Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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

Fri 8/01	Sat 8/02	Sun 8/03
@PHI 4-5 F	@PHI 4:05 PM EDT	@PHI 7:10 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
SABR Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
SABR Points
Average $2.80 Median $2.50

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	SV	HLD	K	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2014	NYM	10	8	44.1	0	0	42	23	0	8	2.99	132.67
2015	NYM	5	1	10.0	0	1	13	5	0	0	6.5	65.00
2016	NYM	9	3	19.0	0	0	20	16	0	4	1.84	35.00
2017	NYM	34	18	119.0	0	0	114	67	5	12	3.79	451.00
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	0	7	34	5	2	5	5.34	155.00
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	8	0	19	6	1	2	6.75	119.33
2021	SEA	40	0	43.1	7	4	37	15	5	4	5.3	229.67
2021	HOU	4	0	6.0	0	0	5	2	0	0	5.67	34.00
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	14	23	73	23	2	3	7.84	535.67
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	1	10	79	29	3	11	4.47	300.67
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	0	10	23	19	3	8	2.81	107.67
2025	HOU	3	0	4.0	0	0	5	2	0	0	6	24.00
2025	ATL	36	0	34.1	0	7	34	21	0	3	4.83	165.67

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	18.0	0	0	20	0	0	1	6.5	117.00
2011	NYM (R)	7	4	31.0	1	1	32	6	5	0	6.29	195.00
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	17.0	0	0	9	6	0	2	3.47	59.00
2011	NYM (A-)	2	0	5.0	0	0	5	1	0	1	3.8	19.00
2012	NYM (A)	12	12	71.1	0	0	54	8	1	4	5.41	385.67
2012	NYM (A+)	8	8	50.2	0	0	56	11	2	2	5.93	300.33
2013	NYM (AA)	11	11	66.2	0	0	72	10	0	2	6.32	421.33
2013	NYM (AAA)	16	16	88.2	0	0	78	25	0	4	5.33	472.33
2014	NYM (R)	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	16.00
2014	NYM (A+)	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	1	0	0	6.25	25.00
2014	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	80	34	1	4	5.04	403.00
2015	NYM (R)	3	2	6.0	0	1	6	0	0	0	7.67	46.00
2015	NYM (A+)	2	2	5.0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.6	18.00
2015	NYM (AAA)	2	2	7.2	0	0	7	1	0	1	4.74	36.33
2016	NYM (AA)	9	9	49.0	0	0	40	19	4	4	4.16	204.00
2016	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	68	40	0	12	3.25	260.00
2017	NYM (AAA)	5	5	29.0	0	0	37	12	0	3	4.97	144.00
2019	TEX (R)	5	3	7.0	0	0	12	0	0	0	8.43	59.00
2019	TEX (AA)	5	2	9.0	0	1	15	2	1	0	7.78	70.00
2019	TEX (AAA)	1	0	2.1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8.43	19.67
2024	HOU (AAA)	17	0	16.1	0	3	24	9	0	2	5.43	88.67

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Jul 29, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.00
Jul 28, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	0.0	4	3	3	2	0	2	0	-6.00
Jul 25, 2025	ATL	@TEX	0	1.1	8	4	4	2	1	2	0	2.67
Jul 21, 2025	ATL	SFG	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	-6.00
Jul 19, 2025	ATL	NYY	1	1.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	8.00
Jul 12, 2025	ATL	@STL	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	-6.00
Jul 11, 2025	ATL	@STL	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.00
Jul 9, 2025	ATL	@ATH	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.00
Jul 5, 2025	ATL	BAL	0	1.0	6	3	2	2	1	1	0	4.00
Jul 2, 2025	ATL	LAA	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.00
Totals			2	9.1	46	12	11	12	7	7	2	21.67

