Rafael Montero

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	10/17/1990 (33)
Height, Weight	6'0", 193 lb
Hometown	Higuerito, DOM

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	0	38.1	4.70	1.41	14.0%	11.6%

	197^th 3 Sv	213^th 45 IP	257^th 4.00 ERA	241^st 1.28 WHIP	336^th 23.7% K%	267^th 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	95.4	8.1%	22.4%	-	3.7%	5.02	3.84

	128^th 94.6 FB MPH	329^th 12.7% SwStr%	343^rd 29.2% CSW%	- Str-ICR	52^nd - MTK%	253^rd 5.13 PLV	275^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

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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	-	-	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	4.95	3.37	26.4%	8.3%	6.1	1.02	.238	8.7%	49.4%	44.4%	24.4%	11.4%	31.5%	0.63	5.21
2021	HOU/SEA	44	0	49.1	5-4	7	4	6.39	1.54	3.93	3.86	4.50	3.75	18.7%	7.6%	10.8	0.73	.353	9.3%	54.4%	32.9%	55.3%	11.7%	25.8%	0.44	5.12
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	5-2	14	23	2.37	1.02	2.37	2.64	3.26	2.96	27.0%	8.5%	6.2	0.40	.262	6.1%	73.7%	34.3%	52.9%	13.0%	30.6%	0.57	5.17
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	3-3	1	10	5.08	1.53	4.64	4.46	4.06	3.87	26.5%	9.7%	9.9	1.47	.358	17.5%	72.8%	39.6%	45.9%	14.8%	28.1%	0.51	5.16
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	1-2	0	10	4.70	1.41	6.46	6.42	5.29	3.84	14.0%	11.6%	8.2	1.88	.243	22.2%	78.6%	39.5%	45.4%	8.1%	22.4%	0.29	5.02
RP MLB Percentile		47	0	38	14-38	0	71	26	30	3	5	8	20	3	21	43	9	83	6	74	24	53	5	1	-	25
RP MLB AVG		41	0	45.0	3-2	3	7	4.00	1.28	4.11	4.05	4.01	3.18	23.7%	9.1%	8.0	1.07	.288	12.5%	72.5%	36.8%	44.8%	12.7%	29.2%	0.53	5.13
Career		321	30	462.1	22-28	30	54	4.71	1.46	-	-	-	1.04	22.7%	10.4%	9.1	1.11	.324	15.4%	70.7%	33.5%	48.4%	12.5%	27.9%	0.49	5.13

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 46%
Changeup | 24%
Sinker | 23%
Slider | 7%
All

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	24.0%	96.0	-	-	62.7%	10.9%	23.6%	34.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.250	.222	-	-	-	-
2020	51.2%	95.8	56.1%	12.3%	67.6%	10.8%	25.0%	35.8%	56.8%	22.2%	50.0%	44.4%	11.1%	.185	.250	-3	-0.9	7.4%	5.28
2021	35.3%	95.8	49.4%	23.7%	62.0%	13.3%	15.3%	28.6%	52.3%	32.6%	50.0%	32.6%	8.7%	.258	.318	+3	4.2	5.5%	5.17
2022	45.8%	96.4	47.7%	25.2%	64.1%	16.6%	16.2%	32.7%	55.3%	40.0%	36.4%	40.0%	5.0%	.194	.321	+1	-0.5	2.4%	5.28
2023	49.0%	96.1	48.9%	27.7%	65.1%	17.1%	16.3%	33.4%	55.0%	25.0%	54.7%	47.7%	17.1%	.227	.322	-1	2.1	2.9%	5.34
2024	45.5%	95.4	43.1%	26.0%	61.4%	10.6%	19.0%	29.6%	52.4%	22.9%	54.3%	40.0%	26.3%	.233	.167	-1	2.5	2.3%	4.99
RP MLB Percentile	60	62	9	47	20	49	71	64	53	15	88	49	13	50	91	61	23	88	56
RP MLB AVG	40.1%	94.6	51.0%	26.4%	65.5%	11.1%	16.7%	27.8%	52.3%	35.7%	41.1%	41.0%	12.9%	.244	.295	+0	-0.3	6.5%	4.95

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.199	.300	.274	.382	-	22.2%	44.4%	90.3	85.4	25.1	5.4	8.5	-1.0	5.2	6.2	2,276
2021	.248	.328	.294	.378	-	6.5%	32.6%	88.1	83.4	23.9	5.7	8.1	-1.0	5.0	6.2	2,273
2022	.188	.281	.313	.348	-	3.6%	40.0%	89.1	87.7	15.8	5.9	9.1	-1.2	5.1	6.2	2,323
2023	.210	.333	.281	.469	-	14.1%	47.7%	94.0	90.9	25.7	5.6	8.9	-1.2	5.0	6.3	2,352
2024	.281	.441	.242	.493	-	11.4%	40.0%	91.7	89.8	26.7	6.9	8.9	-1.4	5.1	6.2	2,423
RP MLB Percentile	24	10	76	11	-	29	49	35	43	12	85	38	50	7	23	82
RP MLB AVG	.242	.337	.289	.386	-	9.1%	41.0%	90.2	88.6	18.6	5.0	9.0	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,291

