P | Detroit Tigers
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 145 lbs | Age: 25
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 6 6 4.76 19 16 0 98.1 77 1.33
2025 5 3 4.37 20 12 0 90.2 72 1.39
2026 2 2 3.18 7 7 0 39.2 29 0.96
3 Seasons 13 11 4.33 46 35 0 228.2 178 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 19 6-6 4.76 98.1 77 1.33
2025 20 5-3 4.37 90.2 72 1.39
2026 7 2-2 3.18 39.2 29 0.96
3 Seasons 46 13-11 4.33 228.2 178 1.29
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
2024 23 1539 301 23 7.6 5.6 88.9 111.1 15.5 34.6 .282 .464 .341 .351 .403 37.9 18.7 7.5 4.76 5.17
2025 24 1473 284 23 8.2 5.9 89.1 112.4 14.5 37.7 .260 .446 .337 .333 .377 39.4 18.5 8.0 4.37 4.67
2026 25 556 118 12 10.3 7.7 91.3 111.8 21.5 35.6 .230 .391 .263 .291 .335 43.2 18.7 5.2 3.18 3.33
Player 3568 703 58 8.3 6.1 89.4 112.4 16.1 36.0 .264 .445 .327 .334 .381 39.4 18.6 7.3
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .408 .316 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Montero relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(33.8%) ,
Sinker
(21.0%) ,
Slider
(16.5%) ,
Changeup
(16.0%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(12.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 40.5 59.5 25.9 25.2 8.3 41.5 35.2 23.3 21.3 15.6 3.7 20.3 19.6 19.6
2025 41.2 58.8 27.1 25.4 6.3 43.7 32.7 23.6 21.8 13.7 5.6 21.8 19.0 18.0
2026 31.4 68.6 31.4 23.7 13.6 35.6 37.3 27.1 14.4 12.7 4.2 21.2 24.6 22.9
Player 39.3 60.7 27.3 25.0 8.4 41.4 34.6 24.0 20.3 14.4 4.6 21.1 20.2 19.5
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 2.0 29.2 26.9 28.9 5.3 7.6 5.6
2025 4.2 30.3 26.1 23.9 6.3 8.2 5.9
2026 1.7 22.9 39.8 19.5 5.1 10.3 7.7
Player 2.8 28.6 28.7 25.3 5.7 8.3 6.1
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! 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
2026 Curveball DET R 70 79.9 52.1 -2.2 11.9GLV 2.9 -8.4 -1.9 11.9GLV 2.6
2026 4-Seam Fastball DET R 188 94.1 14.2 0.4 5.7ARM -1.9 16.9 0.8 5.7ARM -2.0
2026 Changeup DET R 89 87.3 26.8 -5.2 15.6ARM 1.1 9.1 -5.1 15.6ARM 0.9
2026 Slider DET R 92 85.3 36.2 -0.3 8.5GLV 4.3 1.5 0.0 8.5GLV 4.4
2026 Sinker DET R 117 94.4 19.0 -3.2 15.1ARM -0.5 11.9 -4.2 15.1ARM -0.4
2025 Sweeper DET R 1 83.7 42.5 3.8 28.6GLV 15.4 -2.8 3.7 28.6GLV 14.7
2025 Sinker DET R 293 93.7 21.0 -2.0 15.3ARM 0.2 10.3 -2.9 15.3ARM 0.2
2025 Changeup DET R 189 86.8 29.3 -2.9 15.5ARM 1.1 7.1 -3.0 15.5ARM 1.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball DET R 453 93.9 15.0 0.1 5.4ARM -2.1 16.1 0.3 5.4ARM -2.2
2025 Slider DET R 323 84.1 36.7 -0.4 10.4GLV 5.6 2.1 -0.3 10.4GLV 6.1
2025 Curveball DET R 214 79.0 54.0 -0.6 13.5GLV 3.9 -9.8 -0.4 13.5GLV 4.5
! 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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 2 188 33.8 48 .222 .400 .291 14.8 12.5 12.2 .243 .448 .319 48.7
2026 Sinker 1.5 2 117 21.0 38 .176 .353 .254 9.3 7.9 16.7 .228 .365 .304 43.8
2026 Slider 0.7 1 92 16.5 28 .231 .308 .278 31.8 32.1 30.0 .236 .339 .281 35.3
2026 Changeup 3.8 3 89 16.0 24 .083 .083 .075 29.7 29.2 24.1 .135 .190 .140 17.6
