P Rafael Montero #50
Age: 49 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
05/13/2040
OA: 22 POT: 22
P RAFAEL MONTERO #50 - AGE: 49 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 55 50 55 55
Movement 50 50 50 50
Control 45 45 45 45
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 55 55
Slider 55 55
Changeup 65 65
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 89-91 Mph
Stamina 69
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Flyball Pitcher
Hold Runners 62
Defense 36
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 24
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 26
Sacrifice Bunt: 44
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Montero puts in long hours.
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Birthday:10/17/1990
Born in:Higüey, LA
Nationality:Dominican
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 130 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:9 Years, 51 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2014 New York - MLB 23 10 8 1 3 0 4.06 44.1 44 21 20 8 23 42 0 0 1.51 .298 5.22 -0.4 86
2015 New York - MLB 24 5 1 0 1 0 4.50 10.0 9 6 5 0 5 13 0 0 1.40 .321 1.26 0.4 83
2017 Minnesota - MLB 26 28 28 8 11 0 4.44 164.1 156 82 81 22 57 151 1 1 1.30 .295 4.40 2.1 98
2018 Minnesota - MLB 27 35 35 14 7 0 2.94 211.1 175 73 69 25 62 207 1 0 1.12 .276 3.81 3.8 142
2019 Minnesota - MLB 28 32 32 11 15 0 4.67 192.2 201 108 100 22 61 177 1 1 1.36 .325 3.94 2.8 87
2020 Minnesota - MLB 29 32 32 13 15 0 4.23 193.2 190 99 91 27 73 182 2 1 1.36 .301 4.49 2.3 103
2021 Minnesota - MLB 30 29 17 6 5 1 4.88 114.1 124 66 62 18 53 100 0 0 1.55 .310 5.09 0.1 85
2022 New York - MLB 31 29 9 3 6 4 5.81 74.1 78 52 48 16 28 66 0 0 1.43 .298 5.44 -0.7 67
2022 Arizona - MLB 31 6 3 0 2 0 6.92 13.0 13 11 10 4 12 11 0 0 1.92 .257 7.95 -0.5 55
2022 Total - MLB 31 35 12 3 8 4 5.98 87.1 91 63 58 20 40 77 0 0 1.50 .292 5.81 -1.2 65
2023 Arizona - MLB 32 14 7 0 2 0 5.47 24.2 31 16 15 5 10 22 0 0 1.66 .361 5.26 -0.2 68
2023 Miami - MLB 32 17 0 1 1 0 6.75 12.0 17 9 9 3 7 11 0 0 2.00 .368 6.24 -0.4 53
2023 Total - MLB 32 31 7 1 3 0 5.89 36.2 48 25 24 8 17 33 0 0 1.77 .364 5.57 -0.5 66
Total MLB 237 172 57 68 5 4.35 1054.2 1038 543 510 150 391 982 5 3 1.35 .303 4.45 9.2 100
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 Port St. Lucie - R 20 7 4 1 2 1 1.45 31.0 28 11 5 0 6 32 0 0 1.10 .301 2.20 1.1 276
2011 New York (WIN) - R 20 7 4 1 2 1 1.45 31.0 28 11 5 0 6 32 0 0 1.10 .301 2.20 1.1 276
2011 Kingsport - R+ 20 4 4 2 1 0 4.24 17.0 17 8 8 2 6 9 0 0 1.35 .273 4.73 0.1 94
2011 Total - R+ 20 18 12 4 5 2 2.05 79.0 73 30 18 2 18 73 0 0 1.15 .295 2.74 2.4 237
2011 Brooklyn - A- 20 2 0 1 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0.80 .182 4.40 -0.0 111
2012 Columbia - A 21 12 12 6 3 0 2.52 71.1 61 24 20 4 8 54 0 0 0.97 .260 2.79 2.2 159
2012 St. Lucie - A+ 21 8 8 5 2 0 2.13 50.2 35 13 12 2 11 56 1 0 0.91 .270 2.27 1.9 188
2012 Total - A+ 21 20 20 11 5 0 2.36 122.0 96 37 32 6 19 110 1 0 0.94 .264 2.58 4.1 171
2013 Binghamton - AA 22 11 11 7 3 0 2.43 66.2 51 21 18 2 10 72 0 0 0.91 .277 1.88 3.0 166
2013 Las Vegas - AAA 22 16 16 5 4 0 3.05 88.2 85 35 30 4 25 78 0 0 1.24 .316 2.87 2.6 131
2014 New York (WIN) - R 23 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.50 .500 0.20 0.1 89
2014 St. Lucie - A+ 23 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.75 .222 1.95 0.2 999
2014 Las Vegas - AAA 23 16 16 6 4 0 3.60 80.0 69 43 32 4 34 80 0 0 1.29 .297 3.16 2.0 111
2015 New York (WIN) - R 24 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.83 .357 1.20 0.3 999
