Rafael Montero DET RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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

Wed 8/13	Thu 8/14	Fri 8/15
@CHW 2:10 PM EDT	@MIN 7:40 PM EDT	@MIN 8:10 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $1.60 Median $1.50

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

2025 OPL Round 6
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

August 10, 2025 10:38 AM : Montero tossed 1.2 scoreless innings of relief in Saturday's 7-4 loss to the Angels. He allowed a hit and struck out one.
Analysis: After allowing two earned runs in an inning during his team debut Tuesday, Montero was better in his second outing since coming over at the trade deadline. The righty is still carrying a 5.49 ERA overall, making him hard to trust in any fantasy format given his middle relief role. Montero should continue to see medium-leverage work for the Tigers.

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	WINS	SV	K	ERA	WHIP
2014	NYM	10	8	44.1	1	0	42	4.06015	1.51128
2015	NYM	5	1	10.0	0	0	13	4.50000	1.40000
2016	NYM	9	3	19.0	0	0	20	8.05263	2.05263
2017	NYM	34	18	119.0	5	0	114	5.52101	1.74790
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	2	0	34	2.48276	0.96552
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	0	8	19	4.07546	1.01887
2021	SEA	40	0	43.1	5	7	37	7.26924	1.63846
2021	HOU	4	0	6.0	0	0	5	0.00000	0.83333
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	5	14	73	2.37073	1.02439
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	3	1	79	5.07921	1.52970
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	1	0	23	4.69565	1.40870
2025	HOU	3	0	4.0	0	0	5	4.50000	1.25000
2025	ATL	36	0	34.1	0	0	34	5.50485	1.39806
2025	DET	3	0	4.1	0	0	1	8.30769	1.84615

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	WINS	SV	K	ERA	WHIP
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	18.0	1	0	20	1.00000	0.38889
2011	NYM (R)	7	4	31.0	1	1	32	1.45161	1.09677
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	17.0	2	0	9	4.23529	1.35294
2011	NYM (A-)	2	0	5.0	1	0	5	3.60000	0.80000
2012	NYM (A)	12	12	71.1	6	0	54	2.52336	0.96729
2012	NYM (A+)	8	8	50.2	5	0	56	2.13158	0.90789
2013	NYM (AA)	11	11	66.2	7	0	72	2.43000	0.91500
2013	NYM (AAA)	16	16	88.2	5	0	78	3.04511	1.24060
2014	NYM (R)	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	4.50000	1.50000
2014	NYM (A+)	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	0.00000	0.75000
2014	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	6	0	80	3.60000	1.28750
2015	NYM (R)	3	2	6.0	0	0	6	0.00000	0.83333
2015	NYM (A+)	2	2	5.0	0	0	1	3.60000	1.60000
2015	NYM (AAA)	2	2	7.2	1	0	7	5.86956	1.17391
2016	NYM (AA)	9	9	49.0	4	0	40	2.20408	1.10204
2016	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	4	0	68	7.20000	1.88750
2017	NYM (AAA)	5	5	29.0	0	0	37	2.48276	1.03448
2019	TEX (R)	5	3	7.0	0	0	12	0.00000	0.28571
2019	TEX (AA)	5	2	9.0	0	0	15	7.00000	1.88889
2019	TEX (AAA)	1	0	2.1	1	0	4	0.00000	0.00000
2024	HOU (AAA)	17	0	16.1	1	0	24	2.20408	1.34694

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
Aug 10, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	7	2	2	1	0	3	1
Aug 9, 2025	DET	LAA	0	1.2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0
Aug 5, 2025	DET	MIN	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0
Jul 29, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul 28, 2025	ATL	@KCR	0	0.0	4	3	3	2	0	2	0
Jul 25, 2025	ATL	@TEX	0	1.1	8	4	4	2	1	2	0
Jul 21, 2025	ATL	SFG	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jul 19, 2025	ATL	NYY	1	1.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul 12, 2025	ATL	@STL	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jul 11, 2025	ATL	@STL	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals			2	10.2	51	13	13	12	5	10	3

