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Rafael Montero

#43 - Relief Pitcher

New York Yankees

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 10/17/1990 (35)
Height, Weight 6'0", 193 lb
Hometown Higuerito, DOM

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 60.1 4.48 1.31 22.9% 14.6%
192nd 3
Sv
126th 51.0
IP
224th 4.19
ERA
185th 1.32
WHIP
157th 22.9%
K%
333rd 9.3%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.1 13.8% 27.5% 52.1% 3.9% 5.04 3.37
149th 94.6
FB MPH
101st 12.5%
SwStr%
228th 28.7%
CSW%
122nd 50.8%
Str-ICR
63rd 5.3%
MTK%
130th 4.99
PLV
190th 3.22
PLA

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Rafael Montero Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2014 NYM 10 8 44.1 1-3 0 - 4.06 1.51 - 5.15 - - 21.6% 11.9% 8.9 1.62 .298 - 82.4% - - - - - -
2015 NYM 5 1 10.0 0-1 0 - 4.50 1.40 - 2.03 - - 28.3% 10.9% 8.1 0.00 .333 - 57.1% - - - - - -
2016 NYM 9 3 19.0 0-1 0 - 8.05 2.05 - 6.31 - - 21.5% 17.2% 10.9 1.89 .358 - 65.9% - - - - - -
2017 NYM 34 18 119.0 5-11 0 - 5.52 1.75 - 4.37 - - 20.7% 12.2% 10.7 0.91 .376 - 70.3% - - - - - -
2019 TEX 22 0 29.0 2-0 0 7 2.48 0.97 - 3.84 - 0.00 30.1% 4.4% 7.1 1.55 .269 - 95.7% - - 13.9% 30.9% 0.58 -
2020 TEX 17 0 17.2 0-1 8 0 4.08 1.02 4.34 3.71 4.67 2.22 26.4% 8.3% 6.1 1.02 .238 13.3% 49.4% 44.4% 24.4% 11.4% 31.5% 0.63 5.32
2021 HOU/SEA 44 0 49.1 5-4 7 4 6.39 1.54 3.93 3.86 4.67 3.39 18.7% 7.6% 10.8 0.73 .353 11.8% 54.4% 32.9% 55.3% 11.7% 25.8% 0.44 5.13
2022 HOU 71 0 68.1 5-2 14 23 2.37 1.02 2.37 2.64 3.21 2.64 27.0% 8.5% 6.2 0.40 .262 8.8% 73.7% 34.3% 52.9% 13.0% 30.6% 0.57 5.20
2023 HOU 68 0 67.1 3-3 1 10 5.08 1.53 4.64 4.46 4.15 3.27 26.5% 9.7% 9.9 1.47 .358 22.9% 72.8% 39.6% 45.9% 14.8% 28.1% 0.51 5.19
2024 HOU 41 0 38.1 1-2 0 10 4.70 1.41 6.46 6.42 5.38 3.85 14.0% 11.6% 8.2 1.88 .243 29.6% 78.6% 39.5% 45.4% 8.1% 22.4% 0.29 4.92
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 59 0 60.1 1-2 0 8 4.48 1.31 3.34 4.13 4.27 3.37 22.9% 14.6% 6.3 0.75 .242 16.7% 62.5% 29.7% 49.0% 13.8% 27.5% 0.47 5.04
RP MLB Percentile 72 0 62 14-47 0 65 36 47 78 45 45 45 55 4 85 69 85 49 13 96 70 71 33 40 61
RP MLB AVG 42 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.19 1.32 4.16 4.16 4.20 3.22 22.9% 9.3% 8.3 1.11 .291 18.1% 72.4% 38.1% 44.2% 12.5% 28.7% 0.51 4.99
Career 380 30 522.2 23-30 30 62 4.68 1.45 3.96 4.27 4.23 1.12 22.7% 10.8% 8.8 1.07 .315 20.2% 69.8% 32.8% 48.5% 12.7% 27.8% 0.49 5.12

