Rafael Montero

Bats R Throws R6'0" 190 lbBorn 1990 Higuerito, D.R.Debut 2014Team DET

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	179	21.2	10.6	2.72	20.9	6.19	103.3
2027							103.4
2028							104.2

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 89 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Armando Benitez	2007	96.6	95.6	26
2	D. J. Carrasco	2011	97.9	38.0	18
3	Luis Ayala	2012	99.0	93.9	143
4	Ryan Franklin	2007	97.9	92.8	346
5	Steve Kline	2007	98.9	did not play
6	Jay Witasick	2007	98.2	did not play
7	Octavio Dotel	2008	100.5	99.0	268
8	Jesse Chavez	2018	97.2	98.2	337
9	John Wasdin	2007	96.6	did not play
10	Guillermo Mota	2008	98.4	108.8	273

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	59	0	0	0	0	0
2024	HOU	41	0	0	0	0	0
2023	HOU	68	0	0	0	0	0
2022	HOU	71	0	0	0	0	0
2021	HOU	44	0	0	0	0	0
2020	TEX	17	0	0	0	0	0
2019	TEX	22	0	0	0	0	0
2017	NYM	34	28	1	2	1	10	0.080	0.080	0.080	0.160	-71.3
2016	NYM	9	5	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-126.0
2015	NYM	5	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-127.2
2014	NYM	10	13	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-129.5
Career		380	48	1	2	1	19	0.047	0.047	0.047	0.093	-95.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									179				103.4
2026*									0
2025	DET	1	2	4.48	59	0	0	60.3	253	5	37	58	108.7	99.2	107.9
2024	HOU	1	2	4.70	41	0	0	38.3	164	8	19	23	87.2	96.3	83.5
2023	HOU	3	3	5.08	68	0	1	67.3	298	11	29	79	86.6	99.9	86.5
2022	HOU	5	2	2.37	71	0	14	68.3	270	3	23	73	121.4	100.2	121.6
2021	HOU	5	4	6.39	44	0	7	49.3	225	4	17	42	90.2	97.4	87.6
2020	TEX	0	1	4.08	17	0	8	17.7	72	2	6	19	114.9	99.8	114.8
2019	TEX	2	0	2.48	22	0	0	29.0	113	5	5	34	112.7	101.5	114.1
2017	NYM	5	11	5.52	34	18	0	119.0	550	12	67	114	86.3	97.1	83.5
2016	NYM	0	1	8.05	9	3	0	19.0	93	4	16	20	69.0	101.5	70.4
2015	NYM	0	1	4.50	5	1	0	10.0	46	0	5	13	105.8	101.0	106.8
2014	NYM	1	3	4.06	10	8	0	44.3	194	8	23	42	81.0
Career		23	30	4.68	380	30	30	522.7	2278	62	247	517	94.9		93.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2017	28	76.1	-8.4	16.7	26.0	42.9	0.103	0.125	0.097	23.4
2016	5	90.0	0.2	0.0	40.0	50.0	0.079	0.104	0.074
2015	2	68.4	-13.1	0.0	40.0	33.3	0.015	0.015	0.018

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	59	60	6	4	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2024	HOU	P	41	38	1	3	1	0	0.800	-0.7
2023	HOU	P	68	67	2	8	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2022	HOU	P	71	68	2	6	1	1	0.889	+0.1
2021	HOU	P	44	49	4	5	0	1	1.000	-0.7
2020	TEX	P	17	18	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	TEX	P	22	29	4	3	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2017	NYM	P	34	119	4	13	0	1	1.000	-1.9
2016	NYM	P	9	19	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2015	NYM	P	5	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2014	NYM	P	10	44	2	6	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2013	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.130	0.260
2026	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	128	27.0 IP, 26% K	5.67
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	70	16.1 IP, 34% K	2.24
2019	Rk	AZL Rangers	Pit	23	7.0 IP, 52% K	0.00
2019	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	45	9.0 IP, 33% K	7.00
2017	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	115	29.0 IP, 32% K	2.48
2016	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	385	80.0 IP, 18% K	7.20
2016	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	200	49.0 IP, 20% K	2.20
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	31	7.2 IP, 23% K	6.25
2015	Rk	GCL Mets	Pit	20	6.0 IP, 30% K	0.00
2015	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	23	5.0 IP, 4% K	3.60
2014	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	338	80.0 IP, 24% K	3.60
2013	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	363	88.2 IP, 21% K	3.06
2013	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	261	66.2 IP, 28% K	2.45
2012	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	286	71.1 IP, 19% K	2.53
2012	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	193	50.2 IP, 29% K	2.15

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2017	0.000	0.142	0.129	0.082
2016	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2015		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0		1	0.0	2	0	1	0
2023	0	3.60	5	5.0	2	0	3	8	1.00
2022	1	1.98	10	9.1	5	1	6	10	1.21
Career	1	3.19	16	14.1	9	1	10	18	1.35

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2015	NYM	$511,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.