2015 St. Lucie - A+ 24 2 2 0 0 0 3.60 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1.60 .263 4.60 0.0 111
2015 Las Vegas - AAA 24 2 2 1 0 0 5.87 7.2 8 6 5 1 1 7 0 0 1.17 .318 3.46 0.2 68
2016 New York (WIN) - AA 25 4 4 3 0 0 1.88 28.2 16 8 6 1 3 40 0 0 0.66 .246 1.38 1.4 183
2016 Las Vegas - AAA 25 36 36 17 9 0 3.61 202.0 199 93 81 16 60 186 1 1 1.28 .316 3.88 3.1 112
2017 Rochester - AAA 26 6 6 5 0 0 1.07 42.0 23 7 5 0 7 36 0 0 0.71 .207 2.44 1.6 387
2023 New Orleans - AAA 32 17 1 2 4 2 5.79 23.1 20 15 15 5 15 28 0 0 1.50 .273 5.54 -0.5 66
2024 Dunedin - A 33 1 1 0 1 0 3.38 8.0 7 3 3 1 2 10 0 0 1.13 .333 3.92 0.2 134
2024 Buffalo - AAA 33 25 0 3 0 1 4.53 43.2 47 24 22 4 20 53 0 0 1.53 .384 3.03 0.7 86
2025 Dunedin - A 34 20 11 6 2 2 2.89 84.0 74 28 27 6 19 95 2 2 1.11 .313 3.04 2.2 144
2025 New Hampshire - AA 34 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.29 .333 1.83 0.1 999
Total IL 84 43 27 13 3 3.56 311.0 289 139 123 25 102 303 1 1 1.26 .308 3.69 142.0
Total PCL 34 34 12 8 0 3.42 176.1 162 84 67 9 60 165 0 0 1.26 .308 3.03 119.4
Total EL 12 11 7 3 0 2.35 69.0 53 21 18 2 11 75 0 0 0.93 .279 1.88 194.3
Total CAL (WIN) 21 12 6 3 2 2.93 92.0 81 31 30 7 21 105 2 2 1.11 .315 3.12 143.5
Total FSL 11 11 5 2 0 2.11 59.2 42 15 14 2 15 61 1 0 0.96 .267 2.45 235.6
Total SAL 12 12 6 3 0 2.52 71.1 61 24 20 4 8 54 0 0 0.97 .260 2.79 158.5
Total NYP 2 0 1 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0.80 .182 4.40 111.0
Total APP 4 4 2 1 0 4.24 17.0 17 8 8 2 6 9 0 0 1.35 .273 4.73 94.4
Total GCL 18 11 2 4 2 1.41 70.0 64 23 11 0 12 73 0 0 1.09 .311 2.06 332.2
Total WIN 4 4 3 0 0 1.88 28.2 16 8 6 1 3 40 0 0 0.66 .246 1.38 183.2
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2019 Minnesota - MLB 28 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 .000 7.70 -0.0 999
2020 Minnesota - MLB 29 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1.50 .250 4.39 0.0 97
Total MLB 2 0 0 0 0 3.38 2.2 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1.50 .167 5.22 322.2
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2011 Brooklyn - A- P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Kingsport - R+ P 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Port St. Lucie - R P 7 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 New York (WIN) - R P 7 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 St. Lucie - A+ P 8 0 1 5 1 6 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 Columbia - A P 12 0 2 9 0 12 1 .917 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2013 Las Vegas - AAA P 16 0 6 11 1 18 1 .944 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2013 Binghamton - AA P 11 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Las Vegas - AAA P 16 0 4 5 0 10 1 .900 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 St. Lucie - A+ P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 New York (WIN) - R P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 New York - MLB P 10 8 2 6 1 8 0 1.000 44.1 1.62 -0.2 .000
2015 Las Vegas - AAA P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 St. Lucie - A+ P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 New York (WIN) - R P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 New York - MLB P 5 1 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 10.0 2.70 -0.0 .000
2017 Minnesota - MLB P 28 28 21 13 2 35 1 .971 164.1 1.86 -1.0 .889
2018 Minnesota - MLB P 35 35 13 24 3 40 3 .925 211.1 1.58 -0.8 .974
2019 Minnesota - MLB P 32 32 12 23 3 38 3 .921 192.2 1.63 -1.1 .944
