Mason Montgomery

Montgomery was once a highly rated prosect in the Rays organization, but he was becoming increasingly more hittable as he moved up in the organization and the club decided to move him to the pen after a July 12th loss left him 0-6 with a 6.62 ERA in the Durham rotation. Montgomery then went on to work in the bullpen for the Bulls where he struck out 30 in 18.1 innings of work and earned a promotion to the big leagues in early September. Montgomery went on to strike out 17 of the 37 batters he faced in September with a new-found upper 90's fastball and sharp slider. Simply put, Montgomery has found his new home in the bullpen as someone who can come in and get punchies when needed and should be particularly tough on lefties with his fastball/slider combination if he and the club choose to pair down his offerings to that combination. As it stands now, he could be the primary lefty out of the pen in high leverage with the departure of Collin Poche who previously held that role. Read Past Outlooks