P | Detroit Tigers
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 145 lbs | Age: 26
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 10 9 3.48 32 25 1 155 107 1.04
3 Seasons 21 18 4.08 71 53 1 344 256 1.22
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 32 10-9 3.48 155 107 1.04
3 Seasons 71 21-18 4.08 344 256 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Team 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 .332 .377 39.4 18.5 8.0 4.37 4.64
2026 25 2305 475 34 7.2 5.4 88.5 112.4 16.8 30.5 .231 .381 .275 .290 .320 36.4 17.1 5.9 3.48 3.52
Player 5317 1060 80 7.6 5.6 88.8 112.4 15.8 33.6 .253 .423 .311 .320 .359 37.6 18.0 6.9
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.6 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 37.1 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
(30.0%) ,
Sinker
(23.0%) ,
Slider
(19.6%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(13.8%) ,
Changeup
(13.6%) ,


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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 40.2 59.8 27.2 20.6 12.0 36.2 38.5 25.3 17.1 17.1 6.1 19.2 21.5 19.2
Player 40.6 59.4 26.8 23.2 9.4 39.7 36.0 24.2 19.5 15.8 5.3 20.2 20.3 19.0
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.3 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.0 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.9 19.8 19.2
! 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 5.3 29.7 31.6 20.0 6.1 7.2 5.4
Player 4.1 29.7 28.8 23.6 5.9 7.6 5.6
MLB 4.1 32.2 25.0 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)
SeasonPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sinker R 529 94.6 19.2 -2.6 15.2ARM 0.1 11.4 -3.8 15.2ARM 0.2
2026 Curveball R 319 80.3 49.7 -3.2 10.9GLV 2.4 -7.2 -3.0 10.9GLV 1.9
2026 4-Seam Fastball R 691 94.3 14.5 0.3 6.0ARM -1.4 16.4 0.8 6.0ARM -1.8
2026 Changeup R 314 87.0 27.1 -4.8 15.0ARM 1.0 9.1 -5.3 15.0ARM 0.8
2026 Slider R 451 86.0 35.0 -0.8 6.2GLV 2.4 2.0 -0.6 6.2GLV 2.6
2025 4-Seam Fastball R 453 93.9 15.0 0.1 5.4ARM -2.1 16.1 0.3 5.4ARM -2.2
2025 Slider R 323 84.1 36.7 -0.4 10.4GLV 5.7 2.1 -0.3 10.4GLV 6.2
2025 Sweeper R 1 83.7 42.5 3.8 28.6GLV 15.4 -2.8 3.7 28.6GLV 14.7
2025 Changeup R 189 86.8 29.3 -2.9 15.5ARM 1.1 7.1 -3.0 15.5ARM 1.0
2025 Curveball R 214 79.0 54.0 -0.6 13.5GLV 3.9 -9.8 -0.4 13.5GLV 4.5
2025 Sinker R 293 93.7 21.0 -2.0 15.3ARM 0.2 10.3 -2.9 15.3ARM 0.2
! Note: Seasons are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Season Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 12 691 30.0 180 .207 .341 .276 13.6 14.4 13.9 .230 .405 .309 40.6
2026 Sinker 1.0 5 529 23.0 151 .235 .360 .303 10.0 9.3 13.9 .269 .400 .324 41.6
2026 Slider 1.7 8 451 19.6 116 .198 .283 .245 28.1 30.2 25.0 .193 .285 .233 27.0
2026 Curveball -2.0 -6 319 13.8 88 .274 .560 .364 19.3 19.3 16.5 .257 .511 .329 37.7
2026 Changeup 1.3 4 314 13.6 88 .167 .286 .226 26.5 17.0 14.6 .192 .293 .230 27.5
