Jordan Montgomery
31-Year-Old
Free Agent
2023 Stats
W-L
10-11
ERA
3.20
WHIP
1.19
K
166
SV
0
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
For the second straight season, Montgomery began the year pitching for a team with playoff aspirations but was traded at the deadline to a team a team still in contention. Of course, last season ended with Montgomery celebrating a World Series win with the Rangers. Montgomery began the season recording a 3.42 ERA and 1.25 WHIP for the Cardinals, fanning 108 in 121 frames. After joining Texas, Montgomery posted a 2.79 ERA and 1.09 WHIP punching out 58 in 67.2 innings. His 21.4 percent strikeout rate is below average, but the southpaw is frugal with free passes and does a good job keeping the ball in the yard. Montgomery is durable, with his 94 starts over the past three seasons tied for sixth most in MLB. A low strikeout rate hurts Montgomery's fantasy appeal, but it also keeps his cost of acquisition affordable. There is always risk a pitcher of this ilk experiences some misfortune, but he has displayed the ability to buffer ratios in a rotisserie league format. Read Past Outlooks
Could sign short-term deal
Montgomery's agent Scott Boras told Bob Nightengale of USA Today on Monday that the left-hander is open to signing a short-term contract similar to ones inked by Matt Chapman and Cody Bellinger this offseason.
ANALYSIS
Per Nightengale, Montgomery opened free agency looking for a long-term deal north of $170 million, but the veteran southpaw has seemingly shifted his focus to netting a shorter-term deal, with Boras informing teams as much. A short-term deal with a similar structure to the ones signed by Chapman and Bellinger would allow Montgomery to bet on himself for one season and re-enter the open market in 2025. He helped the Rangers to a World Series title in 2023 after posting a 3-1 record over six playoff games with a 2.90 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 17:6 K:BB across 31 innings.
Per Nightengale, Montgomery opened free agency looking for a long-term deal north of $170 million, but the veteran southpaw has seemingly shifted his focus to netting a shorter-term deal, with Boras informing teams as much. A short-term deal with a similar structure to the ones signed by Chapman and Bellinger would allow Montgomery to bet on himself for one season and re-enter the open market in 2025. He helped the Rangers to a World Series title in 2023 after posting a 3-1 record over six playoff games with a 2.90 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 17:6 K:BB across 31 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
89
Last 10 Games
85
Last 5 Games
73
How many pitches does Jordan Montgomery generally throw?
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What part of the game does Jordan Montgomery generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-13%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .233 | 91 | 9 | 79 | 6 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .246 | 395 | 126 | 407 | 52 | |||
2023vs Left | .277 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .241 | 144 | 46 | 149 | 17 | |||
2022vs Left | .198 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .242 | 120 | 35 | 138 | 20 | |||
2021vs Left | .227 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 4 | |||
2021vs Right | .256 | 131 | 45 | 120 | 15 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-5%
ERA on Road
2023
-24%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.57 | 1.16 | 277.2 | 8.5 | 2.1 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.39 | 1.21 | 246.2 | 8.2 | 2.6 | ||||
2023Home | 3.61 | 1.26 | 99.2 | 8.2 | 2.2 | ||||
2023Away | 2.73 | 1.11 | 89.0 | 7.6 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Home | 3.31 | 1.04 | 108.2 | 8.2 | 1.6 | ||||
2022Away | 3.75 | 1.18 | 69.2 | 7.6 | 2.2 | ||||
2021Home | 3.89 | 1.20 | 69.1 | 9.3 | 2.7 | ||||
2021Away | 3.78 | 1.34 | 88.0 | 9.2 | 3.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jordan Montgomery compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.46K/9
7.9BB/9
2.3HR/9
0.9Fastball
93.3 mphERA
3.20WHIP
1.19BABIP
.303GB/FB
1.50Left On Base
75.1%Exit Velocity
82.1 mphBarrels/BBE
5.1%Spin Rate
2128 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.9%Swinging Strike
11.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Jordan Montgomery See More
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Ronald Acuna holds onto the top spot in the RotoWire Roundtable despite his knee scare, but there's plenty of movement behind him.
Brad Johnson has moved to the NL Central, and in Cincinnati, Hunter Greene, with one of the biggest arms in baseball, clearly has considerable potential.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The lefty almost turned himself into a meme with how good he was initially after being traded from the Yankees to the Cardinals in early August. Montgomery allowed just a single earned run in his first four starts for St. Louis, a run capped off by a one-hit shutout of the Cubs in Wrigley. Eventually, the Devil Magic wore off and Montgomery returned to his solid, if flappable, ways. He worked from behind in 2021 in the sense that he threw his offspeed pitches (changeup, curveball) as his two primary pitches but changed his pitch mix this past season to feature his sinker, in particular after the move to St. Louis. It's not like he was bad during his time with New York -- the team felt it needed a good defensive outfielder -- and the Cardinals may be onto something with this new version of Montgomery. That being said, the modest swing-and-miss would seem to cap his fantasy upside.
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Meets with Boston
Montgomery recently had an online meeting with the Red Sox, Buster Olney of ESPN reports.
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Starting Game 2 of World Series
Montgomery will be the Rangers' starter for Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
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Named Game 5 starter
Montgomery will start Game 5 of the ALCS on Friday against Houston, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
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Fans six in win
Montgomery allowed five hits and one walk across 6.1 scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 contest against the Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS. He struck out six.
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Named Game 1 starter
Montgomery will start Sunday against the Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS, Jeff Wilson of RangersToday.com reports.
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