Jordan Montgomery

Jordan Montgomery

33-Year-Old PitcherSP
Texas Rangers
60-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 7/24/2026
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There are terrible free agent signings, and then there is Jordan Montgomery's signing. Montgomery was a very late 2023 signee by Arizona after his hopes never materialized. The disrupted schedule helped contribute to an absolutely disastrous 2024. He did, however, pitch enough to get a $22.5M vested option for 2025, but he came down with elbow soreness which eventually required his Tommy John Surgery in April. Montgomery is now a free agent in the midst of his TJS recovery meaning no lucrative contract is coming his way this winter. It is very likely Montgomery gets one of those popular two-year backloaded deals where a new team is paying him to mostly rehab in year one so he can fully contribute in year two. This has been an unfortunately career arc for Montgomery after a three-year stretch from 2021-2023 where he bounced back from his first TJS in 2018. The best hope here is Montgomery has a 2027 similar to his 2021, but unless you are in a deep keeper league and want to stash him for $1, scratch him off your 2026 draft plans. Read Past Outlooks
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Height 6'6"
Weight 228
DOB 12/27/1992
Born Sumter, SC
College South Carolina
Drafted 4th Rd 2014 NYY
Signed a one-year, $1.25 million contract with the Rangers in February of 2026. Contract includes an additional $500,000 in bonuses.
Another scoreless rehab start
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
June 28, 2026
Montgomery (elbow) struck out three over two perfect innings in a rehab start Saturday with Double-A Frisco.
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Montgomery was making the second start of his rehab assignment and was supremely efficient, recording his six outs on 20 pitches (15 strikes). Before coming off the 60-day injured list, Montgomery will likely need at least three more starts in the minors to increase his workload and convince the Rangers that he's a viable option for the big-league rotation. The left-hander is working his way back from a hybrid UCL reconstruction surgery, which he underwent last March.
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Since 2024vs Left .260 88 18 10 20 7 0 1
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Montgomery hoped to parlay a strong 2023 season, which included a World Series ring with the Rangers, into a lucrative long-term deal but one never materialized. The left-hander eventually signed with Arizona late in spring training, and the non-traditional ramp up had a deleterious effect on Montgomery. He ended the season with a 6.28 ERA over 25 outings (21 starts), last among pitchers with more than 140 innings. Unsurprisingly, he exercised a 2025 option and joins the competition of six legitimate starters. Nothing is guaranteed for Montgomery, who was hit hard (41 percent), as opponents teed off on his sinker, the pitch he throws most. His walk rate jumped (6.2% to 8.3%), while his strikeout rate plummeted (21.4% to 15.6%). Warning flags abound, but Montgomery was one of 14 pitchers with at least 550 innings pitched and a sub-3.65 ERA from 2020-23.
For the second straight season, Montgomery began the year pitching for a team with playoff aspirations but was traded at the deadline to a team a team still in contention. Of course, last season ended with Montgomery celebrating a World Series win with the Rangers. Montgomery began the season recording a 3.42 ERA and 1.25 WHIP for the Cardinals, fanning 108 in 121 frames. After joining Texas, Montgomery posted a 2.79 ERA and 1.09 WHIP punching out 58 in 67.2 innings. His 21.4 percent strikeout rate is below average, but the southpaw is frugal with free passes and does a good job keeping the ball in the yard. Montgomery is durable, with his 94 starts over the past three seasons tied for sixth most in MLB. A low strikeout rate hurts Montgomery's fantasy appeal, but it also keeps his cost of acquisition affordable. There is always risk a pitcher of this ilk experiences some misfortune, but he has displayed the ability to buffer ratios in a rotisserie league format.
The lefty almost turned himself into a meme with how good he was initially after being traded from the Yankees to the Cardinals in early August. Montgomery allowed just a single earned run in his first four starts for St. Louis, a run capped off by a one-hit shutout of the Cubs in Wrigley. Eventually, the Devil Magic wore off and Montgomery returned to his solid, if flappable, ways. He worked from behind in 2021 in the sense that he threw his offspeed pitches (changeup, curveball) as his two primary pitches but changed his pitch mix this past season to feature his sinker, in particular after the move to St. Louis. It's not like he was bad during his time with New York -- the team felt it needed a good defensive outfielder -- and the Cardinals may be onto something with this new version of Montgomery. That being said, the modest swing-and-miss would seem to cap his fantasy upside.
Montgomery enjoyed his first full season of work since the 2017 season, and arguably had his best professional season to date. He had Tommy John surgery in June of 2018 -- the success of 2020 coupled with his 2021 efforts show he is completely recovered from the surgery, but not without flaws. Montgomery has rather large splits to date with a 4.59 ERA and a .261/.316/.416 slash line allowed versus righties the past two seasons compared to a 2.53 ERA and a .228/.280/.322 versus lefties. He does pitch better at home (3.84 ERA) than away (4.36 ERA), which is not surprising given how spacious Yankee Stadium plays to the left-center-field gap. Monty works like a modern day Jimmy Key in that his changeup and breaking ball are his preferred pitches, and the league hit below .200 against both offerings while smashing his sinker to the tune of a .359 average. The flaws limit his ceiling, so this is not the guy to target if you're looking for another level.