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 .466 .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

Season Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Changeup 314 87.0 92 17.6 1:30 2:00 -30
2026 4-Seam Fastball 688 94.3 89 17.0 1:00 12:45 15
2026 Knuckle Curve 319 80.3 61 15.2 7:30 7:45 -15
2026 Sinker 527 94.6 88 19.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2026 Slider 451 86.0 25 7.0 9:00 9:15 -15
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
Season 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 623 2,305 24 20 -13 -8 22
Player 1,423 5,317 29 27 -30 29 6
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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 2,305 52.1 66.9 86.7 26.9 68.0 43.4 62.3 47.7 18.4 8.2 69.7
Player 5,317 52.8 66.3 87.0 27.2 62.4 43.7 64.1 47.9 19.7 8.1 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Season 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 58 4 23 6 59 30 92 47 25 16 17 57 52 57 40 41
2025 20 58 3 68 20 41 31 91 54 46 11 20 48 52 59 46 40
2026 96 96 58 86 74 49 37 90 53 12 4 12 89 54 66 38 40
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Season 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 23.51 17 16.0 1 7 14 6 35.3
Player 23.37 52 48.1 4 14 38 20 38.5
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

Season 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 17 18 9 17 15 17 14 16 15 15 13 13 14 20 16 17 17 19 17 20 15 15 19 21 15 14 12 16 22 13 17
Player 52 47 39 47 50 52 46 48 45 41 46 47 46 53 49 44 48 45 50 59 46 44 59 58 44 43 43 52 58 47 47
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 .216 -.052 ↓ .268 +.003 ↑ .265
xBA .231 -.029 ↓ .260 -.022 ↓ .282
OBP .269 -.061 ↓ .330 +.005 ↑ .325
xOBP .282 -.040 ↓ .322 -.019 ↓ .341
SLG .359 -.086 ↓ .445 -.018 ↓ .463
xSLG .381 -.065 ↓ .446 -.018 ↓ .464
ISO .143 -.034 ↓ .177 -.021 ↓ .198
xISO .150 -.036 ↓ .186 +.003 ↑ .183
BABIP .236 -.060 ↓ .296 +.009 ↑ .287
wOBA .275 -.062 ↓ .337 -.004 ↓ .341
xwOBA .290 -.042 ↓ .332 -.019 ↓ .351
wOBAcon .301 -.080 ↓ .381 -.008 ↓ .389
xwOBAcon .320 -.057 ↓ .377 -.026 ↓ .403
BACON .263 -.073 ↓ .336 +.004 ↑ .332
xBACON .283 -.044 ↓ .327 -.027 ↓ .354
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.4 -3.0 ↓ 39.4 +1.5 ↑ 37.9
Avg Exit Velocity 88.5 -0.6 ↓ 89.1 +0.2 ↑ 88.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 30.5 -7.2 ↓ 37.7 +3.1 ↑ 34.6
Barrel % 7.2 -1.0 ↓ 8.2 +0.6 ↑ 7.6
Avg Launch Angle 16.8 +2.3 ↑ 14.5 -1.0 ↓ 15.5
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.0 +0.3 ↑ 71.7 0.0 71.7
Attack Angle 10° 0° ↓ 10° 0° ↓ 11°
Ideal Attack Angle % 54.1 +4.5 ↑ 49.6 -3.1 ↓ 52.7
Attack Direction -2° 0° ↑ -2° 0° ↑ -3°
Swing Path - Tilt 31° -1° ↓ 32° +1° ↑ 32°
Swing Length 7.2 -0.1 ↓ 7.3 0.0 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.4 +0.6 ↑ 93.8 -0.8 ↓ 94.6
Breaking Velocity 83.6 +1.5 ↑ 82.1 -0.1 ↓ 82.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 +0.2 ↑ 86.8 +0.9 ↑ 85.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 34 +11 ↑ 23 0 23
