2012	NYM (A)	12	12	71.1	6	0	54	2.52336	0.96729
2012	NYM (A+)	8	8	50.2	5	0	56	2.13158	0.90789
2013	NYM (AA)	11	11	66.2	7	0	72	2.43000	0.91500
2013	NYM (AAA)	16	16	88.2	5	0	78	3.04511	1.24060
2014	NYM (R)	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	4.50000	1.50000
2014	NYM (A+)	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	0.00000	0.75000
2014	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	6	0	80	3.60000	1.28750
2015	NYM (R)	3	2	6.0	0	0	6	0.00000	0.83333
2015	NYM (A+)	2	2	5.0	0	0	1	3.60000	1.60000
2015	NYM (AAA)	2	2	7.2	1	0	7	5.86956	1.17391
2016	NYM (AA)	9	9	49.0	4	0	40	2.20408	1.10204
2016	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	4	0	68	7.20000	1.88750
2017	NYM (AAA)	5	5	29.0	0	0	37	2.48276	1.03448
2019	TEX (R)	5	3	7.0	0	0	12	0.00000	0.28571
2019	TEX (AA)	5	2	9.0	0	0	15	7.00000	1.88889
2019	TEX (AAA)	1	0	2.1	1	0	4	0.00000	0.00000
2024	HOU (AAA)	17	0	16.1	1	0	24	2.20408	1.34694

Date	Team	Opponent	Win	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
Aug 27, 2025	DET	@ATH	0	2.2	9	0	0	0	4	1	0
Aug 24, 2025	DET	KCR	0	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
Aug 20, 2025	DET	HOU	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Aug 14, 2025	DET	@MIN	1	1.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Aug 10, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	7	2	2	1	0	3	1
Aug 9, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0
Aug 5, 2025	DET	MIN	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0
Jul 29, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul 28, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	0.0	4	3	3	2	0	2	0
Jul 25, 2025	ATL	@TEX	0	1.1	8	4	4	2	1	2	0
Totals			1	12.2	55	11	11	9	9	12	1

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	Win	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
Sep 20, 2024	AAA	SUG	@SAC	0	0.2	6	2	2	4	1	0	0
Sep 18, 2024	AAA	SUG	@SAC	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	7	1	1	1	1	3	1
Sep 14, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	0.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sep 12, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Sep 10, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1
Sep 8, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sep 6, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 3, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug 30, 2024	AAA	SUG	SL	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	2	1	0
Totals				1	9.1	42	4	4	10	9	6	2

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
March 20, 2014 11:50 PM	add	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$2
October 8, 2014 11:11 PM	increase	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$4
June 15, 2015 11:59 AM	cut	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$2
August 10, 2015 5:14 PM	add	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$2
October 5, 2015 8:19 AM	increase	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$4
January 29, 2016 5:28 PM	cut	Brickma's Hot-Ice	$2
March 30, 2017 7:48 AM	add	OKI	$1
April 19, 2017 4:13 AM	cut	OKI	$1
August 10, 2020 9:56 PM	add	Recorder Grot	$7
September 30, 2020 7:29 PM	increase	Recorder Grot	$9
April 18, 2021 12:47 AM	cut	Recorder Grot	$5
April 23, 2021 2:51 AM	add	Osaka Shoulder Team	$8
June 24, 2021 1:27 PM	cut	Osaka Shoulder Team	$4
August 9, 2021 6:21 PM	add	Osaka Shoulder Team	$4
August 9, 2021 6:25 PM	cut	Osaka Shoulder Team	$2
May 9, 2022 2:09 PM	add	Osaka Shoulder Team	$3
October 14, 2022 1:54 AM	increase	Osaka Shoulder Team	$5
November 27, 2022 10:01 PM	move	Wolfhounds (from Osaka Shoulder Team)	$5
November 29, 2022 11:35 AM	move	🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉 (from Wolfhounds)	$5
March 28, 2023 5:33 AM	move	Wolfhounds (from 🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉)	$5
June 19, 2023 7:11 AM	cut	Wolfhounds	$3
August 19, 2023 5:35 PM	add	Wolfhounds	$3
August 23, 2023 1:01 PM	cut	Wolfhounds	$2
September 25, 2023 1:23 PM	add	Wolfhounds	$2
September 25, 2023 1:29 PM	cut	Wolfhounds	$1

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
April 20, 2023 4:24 PM	Marsee Projects	Max Fried ATL SP L $26 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 $15 loan	2028 Champ	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $31
March 27, 2023 5:32 AM	🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉	Chris Sale BOS SP L $18 60IL Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 Ketel Marte ARI 2B S $10 Trey Mancini ARI AAA 1B R $2 Kenta Maeda NYY AAA SP/RP R $1 Will Smith LAD C R $15 $39 loan	Wolfhounds	Trevor Story BOS SS R $7 Thairo Estrada SFG 2B R $3 60IL Tylor Megill NYM SP R $1 60IL Adley Rutschman BAL C S $11 10IL
February 25, 2023 6:09 PM	Bobby Ohtani	Esteury Ruiz LAD AAA OF R $4 Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $7	Team Hiles	Nick Castellanos PHI OF R $17 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $1 $7 loan
January 11, 2023 11:43 AM	Wally 31	Kenley Jansen ATL RP R $22	Jacksonville Jimbo Shrimp	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3
January 7, 2023 2:07 PM	The Wuerling Darvish	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $4 Clay Holmes NYY SP/RP R $8	Rhode Island Superstars	Byron Buxton MIN OF R $18 Keibert Ruiz WSN C S $5 7IL
December 31, 2022 3:50 PM	bunz of steal	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $4 Eric Lauer MIL SP/RP L $5	My Passion is My Hobby	DL Hall BAL SP/RP L $3 15IL Esteury Ruiz LAD AAA OF R $3 Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $3
November 28, 2022 11:34 AM	Wolfhounds	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5	🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉	Ken Waldichuk ATH AAA SP/RP L $3
November 26, 2022 10:00 PM	Osaka Shoulder Team	J.D. Martinez BOS Util R $19 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 Matt Olson ATL 1B L $24 Spencer Strider ATL SP R $18	Wolfhounds	Jose Abreu CHW 1B R $30 Blake Snell SDP SP L $26 Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 2B/SS/3B R $8 Jackson Holliday BAL 2B/SS L $8 Elijah Green WSN A OF R $2
November 19, 2022 11:01 AM	NYS	Javier Baez DET SS/3B/OF R $13	Low Rider Jr.	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3
November 15, 2022 10:28 PM	WTF	Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL OF R $61	TEB Bosawas bluebirds 🎑	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3 Cody Bellinger LAD 1B/OF L $17 Josiah Gray WSN SP/RP R $6 60IL Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $6

Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (ATL) Jul'25

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