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
May 15, 2013 3:58 PM	add	TBD	$1
October 11, 2013 2:43 PM	increase	TBD	$2
July 19, 2014 10:26 AM	move	Free Bauer (from TBD)	$2
July 20, 2014 10:41 AM	cut	Free Bauer	$1
July 21, 2014 10:41 AM	add	TBD	$2
August 16, 2014 8:11 AM	move	The Lou Browns (from TBD)	$2
October 8, 2014 11:24 PM	increase	The Lou Browns	$4
August 20, 2015 9:42 PM	cut	The Lou Browns	$2
September 11, 2015 12:21 PM	add	RICOhtani	$2
October 2, 2015 1:15 PM	cut	RICOhtani	$1
October 3, 2015 1:16 PM	add	Free Bauer	$2
October 5, 2015 8:21 AM	increase	Free Bauer	$4
January 31, 2016 9:25 PM	cut	Free Bauer	$2
August 16, 2020 4:04 PM	add	Musial Standard	$9
September 30, 2020 7:32 PM	increase	Musial Standard	$11
January 31, 2021 11:20 PM	cut	Musial Standard	$0
March 27, 2021 4:30 PM	add	RICOhtani	$10
October 9, 2021 4:16 AM	increase	RICOhtani	$12
February 15, 2022 8:49 AM	cut	RICOhtani	$0
April 27, 2022 3:51 PM	add	RICOhtani	$2
August 24, 2022 10:50 AM	cut	RICOhtani	$1
September 25, 2022 11:52 AM	add	RICOhtani	$6
October 14, 2022 2:24 AM	increase	RICOhtani	$8
February 14, 2023 1:02 PM	cut	RICOhtani	$0
March 16, 2023 10:42 PM	add	Bockalp Ascending	$1
October 12, 2023 11:29 AM	increase	Bockalp Ascending	$3
January 31, 2024 11:05 PM	cut	Bockalp Ascending	$0

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
January 25, 2023 8:23 PM	SABRmagician✨	Joc Pederson SFG Util L $10 Logan O'Hoppe LAA C R $3	Fly Eli's Evian Showers	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Brendan Donovan STL 2B/SS/3B/OF L $3
January 20, 2023 4:13 PM	Totes McGoats Appreciation Society	Ian Happ CHC OF S $9	Greene Dot Stables	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3
December 6, 2022 2:35 PM	LT Titans ⚂	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $4	RV Lumberhacks	Joc Pederson SFG Util L $3
August 9, 2022 7:43 AM	Jobu's Cigar and Rum	Jose Barrero BAL AAA SS/OF R $3	Lou Brown's Shitburgers	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1
July 18, 2022 10:47 AM	Jack Burton's Porkchop Express	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 Edward Olivares PIT AAA OF R $1 Spencer Strider ATL SP R $4	Barry Zito's Roommate	Kris Bryant COL 1B/OF R $33 60IL John Schreiber BOS RP R $3 $34 loan
July 14, 2022 12:19 PM	Nashville Whitesox	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Blake Snell SDP SP L $14 60IL Justin Steele CHC SP L $1 60IL Christopher Morel CHC 2B/3B/OF R $1	Justice for Chaim	Max Scherzer NYM SP R $40 Ranger Suarez PHI SP L $5 $16 loan
January 18, 2016 12:32 PM	Coastal Empire	Mark Appel PHI ST RP R $4	Skunky Skittlebrau	Rafael Montero NYM RP R $4
December 2, 2014 2:14 PM	Dipoto's Doppelganger	Clayton Kershaw LAD SP L $62 Robinson Cano SEA Util L $39	The Columbus Comebackers	Michael Cuddyer NYM Util R $10 Drew Smyly TBR SP/RP L $3 Rafael Montero NYM RP R $3 Corey Seager COL SS L $2 Masahiro Tanaka NYY RP R $27 Carlos Rodon CHW SP L $7
November 25, 2014 1:31 PM	Lucky Strikes 🍀	Mike Trout LAA OF R $68	Reggie Dwight 🕶️🎹	Michael Pineda NYY RP R $3 Michael Cuddyer NYM Util R $9 Miguel Sano MIN 3B R $4 Andrew Heaney MIA SP L $6 Rafael Montero NYM RP R $3
August 14, 2014 8:11 AM	TBD	Jed Lowrie HOU Util S $10 Edwin Escobar CHC AAA RP L $1 Rafael Montero NYM RP R $2 Carlos Rodon CHW SP L $3	The Lou Browns	Oswaldo Arcia ARI AAA Util L $5 Dustin Pedroia BOS AAA Util R $43 $30 loan

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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