2026 Curveball -1.8 -1 70 12.6 17 .353 .647 .424 18.8 23.5 19.0 .323 .651 .409 69.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 453 30.8 120 .295 .410 .356 14.2 17.5 16.8 .292 .490 .379 38.1
2025 Slider -3.1 -10 323 21.9 82 .308 .667 .440 36.7 26.8 20.6 .255 .496 .330 43.9
2025 Sinker 1.4 4 293 19.9 83 .257 .284 .301 8.7 18.1 24.6 .234 .275 .274 39.0
2025 Curveball -0.8 -2 214 14.5 54 .250 .481 .323 18.1 11.1 7.2 .259 .467 .320 34.8
2025 Changeup 0.6 1 189 12.8 49 .174 .370 .263 21.1 16.3 13.1 .237 .515 .339 42.1
2025 Sweeper -3.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2026 Changeup 89 87.3 92 18.2 1:30 2:15 -45
2026 4-Seam Fastball 187 94.1 88 17.4 1:00 12:45 15
2026 Knuckle Curve 70 79.9 64 16.8 7:30 7:30 0
2026 Sinker 115 94.4 86 19.3 1:00 1:45 -45
2026 Slider 92 85.3 29 9.4 8:30 9:00 -30
2025 Changeup 185 86.8 87 17.3 1:30 2:15 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 450 93.9 86 16.5 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Knuckle Curve 213 79.0 73 19.1 7:15 7:30 -15
2025 Sinker 286 93.7 83 18.6 1:00 2:00 -60
2025 Slider 322 84.1 38 11.2 8:15 9:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 412 1,539 3 5 -9 -7 -8
2025 388 1,473 2 2 -8 -4 -8
2026 155 556 8 4 -4 -2 7
Player 955 3,568 13 11 -21 13 -9
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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 %
2024 1,539 53.1 67.3 86.7 26.7 54.9 43.1 66.7 48.3 21.5 8.4 79.8
2025 1,473 53.7 64.5 87.6 28.3 61.1 44.7 64.0 47.7 19.8 7.8 77.4
2026 556 52.9 66.3 86.7 22.9 61.7 42.8 65.2 45.9 19.2 8.8 63.3
Player 3,568 53.3 66.0 87.1 26.8 58.5 43.8 65.4 47.7 20.5 8.2 76.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2024 16 57 4 23 7 59 30 92 47 25 16 17 57 52 57 40 41
2025 20 58 3 68 19 41 31 91 54 46 11 20 48 52 59 46 40
2026 90 88 32 93 73 45 42 89 11 5 13 29 92 25 30 8 45
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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 %
2024 23.12 19 16.1 3 5 12 7 36.8
2025 23.55 16 16.0 0 2 12 7 43.8
2026 21.40 3 2.4 1 2 3 1 33.3
Player 23.15 38 34.5 4 9 27 15 39.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2024 19 12 15 13 18 19 19 14 17 12 18 19 15 14 17 12 14 13 16 20 16 14 21 19 12 16 16 19 17 19 17
2025 16 17 15 17 17 16 13 18 13 14 15 15 17 19 16 15 17 13 17 19 15 15 19 18 17 13 15 17 19 15 13
2026 3 5 1 3 1 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 2 1 6 4 2 1 3 3 4 1 1
Player 38 34 31 33 36 39 33 36 32 27 34 35 36 35 35 29 32 28 35 44 33 30 46 41 31 30 34 39 40 35 31
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024
Results
BA .205 -.063 .268 +.003 .265
xBA .230 -.030 .260 -.022 .282
OBP .245 -.085 .330 +.005 .325
xOBP .274 -.049 .323 -.018 .341
SLG .349 -.096 .445 -.018 .463
xSLG .391 -.055 .446 -.018 .464
ISO .144 -.033 .177 -.021 .198
xISO .161 -.025 .186 +.003 .183
BABIP .235 -.061 .296 +.009 .287
wOBA .263 -.074 .337 -.004 .341
xwOBA .291 -.042 .333 -.018 .351
wOBAcon .297 -.084 .381 -.008 .389
xwOBAcon .335 -.042 .377 -.026 .403
BACON .254 -.082 .336 +.004 .332
xBACON .292 -.035 .327 -.027 .354
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 43.2 +3.8 39.4 +1.5 37.9
Avg Exit Velocity 91.3 +2.2 89.1 +0.2 88.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.6 -2.1 37.7 +3.1 34.6
