Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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

Thu 8/07	Fri 8/08	Sat 8/09
---	LAA 7:10 PM EDT	LAA 6:10 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.00 Median $1.00

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

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

August 5, 2025 9:38 PM : Montero allowed two runs on two hits and a walk across an inning of relief in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Twins.
Analysis: Montero, who was traded to Detroit from Atlanta before last Thursday's deadline, was making his first appearance in exactly a week. Perhaps as a result of some rust, the veteran righty wasn't particularly sharp in his team debut, and his season ERA climbed to 5.72. Montero can miss some bats, as he has 39 strikeouts in 39.1 innings this year, though he's too volatile at this point to see high-leverage work with the Tigers, which minimizes his fantasy appeal.

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2014	NYM	10	8	44.1	0	0	42	44	23	0	8	2.94	130.27
2015	NYM	5	1	10.0	0	1	13	9	5	0	0	6.56	65.60
2016	NYM	9	3	19.0	0	0	20	23	16	0	4	1.24	23.60
2017	NYM	34	18	119.0	0	0	114	141	67	5	12	3.18	378.40
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	0	7	34	23	5	2	5	5.8	168.30
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	8	0	19	12	6	1	2	7.47	131.93
2021	SEA	40	0	43.1	7	4	37	56	15	5	4	4.4	190.87
2021	HOU	4	0	6.0	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	6.77	40.60
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	14	23	73	47	23	2	3	8.48	579.57
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	1	10	79	74	29	3	11	4.12	277.57
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	0	10	23	35	19	3	8	2.98	114.27
2025	HOU	3	0	4.0	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	6.45	25.80
2025	ATL	36	0	34.1	0	7	34	27	21	0	3	5.24	179.97
2025	DET	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	-0.8	-0.80

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	18.0	0	0	20	7	0	0	1	7.93	142.70
2011	NYM (R)	7	4	31.0	1	1	32	28	6	5	0	6.34	196.60
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	17.0	0	0	9	17	6	0	2	3.35	57.00
2011	NYM (A-)	2	0	5.0	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	4.78	23.90
2012	NYM (A)	12	12	71.1	0	0	54	61	8	1	4	5.62	401.07
2012	NYM (A+)	8	8	50.2	0	0	56	35	11	2	2	6.56	332.33
2013	NYM (AA)	11	11	66.2	0	0	72	51	10	0	2	6.75	450.13
2013	NYM (AAA)	16	16	88.2	0	0	78	85	25	0	4	5.27	466.93
2014	NYM (R)	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	6.5	13.00
2014	NYM (A+)	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	7.35	29.40
2014	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	80	69	34	1	4	5.23	418.40
2015	NYM (R)	3	2	6.0	0	1	6	5	0	0	0	7.9	47.40
2015	NYM (A+)	2	2	5.0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	3.4	17.00
2015	NYM (AAA)	2	2	7.2	0	0	7	8	1	0	1	4.52	34.63
2016	NYM (AA)	9	9	49.0	0	0	40	35	19	4	4	4.76	233.40
2016	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	68	111	40	0	12	2.15	171.80
2017	NYM (AAA)	5	5	29.0	0	0	37	18	12	0	3	5.82	168.90
2019	TEX (R)	5	3	7.0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	10.09	70.60
2019	TEX (AA)	5	2	9.0	0	1	15	15	2	1	0	5.84	52.60
2019	TEX (AAA)	1	0	2.1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10.83	25.27
2024	HOU (AAA)	17	0	16.1	0	3	24	13	9	0	2	5.85	95.47

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Aug 5, 2025	DET	MIN	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	-0.80
Jul 29, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.80
Jul 28, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	0.0	4	3	3	2	0	2	0	-11.20
Jul 25, 2025	ATL	@TEX	0	1.1	8	4	4	2	1	2	0	0.67
Jul 21, 2025	ATL	SFG	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	-5.50
Jul 19, 2025	ATL	NYY	1	1.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	10.40
Jul 12, 2025	ATL	@STL	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	-5.50
Jul 11, 2025	ATL	@STL	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.80
Jul 9, 2025	ATL	@ATH	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.80
Jul 5, 2025	ATL	BAL	0	1.0	6	3	2	2	1	1	0	1.20
Totals			2	9.1	48	14	13	13	6	8	2	6.67

