Frankie Montas
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 255LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 12 4.05 27 27 0 144.1 142 1.25
2023 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 1 2.25
2024 7 11 4.84 30 30 0 150.2 148 1.37
9 Seasons 44 46 4.09 160 129 0 744.1 760 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 27 5-12 4.05 144.1 142 1.25
2023 1 1-0 0.00 1.1 1 2.25
2024 30 7-11 4.84 150.2 148 1.37
9 Seasons 160 44-46 4.09 744.1 760 1.31
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 22 286 37 2 5.4 3.0 86.3 110.3 18.8 35.1 .183 .282 .310 .261 .312 29.7 30.3 13.6 4.80 2.78
2017 24 620 93 11 11.8 7.2 88.4 111.9 16.6 39.8 .266 .525 .412 .386 .460 37.0 23.7 13.2 7.03 6.82
2018 25 995 217 16 7.4 5.7 89.5 112.2 10.7 36.9 .283 .458 .342 .345 .377 40.1 15.2 7.4 3.88 5.16
2019 26 1485 264 10 3.8 2.5 87.0 111.4 9.9 32.6 .234 .361 .276 .281 .350 34.8 26.1 5.8 2.63 3.43
2020 27 914 153 12 7.8 5.1 88.1 111.3 17.1 37.9 .249 .433 .346 .330 .402 35.3 25.3 9.7 5.60 4.67
2021 28 3028 506 44 8.7 5.7 89.3 114.5 11.6 34.4 .237 .403 .290 .307 .385 42.3 26.6 7.3 3.37 3.98
2022 29 2327 415 33 8.0 5.4 87.6 115.8 11.2 31.8 .242 .396 .309 .310 .375 34.2 23.4 7.1 4.05 4.00
2023 30 26 5 0 0.0 0.0 91.2 104.5 -18.5 20.0 .239 .251 .403 .287 .262 40.0 14.3 14.3 0.00 3.43
2024 31 2633 434 40 9.2 6.1 89.3 113.0 13.5 36.2 .247 .428 .325 .333 .388 43.1 22.6 10.1 4.84 4.71
Player 12314 2124 168 7.9 5.3 88.5 115.8 12.3 34.7 .245 .411 .314 .318 .381 38.8 23.9 8.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Montas relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(33.2%) ,
Sinker
(19.1%) ,
Cutter
(18.7%) ,
Split Finger
(18.3%) ,
Slider
(10.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 37.8 21.6 27.0 13.5 37.8 27.0 32.4 2.7 24.3 37.8 21.6 5.4 5.4 3.0
2017 35.5 26.9 26.9 10.8 30.1 41.9 28.0 1.1 28.0 25.8 24.7 6.5 11.8 7.2
2018 43.8 21.2 30.4 4.6 38.2 35.0 26.7 2.3 33.6 24.4 26.7 3.7 7.4 5.7
2019 50.0 16.7 25.0 8.3 39.8 32.6 27.7 5.3 36.7 20.8 23.9 9.1 3.8 2.5
2020 37.3 25.5 27.5 9.8 39.9 35.3 24.8 2.0 27.5 27.5 26.8 7.2 7.8 5.1
2021 43.5 25.3 26.1 5.1 36.8 36.6 26.7 5.7 31.4 20.8 24.5 8.3 8.7 5.7
2022 45.8 21.4 23.9 8.9 39.5 37.1 23.4 3.9 35.7 23.6 23.4 4.8 8.0 5.4
2023 80.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 60.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024 41.2 25.1 26.5 7.1 35.7 39.9 24.4 4.4 30.9 24.2 23.0 7.4 9.2 6.1
Player 43.5 23.0 26.2 7.3 37.6 36.7 25.7 4.1 32.5 23.4 24.3 6.8 7.9 5.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Slider MIL R 281 85.4 33.9 -2.2 7.5GLV 2.5 3.5 -1.9 7.5GLV 2.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 873 95.6 14.5 -0.3 5.1ARM -2.8 15.3 -0.5 5.1ARM -2.4