Rafael Montero Repertoire

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Rafael Montero Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2014 NYM 10 8 44.1 1-3 3 0 - 837 498 339 194 44 24 10 2 8 42 23 0 0
2015 NYM 5 1 10.0 0-1 0 0 - 192 121 71 46 9 5 3 1 0 13 5 0 0
2016 NYM 9 3 19.0 0-1 0 0 - 388 221 167 93 23 14 3 2 4 20 16 0 2
2017 NYM 34 18 119.0 5-11 6 0 - 2,235 1,379 856 550 141 104 25 0 12 114 67 5 6
2019 TEX 22 0 29.0 2-0 0 0 7 459 293 166 113 23 14 3 1 5 34 5 2 0
2020 TEX 17 0 17.2 0-1 0 8 0 289 189 99 72 12 5 4 1 2 19 6 1 0
2021 HOU/SEA 44 0 49.1 5-4 0 7 4 872 563 309 225 59 42 13 0 4 42 17 5 4
2022 HOU 71 0 68.1 5-2 0 14 23 1,093 695 398 270 47 36 7 1 3 73 23 2 1
2023 HOU 68 0 67.1 3-3 0 1 10 1,253 782 471 298 74 46 14 3 11 79 29 3 0
2024 HOU 41 0 38.1 1-2 0 0 10 683 406 277 164 35 22 4 1 8 23 19 3 0
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 59 0 60.1 1-2 0 0 8 1,088 661 427 253 42 26 11 0 5 58 37 0 0
RP MLB Percentile 72 0 62 14-47 0 0 65 78 67 12 64 51 53 21 48 46 62 4 81 78
RP MLB AVG 42 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 840 539 302 216 46 30 9 1 6 50 19 2 2
Career 380 30 522.2 23-30 9 30 62 9,389 5,808 3,580 2,278 509 338 97 12 62 517 247 21 13

Rafael Montero Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2014 NYM 21.6% 11.9% .257 .480 .825 .363 .298 .341 - - - - - - - -
2015 NYM 28.3% 10.9% .225 .350 .661 .265 .333 .333 - - - - - - - -
2016 NYM 21.5% 17.2% .299 .545 .964 .408 .358 .404 - - - - - - - -
2017 NYM 20.7% 12.2% .306 .438 .832 .359 .376 .397 - - - - - - - -
2019 TEX 30.1% 4.4% .217 .406 .671 .283 .269 .319 - - - - - - - -
2020 TEX 26.4% 8.3% .190 .381 .652 .283 .238 .273 .214 .312 .257 .376 86.4 82.2 23.8 4.34
2021 HOU/SEA 18.7% 7.6% .296 .422 .784 .340 .353 .369 .244 .301 .280 .326 85.7 86.4 5.7 3.93
2022 HOU 27.0% 8.5% .193 .267 .535 .241 .262 .275 .188 .238 .255 .276 85.6 88.3 7.6 2.37
2023 HOU 26.5% 9.7% .279 .479 .835 .360 .358 .396 .239 .330 .290 .407 88.0 89.0 11.0 4.64
2024 HOU 14.0% 11.6% .248 .461 .809 .352 .243 .294 .280 .394 .275 .415 89.8 93.6 11.3 6.46
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 22.9% 14.6% .195 .316 .628 .283 .242 .266 .191 .284 .227 .299 87.8 91.1 11.2 3.34
RP MLB Percentile 55 4 87 82 75 70 85 86 92 78 95 93 65 31 63 78
RP MLB AVG 22.9% 9.3% .241 .393 .712 .310 .291 .321 .238 .314 .283 .363 88.4 89.8 13.0 4.16
Career 22.7% 10.8% .257 .412 .755 .336 .315 .344 .217 .305 .265 .353 87.2 88.9 10.1 3.96

