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
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.00 Median $1.00

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	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

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
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
Jul 2, 2025	ATL	LAA	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.80
Totals			2	9.1	46	12	11	12	7	7	2	14.27

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
February 23, 2014 7:38 PM	add	Orange Crush	$1
October 8, 2014 11:03 PM	increase	Orange Crush	$3
January 31, 2015 8:31 PM	cut	Orange Crush	$2
May 3, 2015 4:01 PM	add	🔥 Paper in Fire	$1
May 4, 2015 7:13 AM	cut	🔥 Paper in Fire	$1
October 4, 2015 3:20 PM	add	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$1
October 5, 2015 8:21 AM	increase	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$3
February 2, 2016 3:08 PM	move	Rally Killing Dingers (from Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆)	$3
March 11, 2016 12:57 PM	cut	Rally Killing Dingers	$2
April 23, 2016 1:56 AM	add	Rally Killing Dingers	$2
April 23, 2016 5:05 AM	cut	Rally Killing Dingers	$1
May 19, 2016 11:00 PM	add	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$1
June 9, 2016 7:34 AM	cut	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$1
April 6, 2017 3:50 PM	add	🔥 Paper in Fire	$1
May 7, 2017 9:09 AM	move	FREE KAREN READ (from 🔥 Paper in Fire)	$1
May 7, 2017 7:23 PM	cut	FREE KAREN READ	$1
August 11, 2020 4:24 PM	add	Cosmic All Stars	$12
September 30, 2020 7:29 PM	increase	Cosmic All Stars	$14
November 27, 2020 1:54 PM	cut	Cosmic All Stars	$0
February 24, 2021 8:43 PM	add	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$3
May 14, 2021 10:40 AM	cut	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$2
May 15, 2021 10:41 AM	add	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$3
June 2, 2021 1:44 PM	cut	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$2
July 5, 2021 12:10 AM	add	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$2
July 5, 2021 6:54 AM	cut	Laser Showalter 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆	$1
August 6, 2021 1:55 PM	add	@NotoriousGman	$2
August 6, 2021 2:58 PM	cut	@NotoriousGman	$1
May 14, 2022 6:06 PM	add	🔥 Paper in Fire	$1
October 14, 2022 1:55 AM	increase	🔥 Paper in Fire	$3
May 11, 2023 1:02 PM	cut	🔥 Paper in Fire	$2
May 12, 2023 1:03 PM	add	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$3
June 2, 2023 9:28 AM	cut	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$2
July 5, 2023 3:38 PM	add	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$2
July 5, 2023 5:25 PM	cut	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	$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 Clarke Schmidt NYY SP R $1 60IL Heston Kjerstad BAL AAA OF L $1
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 10IL
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 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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