2024 Sinker MIL R 504 94.8 21.2 -1.0 13.9ARM -1.2 9.3 -2.0 13.9ARM -0.9
2024 Split-Finger MIL R 483 86.0 34.3 0.0 9.4ARM -0.7 2.4 0.2 9.4ARM -1.2
2024 Cutter MIL R 492 90.4 27.5 -2.1 1.9GLV -0.1 5.8 -2.5 1.9GLV -0.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 3 94.8 14.6 0.3 6.0ARM -2.5 15.6 -0.2 6.0ARM -1.4
2023 Cutter NYY R 6 88.4 30.2 -2.7 2.2GLV -0.3 4.4 -3.5 2.2GLV -0.4
2023 Sinker NYY R 9 93.9 21.9 -0.2 15.0ARM -0.1 8.9 -1.3 15.0ARM 0.0
2023 Split-Finger NYY R 8 85.2 35.3 0.5 12.0ARM 1.9 2.0 1.3 12.0ARM 0.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 873 33.2 251 .206 .367 .306 23.1 29.1 18.8 .225 .404 .320 48.0
2024 Sinker 1.4 7 504 19.1 129 .248 .407 .332 11.3 10.9 14.9 .255 .440 .344 40.0
2024 Cutter -1.4 -7 492 18.7 109 .326 .609 .447 22.3 11.0 20.0 .337 .619 .444 50.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 1 483 18.3 109 .218 .297 .264 42.6 31.2 18.1 .210 .269 .247 29.9
2024 Slider -2.4 -7 281 10.7 56 .288 .577 .395 32.5 26.8 18.1 .235 .470 .328 40.5
2023 Sinker -10.5 -1 9 34.6 3 .667 1.000 .717 25.0 0.0 0.0 .367 .389 .335 66.7
2023 Split-Finger 4.8 0 8 30.8 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 16.7 .101 .101 .090 0.0
2023 Cutter 5.9 0 6 23.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .130 .137 .124 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 0 3 11.5 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 492 90.4 47 5.4 11:45 11:15 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 870 95.6 81 15.7 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Split-Finger 446 86.0 80 10.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Sinker 498 94.8 76 16.8 12:45 2:00 -75
2024 Slider 278 85.4 36 9.0 9:30 9:30 0
2022 Cutter 194 89.5 34 7.1 11:00 10:45 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 660 96.1 89 17.6 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Split-Finger 533 86.4 85 13.1 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Sinker 503 95.6 86 19.4 12:45 2:00 -75
2022 Slider 362 87.2 32 7.1 10:15 9:30 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 65 284 4 -1 -3 -1 -1
2017 151 618 -5 4 -7 -5 -11
2018 282 992 -3 10 -8 -4 -5
2019 393 1,485 5 19 -5 -8 11
2020 264 1,019 -2 1 -6 -3 -9
2021 777 3,028 -3 37 -8 -11 14
2022 609 2,339 0 15 -9 -10 -4
2024 672 2,693 -6 20 -18 -9 -12
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 286 51.2 69.2 71.3 25.9 66.7 42.8 53.0 47.9 29.9 10.2 79.3
