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
---	@KCR 8:10 PM EDT	@KCR 7:15 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

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

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	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	7	0	10.1	0	0	8	4	7	0	1	4.72	48.77

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	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	24.73
Aug 24, 2025	DET	KCR	0	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.40
Aug 20, 2025	DET	HOU	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.40
Aug 14, 2025	DET	@MIN	1	1.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	13.87
Aug 10, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	7	2	2	1	0	3	1	-11.57
Aug 9, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.73
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
Totals			1	12.2	55	11	11	9	9	12	1	40.03

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 28, 2015 10:23 PM	add	Kickin' Chickens	$3
July 14, 2015 12:51 PM	cut	Kickin' Chickens	$2
March 10, 2020 10:18 PM	add	Manitoba Goldeyes	$1
July 24, 2020 11:28 AM	cut	Manitoba Goldeyes	$1
August 13, 2020 7:07 PM	add	3 days to D-day	$2
September 30, 2020 7:31 PM	increase	3 days to D-day	$4
April 17, 2021 10:14 PM	cut	3 days to D-day	$2
April 26, 2021 12:27 PM	add	Aces Of Bases	$4
June 30, 2021 11:02 PM	cut	Aces Of Bases	$2
August 7, 2021 10:45 PM	add	Aces Of Bases	$2
August 8, 2021 5:55 AM	cut	Aces Of Bases	$1
June 10, 2022 4:43 PM	add	Portland Microbrewers	$5
October 14, 2022 2:00 AM	increase	Portland Microbrewers	$7
January 24, 2023 8:39 AM	cut	Portland Microbrewers	$0
March 20, 2023 8:52 PM	add	Fleetwood Franchise	$3
July 21, 2023 7:36 AM	cut	Fleetwood Franchise	$2

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 HOU 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 HOU 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 HOU RP R $3 Jesse Winker SEA OF L $9 60IL Jose Abreu CHW 1B R $13 Ryan McMahon COL 3B L $5 Josiah Gray WSN SP/RP R $6 60IL	Horton Hears a Woo	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 PIT SP/RP R $6 Esteury Ruiz LAD AAA OF R $5 Luis L. Ortiz PIT SP/RP R $3 OUT	Slump Busters	Andrew McCutchen MIL OF R $3 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3 Josh Hader SDP RP L $25 15IL $17 loan
January 29, 2023 9:03 AM	The Injured List	Robbie Ray SEA SP L $14	Friar Faithful	Rafael Montero HOU 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 HOU 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 HOU 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 HOU RP R $3 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3 Jake McCarthy ARI OF L $3
January 16, 2023 4:09 PM	Campbell's Soup 🍜	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $4 Camilo Doval SFG RP R $8 Vaughn Grissom BOS AAA 2B/SS R $16 7IL Jackson Chourio MIL OF R $8 10IL	Bubble Guppies	Jeffrey Springs TBR SP L $7 Sean Murphy OAK 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 HOU 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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