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
July 9, 2013 9:38 PM	add	Bats With No Past	$2
July 27, 2013 9:19 AM	cut	Bats With No Past	$1
July 28, 2013 9:20 AM	add	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$2
October 11, 2013 2:45 PM	increase	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$3
September 3, 2014 11:52 PM	cut	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$2
September 10, 2016 10:03 PM	add	Mr Baseball	$1
September 13, 2016 12:58 PM	cut	Mr Baseball	$1
September 13, 2017 8:12 AM	add	Bats With No Past	$1
October 1, 2017 6:49 PM	cut	Bats With No Past	$1
August 14, 2020 12:34 PM	add	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$9
September 30, 2020 7:31 PM	increase	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$11
November 30, 2020 12:04 PM	cut	Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Arozarena	$0
March 6, 2021 8:46 PM	add	Mr Baseball	$8
June 1, 2021 12:43 PM	cut	Mr Baseball	$4
July 8, 2021 6:38 PM	add	Mr Baseball	$4
July 23, 2021 1:38 PM	cut	Mr Baseball	$2
August 27, 2021 1:05 PM	add	Mr Baseball	$2
August 27, 2021 3:12 PM	cut	Mr Baseball	$1
May 25, 2022 10:47 AM	add	Olson's Eleven	$6
October 14, 2022 1:57 AM	increase	Olson's Eleven	$8
January 8, 2023 12:18 PM	cut	Olson's Eleven	$0
March 19, 2023 11:42 PM	add	Olson's Eleven	$5
May 18, 2023 9:27 PM	cut	Olson's Eleven	$3
June 20, 2023 3:46 PM	add	Olson's Eleven	$3
June 20, 2023 4:15 PM	cut	Olson's Eleven	$2
July 22, 2023 7:59 PM	add	Olson's Eleven	$2
July 22, 2023 10:59 PM	cut	Olson's Eleven	$1

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
May 24, 2023 10:06 AM	Never tell me the odds! 🎲🎲	Charlie Morton ATL SP/RP R $16 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 José Ramírez CLE 3B S $46 $40 loan	Otto Four	Austin Riley ATL 3B R $20 10IL Clarke Schmidt NYY SP R $1 60IL Heston Kjerstad BAL AAA OF L $1 7IL
May 1, 2023 7:47 PM	Tater Street	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $2 Drew Rasmussen TBR SP/RP R $12 Hayden Wesneski CHC SP/RP R $1 60IL $1 loan	Fruiting Relations	Ryan Helsley STL RP R $4 Brayan Bello BOS SP R $5 Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $5
March 16, 2023 2:32 PM	Latte Larry's	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Jesse Winker MIL OF L $9 60IL Jose Abreu HOU 1B R $13 Ryan McMahon COL 3B L $5 Josiah Gray WSN SP/RP R $6 60IL	Deeper Wells	Framber Valdez HOU SP L $8 Cedric Mullins BAL OF L $9 Anthony Santander BAL OF S $11 60IL
March 6, 2023 3:37 PM	Winnetka Bears	Roansy Contreras BAL AAA SP/RP R $6 Esteury Ruiz OAK OF R $5 Luis L. Ortiz PIT SP/RP R $3 OUT	Slump Busters	Andrew McCutchen MIL OF R $3 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Josh Hader SDP RP L $25 $17 loan
January 29, 2023 9:03 AM	The Injured List	Robbie Ray SEA SP L $14	Friar Faithful	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Ricky Tiedemann TOR AAA SP L $2 MILB 60IL
January 24, 2023 7:08 AM	Brown Note🎶	Jesus Luzardo MIA SP L $11	Say Hey or Clemente?	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $6
January 22, 2023 10:23 AM	The Pest	Jorge Polanco MIN 2B/3B S $9 Nick Pivetta BOS SP R $4 Matt Brash SEA RP R $4	Obviously Dewon Brazelton	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $5 Ian Happ CHC OF S $5
January 18, 2023 7:22 PM	Backup Catchers	Kris Bryant COL 1B/OF R $30 60IL	donkey parts	Hector Neris PHI RP R $3 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Jake McCarthy ARI OF L $3
January 16, 2023 4:09 PM	Campbell's Soup 🍜	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $4 Camilo Doval SFG RP R $8 Vaughn Grissom BOS AAA 2B/SS R $16 Jackson Chourio MIL OF R $8 10IL	Bubble Guppies	Jeffrey Springs TBR SP L $7 Sean Murphy ATL C R $11 Andrew Vaughn CHW 1B R $13
January 3, 2023 6:07 PM	Keep Yr Own Counsell	Jake McCarthy ARI OF L $4	SchanuWow!	Brooks Raley TBR RP L $4 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Michael Toglia COL AAA 1B/OF S $4

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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