2017 620 50.3 67.2 83.3 24.1 40.5 40.5 62.5 45.8 27.5 6.8 83.3
2018 995 52.2 70.7 86.9 24.9 60.2 42.7 59.0 48.7 19.6 10.2 79.2
2019 1,485 49.0 68.0 81.0 31.3 59.1 41.7 60.7 49.2 26.0 7.2 81.3
2020 914 51.5 60.5 77.5 28.7 55.1 42.9 61.6 45.1 28.6 9.0 75.6
2021 3,028 47.7 70.2 78.4 32.5 53.2 43.6 65.2 50.5 29.6 7.2 80.4
2022 2,327 46.2 72.4 81.4 33.2 54.8 43.5 60.9 51.3 27.6 6.7 79.6
2023 26 38.5 70.0 57.1 31.3 80.0 23.1 57.1 46.2 33.3 7.7 0.0
2024 2,633 48.9 70.6 81.6 27.7 57.5 42.0 62.9 48.7 24.9 7.6 83.0
Player 12,314 48.7 69.5 80.7 30.1 55.5 42.7 62.1 49.3 26.8 7.6 80.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 97 85 28
2017 97 81 4
2018 12 5 10 26 17 49 30 17 11 7 63 12 16 87 80 11
2019 81 60 78 88 81 74 96 86 64 69 83 53 73 91 78 7
2020 36 39 35 32 42 13 40 54 59 60 38 64 61 86 65 16
2021 55 53 46 43 68 4 36 36 23 70 65 74 90 88 79 19
2022 42 44 38 35 52 16 36 71 78 53 59 65 86 82 70 16
2024 19 37 21 15 24 8 21 35 13 47 22 45 38 70 73 13
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.5 10 10.0 0 1 9 3 30.0
2018 21.2 5 6.7 -2 7 7 3 60.0
2019 23.1 8 6.8 1 6 7 2 25.0
2020 23.2 12 11.3 1 1 7 6 50.0
2021 23.6 20 22.5 -3 9 14 14 70.0
2022 23.8 19 17.2 2 8 9 10 52.6
2024 23.5 24 21.0 3 10 20 7 29.2
Player 23.4 98 95.4 3 42 73 45 45.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 10 11 7 10 10 10 13 11 7 6 12 12 10 11 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 7 12 12 11 7 8 12 11 9 6
2018 5 11 5 8 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 11 8 5 6 9 6 5 7 9 8 9 11 8 5 5 4 8 9 5 4
2019 8 10 4 8 7 6 9 6 6 3 4 8 12 7 5 7 4 4 8 8 8 11 9 10 4 4 7 8 9 4 4
2020 12 13 8 12 12 13 12 11 11 8 10 11 11 10 13 12 11 13 11 13 12 12 14 11 10 8 12 12 13 11 9
2021 20 25 20 21 22 18 25 26 17 15 17 23 28 19 23 28 21 21 26 22 22 22 31 27 22 20 24 23 26 20 21
2022 19 16 17 19 17 16 18 15 15 15 15 18 18 16 17 19 17 16 18 17 17 17 22 19 17 15 20 22 18 16 14
2024 24 19 21 16 19 21 24 22 16 16 19 19 24 19 21 19 21 17 23 25 26 22 28 27 16 19 19 22 26 22 21
Player 98 105 82 94 93 89 106 97 77 67 81 102 111 87 96 106 90 85 103 105 104 100 127 114 85 78 94 107 112 87 79
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.7 95.7 -2.0 96.5 0.8 95.7 -0.8 95.7 0.0 95.0 -0.7 92.2 -2.8 94.0 1.8
Offspeed Velocity 88.9 87.4 -1.5 86.8 -0.6 86.4 -0.4 87.5 1.1 86.4 -1.1 85.2 -1.2 86.0 0.8
Breaking Velocity 86.6 86.1 -0.5 88.4 2.3 86.1 -2.3 88.0 1.9 87.2 -0.8 0.0 0.0 85.4 0.0
Exit Velocity 88.4 89.5 1.1 87.0 -2.5 88.1 1.1 89.3 1.2 87.6 -1.7 91.2 3.6 89.3 -1.9
Launch Angle 16.6 10.7 -5.9 9.9 -0.8 17.1 7.2 11.6 -5.5 11.2 -0.4 -18.5 -29.7 13.5 32.0