Montgomery had a much better 2020 season than his 5.11 ERA suggests. The southpaw's 3.65 xFIP ranked second among Yankees starters and was supported by an outstanding 5.22 K/BB. In addition, Montgomery held opposing batters to an 84.6 mph average exit velocity, placing in the 95th percentile. Finally -- and perhaps most importantly -- the 6-foot-6 hurler remained healthy after missing most of the previous two seasons due to the Tommy John surgery he underwent in June of 2018. Montgomery doesn't throw hard (92.5 mph average fastball) but mixes up a four-pitch arsenal well, leading to a healthy 12.9 SwStr% and 24.4 K% last season. There's a good chance positive regression is coming, which should boost the left-hander's overall numbers and could make him a nice sleeper pick as a solid mid-rotation starter this season.
Montgomery spent 2019 recovering from mid-2018 Tommy John surgery. The lefty pitched all of 7.2 innings of real baseball over three levels last season, capped off by two appearances with the big-league club in September. Before the surgery, Montgomery was useful as a back-end starter in 2017, collecting strikeouts and enjoying the run support the Yankees can provide. Given he has thrown a combined 35 innings the past two seasons, there is only so much work Montgomery is going to be able to do in 2020. The last thing to return for every TJS recipient is command. Control is throwing it in the strike zone, while command is throwing it where the pitch is called for in the zone. He will be approximately the Yankees' No. 7 starter on the depth chart heading into camp, so the expectation should be that he will wait his turn while staying moderately stretched out at Triple-A.
Montgomery's first five starts of the 2018 campaign were sluggish. He was walking more while fanning fewer than he did in his promising rookie season. The lefty was lifted after one inning in a May 1 start in Houston with what was initially diagnosed as a left elbow strain. A little over a month later, Montgomery went under the knife, undergoing Tommy John surgery. With a typical 12-to-14 month recovery time frame, it's possible Montgomery can return sometime during the second half of 2019. However, the Yankees aren't going to hold a rotation spot for him, so he's likely to return as a reliever, or perhaps spend extended time starting for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Unless you have deep reserves, Montgomery really isn't even a target for those in keeper leagues as a 2020 stash since his role is unclear.
Above-average control of four average offerings will take a pitcher a long way in Major League Baseball, as Montgomery showed last season. He only throws his fastball 92 mph and none of his secondary pitches (curveball, slider, change) are truly plus yet, but they all play against big-league hitters -- the offspeed is good enough for Montgomery to keep right-handed hitters in check (.241/.301/.386 last season). Montgomery limited the free passes in his first exposure to big-league hitters (3.0 BB/9), which was huge as he did have some issues with the long ball, especially on the road (1.7 HR/9). There may be room for growth in the strikeout department given his 12.2 percent swinging-strike rate, above-average chase rate and track record at the upper levels of the minors, but owners would be wise to simply pay for a repeat (of both production and workload), with anything beyond that being a bonus.
A big-bodied southpaw out of South Carolina, the 6-foot-6 Montgomery tormented the opposition in 2016. A polished college hurler drafted in the fourth round in 2014, Montgomery had no issues with Double-A Trenton to begin the year and performed even better with a promotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, recording a 0.97 ERA and 37:9 K:BB in six starts to finish the year. Montgomery doesn't have one standout pitch, and he may not be frontline starter material, but he uses a three-pitch combination of fastball, changeup and curveball extremely effectively. Tinkering with Montgomery's mechanics has also allowed him to register a few more ticks on the radar gun. Montgomery should start the year in Triple-A with a chance to make his MLB debut by midseason.
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Scoreless frame in rehab start
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
June 21, 2026
Montgomery (elbow) allowed one hit and struck out a batter over a scoreless inning in a rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Sunday.
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Starting rehab assignment
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
June 21, 2026
Montgomery (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment Sunday with Double-A Frisco.
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Throws live BP
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
June 4, 2026
Montgomery (elbow) threw a 20-pitch live batting practice session Wednesday, MLB.com reports.
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Slated for another 'pen session
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
March 23, 2026
Montgomery (elbow) will throw his fifth bullpen session of the spring Tuesday, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Moved to 60-day IL
PTexas Rangers
Elbow
March 8, 2026
The Rangers placed Montgomery (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Sunday.
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Trade interest increasing
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 19, 2025
According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Phoenix, the Diamondbacks have recently received trade interest from a few teams for Montgomery.
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The left-hander surrendered five runs while recording just one out during his spring debut March 8, but the camp reports have otherwise been encouraging for the 32-year-old. Montgomery exercised his $22.5 million player option for 2025 after he posted a 6.23 ERA in 25 appearances last year, so Arizona may need to include some cash in order to help facilitate a trade.
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