Popup % 12.0 +5.7 ↑ 6.3 -2.0 ↓ 8.3
Flyball % 27.2 +0.1 ↑ 27.1 +1.2 ↑ 25.9
Line Drive % 20.6 -4.8 ↓ 25.4 +0.2 ↑ 25.2
Groundball % 40.2 -1.0 ↓ 41.2 +0.7 ↑ 40.5
Pull % 36.2 -7.5 ↓ 43.7 +2.2 ↑ 41.5
Straight Away % 38.5 +5.8 ↑ 32.7 -2.5 ↓ 35.2
Opposite Field % 25.3 +1.7 ↑ 23.6 +0.3 ↑ 23.3
Weak Contact % 5.3 +1.1 ↑ 4.2 +2.2 ↑ 2.0
Pull Airball % 19.2 -2.6 ↓ 21.8 +1.5 ↑ 20.3
Topped Contact % 29.7 -0.6 ↓ 30.3 +1.1 ↑ 29.2
Under Contact % 31.6 +5.5 ↑ 26.1 -0.8 ↓ 26.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.0 -3.9 ↓ 23.9 -5.0 ↓ 28.9
Solid Contact % 6.1 -0.2 ↓ 6.3 +1.0 ↑ 5.3
HR/FB % 13.2 -7.6 ↓ 20.8 -3.6 ↓ 24.4
Popups 57 +39 ↑ 18 -7 ↓ 25
Flyballs 129 +52 ↑ 77 -1 ↓ 78
Line Drives 98 +26 ↑ 72 -4 ↓ 76
Groundballs 191 +74 ↑ 117 -5 ↓ 122
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.1 -1.6 ↓ 53.7 +0.6 ↑ 53.1
Out of Zone % 47.9 +1.6 ↑ 46.3 -0.6 ↓ 46.9
Edge % 43.4 -1.3 ↓ 44.7 +1.6 ↑ 43.1
Zone Swing % 66.9 +2.4 ↑ 64.5 -2.8 ↓ 67.3
Out of Zone Swing % 26.9 -1.4 ↓ 28.3 +1.6 ↑ 26.7
In Zone Contact % 86.7 -0.9 ↓ 87.6 +0.9 ↑ 86.7
Out of Zone Contact % 68.0 +6.9 ↑ 61.1 +6.2 ↑ 54.9
Whiff % 18.4 -1.4 ↓ 19.8 -1.7 ↓ 21.5
First Strike % 62.3 -1.7 ↓ 64.0 -2.7 ↓ 66.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 +2.3 ↑ 28.5 -7.4 ↓ 35.9
Swing % 47.7 0.0 47.7 -0.6 ↓ 48.3
Meatball Swing % 69.7 -7.7 ↓ 77.4 -2.4 ↓ 79.8
Meatball % 8.2 +0.4 ↑ 7.8 -0.6 ↓ 8.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.3 +0.9 ↑ 12.4 -0.9 ↓ 13.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 32.0 -7.4 ↓ 39.4 -5.7 ↓ 45.1
In Zone 1,200 +409 ↑ 791 -26 ↓ 817
Out of Zone 1,105 +423 ↑ 682 -40 ↓ 722
Edge 1,000 +341 ↑ 659 -5 ↓ 664
In Zone Swings 803 +293 ↑ 510 -40 ↓ 550
Out of Zone Swings 297 +104 ↑ 193 0 193
In Zone Swing & Misses 107 +44 ↑ 63 -10 ↓ 73
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 95 +19 ↑ 76 -11 ↓ 87
Basic
Pitches 2,305 +832 ↑ 1,473 -66 ↓ 1,539
PA 625 +236 ↑ 389 -23 ↓ 412
AB 574 +219 ↑ 355 -23 ↓ 378
Hits 124 +29 ↑ 95 -5 ↓ 100
Singles 78 +13 ↑ 65 0 65
Doubles 27 +14 ↑ 13 -1 ↓ 14
Triples 2 +1 ↑ 1 -1 ↓ 2
Home Runs 17 +1 ↑ 16 -3 ↓ 19
Walks 37 +6 ↑ 31 0 31
Strikeouts 107 +35 ↑ 72 -5 ↓ 77
K% 17.1 -1.4 ↓ 18.5 -0.2 ↓ 18.7
BB% 5.9 -2.1 ↓ 8.0 +0.5 ↑ 7.5
HBP 6 +4 ↑ 2 -1 ↓ 3
Batted Balls 475 +191 ↑ 284 -17 ↓ 301
Fastball Percent 52.9 +2.3 ↑ 50.6 +1.3 ↑ 49.3
Offspeed Percent 13.6 +0.8 ↑ 12.8 +2.1 ↑ 10.7
Breaking Percent 33.4 -3.1 ↓ 36.5 -3.5 ↓ 40.0
Number of Fastballs 1,220 +474 ↑ 746 -13 ↓ 759
Number of Offspeed 314 +125 ↑ 189 +24 ↑ 165
Number of Breaking 770 +232 ↑ 538 -77 ↓ 615
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
SeasonAlignment 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 623 .275 263 27 10.3 360 228 63.3
! 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 655 16.7 17.6% 1.8% 341 19.4 0.9% 2.9%

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Pitch Distribution