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
August 11, 2020 10:19 AM	add	Ty Cobb Hardheads	$13
September 30, 2020 7:29 PM	increase	Ty Cobb Hardheads	$15
May 14, 2021 4:19 PM	cut	Ty Cobb Hardheads	$8
June 23, 2021 1:35 AM	add	Jose Can You See	$8
June 23, 2021 6:28 AM	cut	Jose Can You See	$4
July 25, 2021 3:54 PM	add	Jose Can You See	$4
July 25, 2021 4:24 PM	cut	Jose Can You See	$2
August 27, 2021 10:21 AM	add	Jose Can You See	$2
September 6, 2021 11:15 AM	cut	Jose Can You See	$1
May 11, 2022 9:11 AM	add	Dirtbags 2025	$3
July 16, 2022 9:02 PM	cut	Dirtbags 2025	$2
July 17, 2022 9:03 PM	add	Brandon Combines	$3
October 14, 2022 2:08 AM	increase	Brandon Combines	$5
May 9, 2023 6:09 PM	cut	Brandon Combines	$3
June 24, 2023 6:22 PM	add	Brandon Combines	$3
June 24, 2023 7:59 PM	cut	Brandon Combines	$2
July 27, 2023 2:49 PM	add	Brandon Combines	$2
July 27, 2023 3:59 PM	cut	Brandon Combines	$1

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
April 20, 2023 4:24 PM	An Inconveenient Truth	Max Fried ATL SP L $26 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 $15 loan	2028 Champ	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $31
March 27, 2023 5:32 AM	🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉	Chris Sale BOS SP L $18 60IL Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 Ketel Marte ARI 2B S $10 Trey Mancini ARI AAA 1B R $2 Kenta Maeda NYY AAA SP/RP R $1 Will Smith LAD C R $15 $39 loan	Wolfhounds	Trevor Story BOS SS R $7 Thairo Estrada SFG 2B R $3 60IL Tylor Megill NYM SP R $1 60IL Adley Rutschman BAL C S $11
February 25, 2023 6:09 PM	Bobby Ohtani	Esteury Ruiz LAD AAA OF R $4 Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $7	Team Hiles	Nick Castellanos PHI OF R $17 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $1 $7 loan
January 11, 2023 11:43 AM	Wally 31	Kenley Jansen ATL RP R $22	Jacksonville Jimbo Shrimp	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3
January 7, 2023 2:07 PM	The Wuerling Darvish	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $4 Clay Holmes NYY SP/RP R $8	Rhode Island Superstars	Byron Buxton MIN OF R $18 Keibert Ruiz WSN C S $5 7IL
December 31, 2022 3:50 PM	bunz of steal	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $4 Eric Lauer MIL SP/RP L $5	My Passion is My Hobby	DL Hall BAL SP/RP L $3 Esteury Ruiz LAD AAA OF R $3 Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $3
November 28, 2022 11:34 AM	Wolfhounds	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5	🐉🗡️The Asha’man🗡️🐉	Ken Waldichuk ATH AAA SP/RP L $3
November 26, 2022 10:00 PM	Osaka Shoulder Team	J.D. Martinez BOS Util R $19 Rafael Montero HOU RP R $5 Matt Olson ATL 1B L $24 Spencer Strider ATL SP R $18	Wolfhounds	Jose Abreu CHW 1B R $30 Blake Snell SDP SP L $26 Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY 2B/SS/3B R $8 Jackson Holliday BAL 2B/SS L $8 Elijah Green WSN A OF R $2
November 19, 2022 11:01 AM	NYS	Javier Baez DET SS/3B/OF R $13	Low Rider Jr.	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3
November 15, 2022 10:28 PM	WTF	Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL OF R $61 10IL	TEB Bosawas bluebirds 🎑	Rafael Montero HOU RP R $3 Cody Bellinger LAD 1B/OF L $17 Josiah Gray WSN SP/RP R $6 60IL Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $6

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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