Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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

Sat 8/02	Sun 8/03	Mon 8/04
@PHI 4:05 PM EDT	@PHI 7:10 PM EDT	MIN 6:40 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
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%
0.31%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0.31%

2025 OPL Round 5
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

July 30, 2025 10:26 PM : Detroit acquired Montero from Atlanta on Wednesday in exchange for infielder Jim Jarvis.
Analysis: Montero will join his third team of the season after logging a 5.40 ERA and 1.38 WHIP across 38.1 innings between Atlanta and Houston. He'll likely fill a middle-relief role for Detroit.

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

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	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
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
Jul 21, 2025	ATL	SFG	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jul 19, 2025	ATL	NYY	1	1.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul 12, 2025	ATL	@STL	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jul 11, 2025	ATL	@STL	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jul 9, 2025	ATL	@ATH	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jul 5, 2025	ATL	BAL	0	1.0	6	3	2	2	1	1	0
Jul 2, 2025	ATL	LAA	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Totals			2	9.1	46	12	11	12	7	7	2

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	🍆tation	Max Fried ATL SP L $26 Rafael Montero SEA 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 SEA RP R $5 Ketel Marte ARI 2B S $10 Trey Mancini ARI AAA 1B R $2 Kenta Maeda CHC 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 Tylor Megill NYM SP R $1 60IL Adley Rutschman BAL C S $11
February 25, 2023 6:09 PM	Bobby Ohtani	Esteury Ruiz OAK OF R $4 Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $7	Team Hiles	Nick Castellanos PHI OF R $17 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 $7 loan
January 11, 2023 11:43 AM	Wally 31	Kenley Jansen BOS RP R $22	Jacksonville Jimbo Shrimp	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3
January 7, 2023 2:07 PM	The Wuerling Darvish	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $4 Clay Holmes NYY SP/RP R $8	Rhode Island Superstars	Byron Buxton MIN OF R $18 10IL Keibert Ruiz WSN C S $5 7IL
December 31, 2022 3:50 PM	bunz of steal	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $4 Eric Lauer MIL SP/RP L $5	My Passion is My Hobby	DL Hall BAL SP/RP L $3 Esteury Ruiz OAK OF R $3 Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $3
November 28, 2022 11:34 AM	Wolfhounds	Rafael Montero SEA 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 SEA 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 60IL 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 SEA RP R $3
November 15, 2022 10:28 PM	WTF	Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL OF R $61 10IL	TEB Bosawas bluebirds 🎑	Rafael Montero SEA 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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