Barrel % 10.3 +2.1 8.2 +0.6 7.6
Avg Launch Angle 21.5 +7.0 14.5 -1.0 15.5
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.3 +0.5 71.8 +0.1 71.7
Attack Angle -1° 10° 11°
Ideal Attack Angle % 59.7 +9.9 49.8 -3.4 53.2
Attack Direction -1° +1° -2° +1° -3°
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -3° 32° +1° 32°
Swing Length 7.1 -0.3 7.4 +0.1 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.2 +0.4 93.8 -0.8 94.6
Breaking Velocity 83.0 +0.9 82.1 -0.1 82.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 +0.5 86.8 +0.9 85.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 12 -11 23 0 23
Popup % 13.6 +7.3 6.3 -2.0 8.3
Flyball % 31.4 +4.3 27.1 +1.2 25.9
Line Drive % 23.7 -1.7 25.4 +0.2 25.2
Groundball % 31.4 -9.8 41.2 +0.7 40.5
Pull % 35.6 -8.1 43.7 +2.2 41.5
Straight Away % 37.3 +4.6 32.7 -2.5 35.2
Opposite Field % 27.1 +3.5 23.6 +0.3 23.3
Weak Contact % 1.7 -2.5 4.2 +2.2 2.0
Pull Airball % 21.2 -0.6 21.8 +1.5 20.3
Topped Contact % 22.9 -7.4 30.3 +1.1 29.2
Under Contact % 39.8 +13.7 26.1 -0.8 26.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 19.5 -4.4 23.9 -5.0 28.9
Solid Contact % 5.1 -1.2 6.3 +1.0 5.3
HR/FB % 8.1 -12.7 20.8 -3.6 24.4
Popups 16 -2 18 -7 25
Flyballs 37 -40 77 -1 78
Line Drives 28 -44 72 -4 76
Groundballs 37 -80 117 -5 122
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.9 -0.8 53.7 +0.6 53.1
Out of Zone % 47.1 +0.8 46.3 -0.6 46.9
Edge % 42.8 -1.9 44.7 +1.6 43.1
Zone Swing % 66.3 +1.8 64.5 -2.8 67.3
Out of Zone Swing % 22.9 -5.4 28.3 +1.6 26.7
In Zone Contact % 86.7 -0.9 87.6 +0.9 86.7
Out of Zone Contact % 61.7 +0.6 61.1 +6.2 54.9
Whiff % 19.2 -0.6 19.8 -1.7 21.5
First Strike % 65.2 +1.2 64.0 -2.7 66.7
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 +3.1 28.5 -7.4 35.9
Swing % 45.9 -1.8 47.7 -0.6 48.3
Meatball Swing % 63.3 -14.1 77.4 -2.4 79.8
Meatball % 8.8 +1.0 7.8 -0.6 8.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.3 +0.9 12.4 -0.9 13.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.3 -1.1 39.4 -5.7 45.1
In Zone 294 -497 791 -26 817
Out of Zone 262 -420 682 -40 722
Edge 238 -421 659 -5 664
In Zone Swings 195 -315 510 -40 550
Out of Zone Swings 60 -133 193 0 193
In Zone Swing & Misses 26 -37 63 -10 73
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 23 -53 76 -11 87
Basic
Pitches 556 -917 1,473 -66 1,539
PA 155 -234 389 -23 412
AB 146 -209 355 -23 378
Hits 30 -65 95 -5 100
Singles 17 -48 65 0 65
Doubles 8 -5 13 -1 14
Triples 2 +1 1 -1 2
Home Runs 3 -13 16 -3 19
Walks 8 -23 31 0 31
Strikeouts 29 -43 72 -5 77
K% 18.7 +0.2 18.5 -0.2 18.7
BB% 5.2 -2.8 8.0 +0.5 7.5
HBP 0 -2 2 -1 3
Batted Balls 118 -166 284 -17 301
Number of Fastballs 305 -441 746 -13 759
Number of Offspeed 89 -100 189 +24 165
Number of Breaking 162 -376 538 -77 615
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 412 .341 201 5 2.5 211 118 55.9
2025 Shades 388 .336 202 6 3.0 186 75 40.3
2026 Shades 155 .263 67 4 6.0 88 52 59.1
! 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 %
2024 434 14.2 58.8% 0.5% 243 19.2 1.6% 0.0%
2025 405 15.9 38.5% 0.2% 229 18.4 5.7% 0.9%
2026 179 16.7 19.0% 1.7% 72 18.9 1.4% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution