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
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%
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	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
2025	DET	7	0	10.1	0	0	8	7	0	1	3.26	33.67

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	Win	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Aug 27, 2025	DET	@ATH	0	2.2	9	0	0	0	4	1	0	18.33
Aug 24, 2025	DET	KCR	0	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1.00
Aug 20, 2025	DET	HOU	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.00
Aug 14, 2025	DET	@MIN	1	1.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.67
Aug 10, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	7	2	2	1	0	3	1	-13.67
Aug 9, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.33
Aug 5, 2025	DET	MIN	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.00
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
Totals			1	12.2	55	11	11	9	9	12	1	32.33

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
June 16, 2013 3:42 PM	add	Clash City Rockers ✯	$1
October 11, 2013 2:44 PM	increase	Clash City Rockers ✯	$2
March 17, 2014 3:11 PM	cut	Clash City Rockers ✯	$1
June 12, 2014 4:46 PM	add	RV Lumberhacks	$1
June 12, 2014 5:27 PM	cut	RV Lumberhacks	$1
September 28, 2015 1:36 AM	add	Skunky Skittlebrau	$2
October 5, 2015 8:21 AM	increase	Skunky Skittlebrau	$4
January 20, 2016 12:33 PM	move	Coastal Empire (from Skunky Skittlebrau)	$4
January 22, 2016 9:34 PM	cut	Coastal Empire	$2
March 30, 2017 7:16 AM	add	Napalm Bombs	$1
October 7, 2017 1:50 AM	increase	Napalm Bombs	$3
January 31, 2018 1:39 PM	cut	Napalm Bombs	$2
March 19, 2020 11:50 AM	add	RV Lumberhacks	$1
September 30, 2020 7:07 PM	increase	RV Lumberhacks	$3
October 9, 2021 3:45 AM	increase	RV Lumberhacks	$5
February 7, 2022 5:52 PM	cut	RV Lumberhacks	$0
May 12, 2022 6:23 PM	add	Fake News Bears	$3
September 27, 2022 10:29 AM	cut	Fake News Bears	$2
October 5, 2022 4:04 PM	add	LT Titans ⚂	$2
October 14, 2022 2:27 AM	increase	LT Titans ⚂	$4
December 8, 2022 2:35 PM	move	RV Lumberhacks (from LT Titans ⚂)	$4
April 22, 2023 10:17 AM	cut	RV Lumberhacks	$2
May 24, 2023 5:05 PM	add	RV Lumberhacks	$2
May 24, 2023 10:21 PM	cut	RV Lumberhacks	$1

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 HOU RP R $3 Brendan Donovan STL 2B/SS/3B/OF L $3 10IL
January 20, 2023 4:13 PM	Totes McGoats Appreciation Society	Ian Happ CHC OF S $9	Greene Dot Stables	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3
December 6, 2022 2:35 PM	LT Titans ⚂	Rafael Montero HOU 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 HOU RP R $1
July 18, 2022 10:47 AM	Jack Burton's Porkchop Express	Rafael Montero HOU 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 HOU RP R $3 Blake Snell SDP SP L $14 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 COL Util R $10 Drew Smyly TBR SP/RP L $3 Rafael Montero NYM RP R $3 Corey Seager LAD SS L $2 OUT 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 COL 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 OAK 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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