Rafael Montero Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2019 TEX 24.0% (96.0) 4.6% (95.3) - 7.8% (85.1) - - 24.6% (89.9) - - 28.5% 32.5%
2020 TEX 51.2% (95.8) 21.5% (94.5) - 6.6% (85.8) - - 20.8% (88.9) - - 72.7% 27.3%
2021 HOU/SEA 35.3% (95.8) 26.6% (95.1) - 19.5% (85.7) - - 18.6% (89.7) - - 61.9% 38.1%
2022 HOU 45.8% (96.4) 22.9% (95.8) - 12.2% (87.9) - - 19.1% (91.1) - - 68.7% 31.3%
2023 HOU 49.0% (96.1) 14.8% (95.5) - 14.0% (88.3) - - 22.1% (91.4) - - 63.8% 36.2%
2024 HOU 45.5% (95.4) 23.4% (94.8) - 7.5% (86.2) - - 23.6% (91.0) - - 69.0% 31.0%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 40.3% (95.1) 5.1% (95.0) - 7.6% (85.1) - - - 46.9% (87.9) - 45.4% 54.5%
RP MLB Percentile 47 (56) 6 (63) - 5 (32) - - - 96 (70) - 38.6% 61.1%
RP MLB AVG 40.6% (94.6) 27.4% (93.8) 20.3% (89.5) 27.8% (85.9) 20.4% (82.2) 16.9% (79.8) 16.4% (86.2) 18.3% (86.5) 16.9% (64.1) 48.1% 51.9%
Career 42.4% (95.8) 16.8% (95.3) - 11.6% (86.8) - - 17.1% (90.7) 8.9% (87.9) - 59.2% 37.7%

Rafael Montero Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2019 TEX 34.5% (12) 19.0% (0) - 50.0% (7) - - 35.4% (28) - - 32.1% 67.1%
2020 TEX 35.8% (16) 30.6% (8) - 21.1% (1) - - 25.0% (8) - - 34.3% 24.1%
2021 HOU/SEA 28.6% (41) 26.3% (18) - 28.8% (24) - - 16.7% (19) - - 27.6% 22.9%
2022 HOU 32.7% (83) 34.8% (28) - 27.1% (10) - - 22.5% (21) - - 33.4% 24.3%
2023 HOU 33.4% (105) 21.1% (19) - 25.0% (21) - - 23.1% (40) - - 30.5% 23.8%
2024 HOU 29.6% (33) 20.0% (9) - 19.6% (4) - - 11.8% (9) - - 26.3% 13.7%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 28.3% (49) 25.0% (2) - 22.9% (7) - - - 27.8% (92) - 27.9% 27.2%
RP MLB Percentile 54 (24) 27 (78) - 15 (76) - - - 71 (2) - 46.0% 37.1%
RP MLB AVG 27.6% (33) 27.9% (12) 26.0% (16) 29.7% (30) 28.9% (19) 28.2% (17) 22.0% (17) 23.6% (21) 14.2% (0) 28.0% 28.9%
Career 31.4% (339) 26.5% (84) - 26.9% (74) - - 21.6% (125) 27.8% (92) - 30.0% 26.7%

Rafael Montero Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2019 TEX - - - - - - - - 17.2% - - - - -
2020 TEX 24.4% 24.4% 33.3% 17.8% 46.7% 31.1% 46.7% 22.2% 18.3% 55.6% 24.4% 4.4% 15.6% 44.4%
2021 HOU/SEA 55.3% 18.0% 21.1% 5.6% 30.4% 42.2% 35.4% 22.4% 20.3% 67.1% 23.6% 5.0% 4.3% 32.9%
2022 HOU 52.9% 18.6% 19.8% 8.7% 30.2% 36.6% 33.1% 30.2% 17.3% 65.7% 25.6% 5.8% 2.9% 34.3%
2023 HOU 45.9% 20.0% 25.9% 8.1% 36.2% 40.1% 38.0% 21.9% 19.4% 60.0% 23.8% 7.6% 8.6% 39.6%
2024 HOU 45.4% 24.4% 22.7% 7.6% 37.8% 39.5% 31.1% 29.4% 19.6% 60.5% 22.7% 6.7% 10.1% 39.5%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 49.0% 19.1% 19.1% 12.7% 26.1% 43.0% 34.8% 22.2% 18.8% 70.1% 20.4% 3.2% 6.4% 29.7%
RP MLB Percentile 70 76 21 74 96 64 58 24 63 96 83 92 66 96
RP MLB AVG 44.2% 22.0% 23.8% 10.1% 35.1% 40.8% 33.7% 25.5% 18.0% 61.7% 24.4% 6.3% 7.6% 38.1%
Career 48.5% 20.0% 22.4% 9.1% 32.8% 39.8% 35.4% 24.8% 18.8% 64.3% 23.4% 5.6% 6.8% 32.8%