2020 Minnesota - MLB P 32 32 9 11 0 21 1 .952 193.2 0.93 -0.8 .925
2021 Minnesota - MLB P 29 17 8 9 2 17 0 1.000 114.1 1.34 +0.2 1.100
2022 New York - MLB P 27 9 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 74.1 0.97 -0.4 .996
2022 Arizona - MLB P 6 3 2 2 0 5 1 .800 13.0 2.77 -0.6 .797
2023 Arizona - MLB P 14 7 4 2 0 6 0 1.000 24.2 2.19 -0.2 1.012
2023 Miami - MLB P 16 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 12.0 3.75 -0.1 1.012
TOTAL P 326 172 100 144 13 256 12 .953 1054.2 2.08 -5.1 .954
PLAYER HISTORY
01/20/2011 Signed as an international Free Agent with the New York Mets
04/10/2016 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
05/01/2016 Wins the IL NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
11/23/2016 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $507,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 55 (60).
02/09/2017 Was traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins, along with 2B Asdrubal Cabrera, in exchange for 3B Amaurys Minier.
05/01/2017 Wins the IL AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
05/10/2017 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
11/22/2017 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $507,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 55 (60).
09/01/2018 Wins the MLB AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
11/19/2018 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,250,000 through arbitration.
12/30/2018 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $5,200,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 55 (60).
07/25/2019 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the New York Mets with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
05/27/2020 Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Los Angeles Angels with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
10/01/2020 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,500,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 50 (50).
11/26/2021 Became a free agent.
12/20/2021 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,220,000 with the New York Yankees organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
07/31/2022 Was claimed off waivers by Arizona while with New York.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
06/04/2023 Was claimed off waivers by Miami while with Arizona.
11/21/2023 Became a free agent.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (60); Control: 50 (50).
05/07/2024 Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
11/20/2024 Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
05/27/2025 Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
06/01/2025 Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Charlotte Stone Crabs with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
06/07/2025 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Lynchburg Hillcats with 12 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
06/20/2025 Was selected to the 2025 California League All-Star Game.
10/30/2025 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2018 35 2
Year W Rank
2018 14 10
Year L Rank
2019 15 8
2020 15 8
Year Win. % Rank
2018 .667 7
Year IP Rank
2018 211.1 7
Year BB Rank
2020 73 7
Year K Rank
2018 207 2
Year ERA Rank
2018 2.94 4
Year WHIP Rank
2018 1.12 8
Year RA/9 Rank
2018 10.39 9
Year H/9 Rank
2018 7.45 3
Year K/9 Rank
2018 8.82 7
Year QS Rank
2018 21 10
Year SHO Rank
2017 1 6
2019 1 6
2020 1 5
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