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	110	20	69	41	0	2	0	3	5	11	0	8	0	0
2020	148	31	100	48	1	2	1	1	5	8	8	10	2	1
2021	308	72	191	117	10	4	0	2	16	20	15	17	9	0
2022	501	111	321	180	11	5	1	1	18	21	22	39	15	2
2023	614	127	400	214	15	4	0	6	25	37	31	45	16	1
2024	311	50	191	120	4	1	0	5	10	20	14	8	7	0
RP MLB Percentile	72	52	69	22	64	61	19	5	48	-	-	35	37	43
RP MLB AVG	246	61	163	83	8	2	0	2	12	16	15	15	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	22.2%	27.8%	50.0%	16.7%	27.8%	50.0%	22.2%	16.7%	5.6%	22.2%	38.9%	-	55.6%	44.4%
2021	32.6%	17.4%	50.0%	17.4%	28.3%	39.1%	32.6%	23.9%	2.2%	6.5%	32.6%	-	67.4%	32.6%
2022	40.0%	23.6%	36.4%	16.4%	30.9%	27.3%	41.8%	30.9%	5.5%	3.6%	36.4%	-	59.9%	40.0%
2023	25.0%	20.3%	54.7%	9.4%	30.8%	35.4%	33.8%	23.4%	10.9%	14.1%	50.0%	-	51.5%	47.7%
2024	22.9%	22.9%	54.3%	17.1%	42.9%	22.9%	34.3%	17.1%	11.4%	11.4%	34.3%	-	60.0%	40.0%
RP MLB Percentile	15	51	88	70	87	8	58	84	18	29	65	-	-	49
RP MLB AVG	35.7%	23.2%	41.1%	13.1%	31.6%	35.5%	32.9%	25.1%	6.9%	9.1%	37.7%	-	58.9%	41.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.250	.413	.222	.417	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.185	.301	.250	.294	-3	.199	.300	.274	.382	90.3	85.4	25.1	11.1
2021	.258	.333	.318	.348	+3	.248	.328	.294	.378	88.1	83.4	23.9	8.7
2022	.194	.286	.321	.333	+1	.188	.281	.313	.348	89.1	87.7	15.8	5.0
2023	.227	.332	.322	.385	-1	.210	.333	.281	.469	94.0	90.9	25.7	17.1
2024	.233	.397	.167	.286	-1	.281	.441	.242	.493	91.7	89.8	26.7	26.3
RP MLB Percentile	50	21	91	64	61	24	10	76	11	35	43	12	13
RP MLB AVG	.244	.333	.295	.331	+0	.242	.337	.289	.386	90.2	88.6	18.6	12.9

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	62.7%	39.1%	-	27.9%	17.3%	72.1%	-	-	23.6%	10.9%	34.5%	17.4%	10.9%	58.2%	0.73	-
2020	56.1%	67.6%	42.6%	12.3%	25.4%	19.6%	74.6%	74.5%	75.0%	25.0%	10.8%	35.8%	18.0%	12.2%	64.2%	0.82	56.8%
2021	49.4%	62.0%	46.8%	23.7%	28.5%	18.5%	71.5%	73.8%	64.9%	15.3%	13.3%	28.6%	24.1%	14.9%	56.8%	0.51	52.3%
2022	47.7%	64.1%	47.9%	25.2%	34.6%	20.4%	65.4%	66.7%	62.1%	16.2%	16.6%	32.7%	17.1%	11.0%	60.5%	0.72	55.3%
2023	48.9%	65.1%	48.9%	27.7%	35.0%	21.2%	65.0%	66.7%	60.9%	16.3%	17.1%	33.4%	16.3%	10.6%	61.1%	0.76	55.0%
2024	43.1%	61.4%	42.4%	26.0%	25.0%	20.6%	75.0%	81.4%	63.0%	19.0%	10.6%	29.6%	18.3%	11.3%	58.2%	0.60	52.4%
RP MLB Percentile	9	20	13	47	63	38	63	53	60	71	49	64	87	89	33	37	53
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	65.5%	48.7%	26.4%	22.5%	21.6%	77.5%	81.5%	66.3%	16.7%	11.1%	27.8%	-	-	60.2%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	56.1%	29.1%	20.3%	50.7%	43.9%	29.7%	26.4%	24.3%	55.4%	4.7%
2021	49.4%	17.2%	26.0%	56.8%	50.0%	30.5%	19.5%	31.5%	42.5%	9.4%
2022	47.7%	28.9%	24.0%	47.1%	58.7%	26.5%	14.8%	26.9%	49.1%	6.6%
2023	48.9%	29.2%	27.5%	43.3%	62.5%	25.1%	12.4%	23.0%	49.5%	6.0%
2024	43.1%	28.6%	22.2%	49.2%	59.5%	24.1%	16.4%	30.9%	46.9%	4.8%
RP MLB Percentile	9	21	12	93	81	25	24	65	69	9
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.1%	26.7%	22.3%	28.8%	43.4%	7.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	61.8%	9.1%	29.1%	4.4%	66.7%	58.3%	30.9%	-	25.0%
2020	61.5%	5.4%	33.1%	8.8%	67.3%	59.2%	35.2%	12.2%	20.4%
2021	49.7%	14.9%	35.4%	11.1%	58.1%	45.9%	20.3%	19.3%	15.6%
2022	52.5%	16.6%	30.9%	8.0%	62.8%	53.5%	20.9%	20.6%	25.2%
2023	52.4%	14.5%	33.1%	8.4%	64.0%	56.5%	21.7%	24.1%	22.2%
2024	53.7%	16.7%	29.6%	9.0%	57.6%	52.9%	25.7%	23.9%	8.7%
RP MLB Percentile	44	27	45	17	27	57	76	69	6
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.1%	31.5%	13.2%	62.0%	51.1%	21.8%	20.6%	18.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-