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Rafael Montero DET RP R 

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

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

Mon 8/04 Tue 8/05 Wed 8/06
MIN 6:40 PM EDT MIN 6:40 PM EDT MIN 1:10 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
Ottoneu Classic (4x4)
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
Ottoneu Classic (4x4)
Average $2.10 Median $2.00

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

2025 OPL 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.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP K HR9 ERA WHIP
2014NYM10844.1421.624064.060151.51128
2015NYM5110.0130.000004.500001.40000
2016NYM9319.0201.894748.052632.05263
2017NYM3418119.01140.907565.521011.74790
2019TEX22029.0341.551722.482760.96552
2020TEX17017.2191.018874.075461.01887
2021SEA40043.1370.830777.269241.63846
2021HOU406.050.000000.000000.83333
2022HOU71068.1730.395122.370731.02439
2023HOU68067.1791.470305.079211.52970
2024HOU41038.1231.878264.695651.40870
2025HOU304.050.000004.500001.25000
2025ATL36034.1340.786415.504851.39806

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP K HR9 ERA WHIP
2011NYM (R)4418.0200.500001.000000.38889
2011NYM (R)7431.0320.000001.451611.09677
2011NYM (R)4417.091.058824.235291.35294
2011NYM (A-)205.051.800003.600000.80000
2012NYM (A)121271.1540.504672.523360.96729
2012NYM (A+)8850.2560.355262.131580.90789
2013NYM (AA)111166.2720.270002.430000.91500
2013NYM (AAA)161688.2780.406023.045111.24060
2014NYM (R)112.030.000004.500001.50000
2014NYM (A+)114.040.000000.000000.75000
2014NYM (AAA)161680.0800.450003.600001.28750
2015NYM (R)326.060.000000.000000.83333
2015NYM (A+)225.010.000003.600001.60000
2015NYM (AAA)227.271.173915.869561.17391
2016NYM (AA)9949.0400.734692.204081.10204
2016NYM (AAA)161680.0681.350007.200001.88750
2017NYM (AAA)5529.0370.931032.482761.03448
2019TEX (R)537.0120.000000.000000.28571
2019TEX (AA)529.0150.000007.000001.88889
2019TEX (AAA)102.140.000000.000000.00000
2024HOU (AAA)17016.1241.102042.204081.34694

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR
Jul 29, 2025 ATL @KCR 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Jul 28, 2025 ATL @KCR 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 3 3 2 0 2 0 0
Jul 25, 2025 ATL @TEX 0 0 0 0 1.1 8 4 4 2 1 2 0 0
Jul 21, 2025 ATL SFG 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
Jul 19, 2025 ATL NYY 0 0 0 1 1.0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jul 12, 2025 ATL @STL 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
Jul 11, 2025 ATL @STL 0 0 0 1 1.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jul 9, 2025 ATL @ATH 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jul 5, 2025 ATL BAL 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jul 2, 2025 ATL LAA 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 2 9.1 46 12 11 12 7 7 0 2

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentGSWinSave IPTBFRERHKBBHBPHR
Sep 20, 2024 AAA SUG @SAC 0 0 0 0.2 6 2 2 4 1 0 0 0
Sep 18, 2024 AAA SUG @SAC 0 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 15, 2024 AAA SUG RNO 0 0 0 1.0 7 1 1 1 1 3 0 1
Sep 14, 2024 AAA SUG RNO 0 0 0 0.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 12, 2024 AAA SUG RNO 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Sep 10, 2024 AAA SUG RNO 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
Sep 8, 2024 AAA SUG @OKC 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sep 6, 2024 AAA SUG @OKC 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 3, 2024 AAA SUG @OKC 0 0 0 1.0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Aug 30, 2024 AAA SUG SL 0 0 0 1.0 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Totals 0 1 0 9.1 42 4 4 10 9 6 0 2