Rafael Montero Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2019 TEX .217 .283 .269 .319 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 TEX .190 .283 .238 .273 .214 .312 .257 .376 86.4 82.2 23.8 13.3% 44.4% 27.8%
2021 HOU/SEA .296 .340 .353 .369 .244 .301 .280 .326 85.7 86.4 5.7 11.8% 32.9% 23.6%
2022 HOU .193 .241 .262 .275 .188 .238 .255 .276 85.6 88.3 7.6 8.8% 34.3% 21.9%
2023 HOU .279 .360 .358 .396 .239 .330 .290 .407 88.0 89.0 11.0 22.9% 39.6% 24.8%
2024 HOU .248 .352 .243 .294 .280 .394 .275 .415 89.8 93.6 11.3 29.6% 39.5% 28.7%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL .195 .283 .242 .266 .191 .284 .227 .299 87.8 91.1 11.2 16.7% 29.7% 18.6%
RP MLB Percentile 87 70 85 86 92 78 95 93 65 31 63 49 96 96
RP MLB AVG .241 .310 .291 .321 .238 .314 .283 .363 88.4 89.8 13.0 18.1% 38.1% 25.4%
Career .257 .336 .315 .344 .217 .305 .265 .353 87.2 88.9 10.1 20.2% 32.8% 21.5%

Rafael Montero Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2019 TEX - 63.8% 46.8% - 29.8% 17.2% 70.2% - - 17.0% 13.9% 30.9% 15.7% 58.8% 0.58 -
2020 TEX 46.4% 65.4% 45.3% 23.2% 25.2% 18.3% 74.8% 75.8% 72.2% 20.1% 11.4% 31.5% 15.6% 61.2% 0.63 51.6%
2021 HOU/SEA 45.2% 64.6% 50.5% 33.5% 23.2% 20.3% 76.8% 82.5% 66.9% 14.1% 11.7% 25.8% 18.5% 57.8% 0.44 52.4%
2022 HOU 41.6% 63.6% 46.0% 31.5% 28.2% 17.3% 71.8% 74.5% 67.7% 17.6% 13.0% 30.6% 15.7% 59.3% 0.57 52.8%
2023 HOU 42.0% 62.4% 49.1% 31.5% 30.1% 19.4% 69.9% 74.5% 62.0% 13.3% 14.8% 28.1% 14.9% 56.5% 0.51 50.6%
2024 HOU 39.8% 59.4% 45.1% 28.0% 17.9% 19.6% 82.1% 88.6% 71.3% 14.3% 8.1% 22.4% 17.4% 54.3% 0.29 45.7%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 40.4% 60.8% 47.1% 32.7% 29.3% 18.8% 70.7% 82.6% 53.8% 13.7% 13.8% 27.5% 14.5% 56.9% 0.47 52.1%
RP MLB Percentile 2 12 42 78 73 63 73 57 59 12 71 33 11 28 40 64
RP MLB AVG 47.0% 63.9% 47.7% 30.2% 26.2% 18.0% 73.8% 82.9% 56.2% 16.2% 12.5% 28.7% 17.1% 58.4% 0.51 50.8%
Career 38.7% 61.9% 47.5% 31.2% 26.8% 18.8% 73.2% 79.3% 63.7% 15.1% 12.7% 27.8% 15.9% 57.5% 0.49 52.1%