Barrel % 11.8 7.4 -4.4 3.8 -3.6 7.8 4.0 8.7 0.9 8.0 -0.7 0.0 -8.0 9.2 9.2
Hard Hit % 37.0 40.1 3.1 34.8 -5.3 35.3 0.5 42.3 7.0 34.2 -8.1 40.0 5.8 43.1 3.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.8 36.9 -2.9 32.6 -4.3 37.9 5.3 34.4 -3.5 31.8 -2.6 20.0 -11.8 36.2 16.2
xBA .266 .283 0.017 .234 -0.049 .249 0.015 .237 -0.012 .242 0.005 .239 -0.003 .247 0.008
BA .302 .290 -0.012 .230 -0.060 .270 0.040 .232 -0.038 .249 0.017 .333 0.084 .243 -0.090
xwOBA .386 .345 -0.041 .281 -0.064 .330 0.049 .307 -0.023 .310 0.003 .287 -0.023 .333 0.046
wOBA .412 .342 -0.070 .276 -0.066 .346 0.070 .290 -0.056 .309 0.019 .403 0.094 .325 -0.078
xSLG .525 .458 -0.067 .361 -0.097 .433 0.072 .403 -0.030 .396 -0.007 .251 -0.145 .428 0.177
SLG .566 .451 -0.115 .364 -0.087 .464 0.100 .372 -0.092 .402 0.030 .500 0.098 .420 -0.080
K% 23.7 15.2 -8.5 26.1 10.9 25.3 -0.8 26.6 1.3 23.4 -3.2 14.3 -9.1 22.6 8.3
BB% 13.2 7.4 -5.8 5.8 -1.6 9.7 3.9 7.3 -2.4 7.1 -0.2 14.3 7.2 10.1 -4.2
Swing % 45.8 48.7 2.9 49.2 0.5 45.1 -4.1 50.5 5.4 51.3 0.8 46.2 -5.1 48.7 2.5
Whiff% 27.5 19.6 -7.9 26.0 6.4 28.6 2.6 29.6 1.0 27.6 -2.0 33.3 5.7 24.9 -8.4
In Zone % 50.3 52.2 1.9 49.0 -3.2 51.5 2.5 47.7 -3.8 46.2 -1.5 38.5 -7.7 48.9 10.4
Out of Zone % 49.7 47.8 -1.9 51.0 3.2 48.5 -2.5 52.3 3.8 53.8 1.5 61.5 7.7 51.1 -10.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 24.9 0.8 31.3 6.4 28.7 -2.6 32.5 3.8 33.2 0.7 31.3 -1.9 27.7 -3.6
First Pitch Swing % 32.2 29.0 -3.2 31.0 2.0 28.7 -2.3 35.2 6.5 37.3 2.1 42.9 5.6 35.9 -7.0
First Pitch Strike % 62.5 59.0 -3.5 60.7 1.7 61.6 0.9 65.2 3.6 60.9 -4.3 57.1 -3.8 62.9 5.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 152 .412 84 1 1.2 68 12 17.6
2018 Shifts 283 .342 141 6 4.3 142 39 27.5
2019 Shifts 393 .276 181 5 2.8 212 77 36.3
2020 Shifts 237 .346 121 13 10.7 116 62 53.4
2021 Shifts 777 .290 391 69 17.6 386 246 63.7
2022 Shifts 605 .309 318 69 21.7 287 165 57.5
2023 Shades 7 .403 5 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
2024 Shades 654 .325 312 15 4.8 342 151 44.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 68 16.8 41.2% 0.0% 54 25.3 1.9% 29.6%
2017 155 15.3 46.5% 1.3% 126 24.1 0.0% 16.7%
2018 294 15.3 45.2% 0.7% 152 24.3 0.0% 8.6%
2019 434 16.9 22.4% 0.7% 219 26.1 0.0% 16.0%
2020 274 18.0 9.9% 0.4% 163 24.9 0.0% 11.7%
2021 873 18.9 6.0% 2.7% 407 26.3 0.0% 23.6%
2022 629 18.7 6.8% 3.8% 328 27.6 0.0% 31.1%
2023 7 16.7 14.3% 0.0% 2 22.6 0.0% 0.0%
2024 759 17.5 7.1% 0.1% 353 20.4 0.0% 1.1%

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Pitch Distribution