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 17, 2014 11:44 PM add Ellis Islanders I $1
October 8, 2014 11:10 PM increase Ellis Islanders I $3
October 5, 2015 8:03 AM increase Ellis Islanders I $5
October 7, 2016 12:13 PM increase Ellis Islanders I $7
November 19, 2016 5:08 PM cut Ellis Islanders I $4
August 14, 2020 10:05 AM add Piggyback Bandits $4
September 30, 2020 7:31 PM increase Piggyback Bandits $6
December 6, 2020 2:04 PM move Mourning Doves (from Piggyback Bandits) $6
August 15, 2021 9:39 AM cut Mourning Doves $3
June 2, 2022 12:53 PM add Ellis Islanders I $5
October 14, 2022 1:59 AM increase Ellis Islanders I $7
January 22, 2023 6:03 PM cut Ellis Islanders I $0
March 26, 2023 9:30 PM add Ellis Islanders I $5
May 7, 2023 1:32 AM cut Ellis Islanders I $3
June 8, 2023 10:01 PM add Ellis Islanders I $3
June 9, 2023 8:09 AM cut Ellis Islanders I $2
July 11, 2023 10:26 AM add Ellis Islanders I $2
July 11, 2023 11:20 AM cut Ellis Islanders I $1

Recent Trades for Rafael Montero in Ottoneu Classic (4x4)

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
August 10, 2022 10:13 AM Bobby's Cox Arraez Rafael Montero SEA RP R $2 
Hunter Renfroe MIL OF R $4
George Kirby SEA SP R $3 
Eury Perez MIA SP R $5 
 Purple Cactus Jacob DeGrom NYM SP R $54 
Garrett Cooper ATL AAA 1B R $4
Edwin Diaz SEA RP R $10 
$46 loan
July 13, 2022 2:22 PM GunnarFight at the O.K. Corral Miles Mikolas STL SP R $2 
Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 
Ramon Laureano OAK OF R $6 
 Southside Hitmen 2.0 Luis Castillo CIN SP R $18 
$9 loan
January 15, 2021 5:02 PM Flying Disco Turkeys Darren O'Day ATL AAA RP R $3
Miguel Rojas MIA 2B/SS/3B R $3 
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS SP L $12 
Nick Castellanos CIN OF R $23
Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 
Brusdar Graterol MIN RP R $6 60IL 
 The Basement-Dweller Aaron Judge NYY OF R $44 10IL 
James McCann NYM C R $3 
Justus Sheffield CIN CPX SP/RP L $4
Edwin Diaz SEA RP R $9 
Trevor Larnach MIA OF L $2
December 5, 2020 2:03 PM Mourning Doves J.D. Davis LAA AAA 1B/3B R $7
Shogo Akiyama CIN OF L $7
 Piggyback Bandits Rafael Montero TEX RP R $6 
Keone Kela CHW AAA RP R $6
Kris Bubic KCR SP/RP L $6 60IL 
December 14, 2015 11:53 AM Long Gone Yasmani Grandal BOS AAA C S $10
Joc Pederson LAD Util L $8 
 Balls In Play Derek Norris SDP Util R $5
Rafael Montero NYM RP R $5 
Nick Gordon KCR AAA OF L $6
Anthony Desclafani CIN SP/RP R $7 
July 12, 2015 10:51 AM Corn Cobb TV Charlie Blackmon COL OF L $5
Aaron Sanchez TOR AAA SP/RP R $5
Anthony Rendon WSN 3B R $22 60IL
Josh Bell PIT 1B S $2 
Rafael Montero NYM RP R $3 
Kyle Schwarber CHC OF L $5 
 Balls In Play Johnny Cueto CIN SP/RP R $20
Justin Upton SDP Util R $31
Felix Hernandez SEA RP R $42
$50 loan
March 13, 2015 10:20 AM Clase Closed Rafael Montero NYM RP R $3 
$2 loan 		Corn Cobb TV R.A. Dickey TOR RP R $2
December 10, 2013 6:47 PM Lovable Losers Tyler Skaggs LAA SP L $7
Matt Harvey BAL AAA RP R $12
Taylor Guerrieri PHI AAA RP R $2
Jorge Soler CHC OF R $5 10IL 
 Bob's Fellers Grant Green MIA AAA Util R $3
Brett Lawrie CHW AA Util R $11
Jake Marisnick ATL AAA OF R $4
Zack Wheeler TOR SP R $6 
Rafael Montero NYM RP R $2 
July 18, 2013 9:20 AM smg58 Danny Hultzen SEA RP L $3
Rafael Montero NYM RP R $4 
 Slapdick Prospects Cliff Lee PHI RP L $41