Rafael Montero Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2019 TEX - - - - - - - - - -
2020 TEX 46.4% 44.6% 20.4% 34.9% 25.6% 24.2% 50.2% 37.0% 42.6% 4.2%
2021 HOU/SEA 45.2% 36.4% 25.2% 38.4% 24.9% 26.0% 49.1% 38.9% 35.9% 6.3%
2022 HOU 41.6% 42.7% 21.0% 36.2% 32.8% 25.3% 42.0% 34.0% 44.9% 5.2%
2023 HOU 42.0% 42.3% 23.4% 34.3% 35.2% 24.2% 40.6% 32.1% 44.5% 4.8%
2024 HOU 39.8% 46.3% 19.5% 34.3% 33.1% 25.0% 41.9% 34.0% 46.6% 4.2%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 40.4% 38.3% 26.3% 35.4% 26.8% 20.5% 52.7% 24.0% 49.7% 5.1%
RP MLB Percentile 2 74 50 29 32 95 85 14 83 4
RP MLB AVG 47.0% 34.2% 26.4% 39.4% 30.5% 25.1% 44.4% 29.4% 44.2% 7.0%
Career 38.7% 41.2% 23.1% 35.7% 30.5% 24.1% 45.5% 32.5% 44.4% 5.1%

Rafael Montero Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2019 TEX 58.6% 12.9% 28.8% 12.6% 64.9% 54.4% 24.2% - 25.8%
2020 TEX 57.8% 8.0% 34.3% 11.4% 65.3% 55.6% 29.9% 20.2% 19.2%
2021 HOU/SEA 57.5% 11.8% 30.8% 16.0% 64.2% 52.2% 19.0% 26.4% 15.6%
2022 HOU 56.0% 12.5% 31.7% 12.9% 62.0% 52.8% 24.0% 25.9% 21.0%
2023 HOU 54.7% 12.7% 32.6% 11.8% 61.4% 51.0% 17.5% 27.7% 19.4%
2024 HOU 55.1% 13.6% 31.3% 15.4% 55.2% 46.1% 18.4% 25.7% 10.7%
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 54.6% 12.6% 33.5% 12.5% 66.3% 58.3% 18.5% 27.1% 15.9%
RP MLB Percentile 4 33 89 19 87 96 24 79 18
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.9% 30.2% 14.4% 61.3% 50.4% 21.0% 24.2% 19.4%
Career 55.9% 12.4% 32.0% 13.3% 62.6% 52.8% 20.5% 24.4% 17.9%

Rafael Montero PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2019 TEX 459 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 TEX 289 5.32 53.1% 10.4% 36.5% 16.7% 1.4% 0.6 +3 2.22
2021 HOU/SEA 872 5.13 48.0% 20.0% 32.0% 16.1% 5.2% 14.1 +15 3.39
2022 HOU 1,093 5.20 49.6% 19.1% 31.3% 18.3% 2.7% -5.6 -5 2.64
2023 HOU 1,253 5.19 49.6% 17.6% 32.8% 16.8% 3.4% 22.2 +8 3.27
2024 HOU 683 4.92 45.7% 14.6% 39.7% 6.0% 3.1% 11.1 +8 3.85
2025 DET/HOU/ATL 1,088 5.04 47.3% 18.3% 34.4% 13.0% 3.9% 2.1 -10 3.37
RP MLB Percentile 78 61 62 54 63 63 80 59 97 45
RP MLB AVG 840 4.99 46.2% 18.0% 35.7% 10.5% 5.3% 4.8 +4 3.22
Career 9,389 5.12 48.6% 17.7% 33.8% 14.8% 3.5% 44.5 +20 1.12
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