Rafael Montero HOU ST RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (SEA) Jul'21

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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

Roster%
0%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0%

2025 OPL Round 1
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

March 27, 2025 1:47 PM : The Astros selected Montero's contract from Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Analysis: Montero was removed from the Astros' 40-man roster last season but has made his way back on after a strong spring in which he struck out 10 batters and allowed a .194 batting average against over 8.2 innings in the Grapefruit League. He will serve as a middle reliever for Houston.

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2014	NYM	10	8	44.1	0	0	42	44	23	0	8	2.94	130.27
2015	NYM	5	1	10.0	0	1	13	9	5	0	0	6.56	65.60
2016	NYM	9	3	19.0	0	0	20	23	16	0	4	1.24	23.60
2017	NYM	34	18	119.0	0	0	114	141	67	5	12	3.18	378.40
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	0	7	34	23	5	2	5	5.8	168.30
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	8	0	19	12	6	1	2	7.47	131.93
2021	SEA	40	0	43.1	7	4	37	56	15	5	4	4.4	190.87
2021	HOU	4	0	6.0	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	6.77	40.60
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	14	23	73	47	23	2	3	8.48	579.57
2023	HOU	68	0	67.1	1	10	79	74	29	3	11	4.12	277.57
2024	HOU	41	0	38.1	0	10	23	35	19	3	8	2.98	114.27

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	18.0	0	0	20	7	0	0	1	7.93	142.70
2011	NYM (R)	7	4	31.0	1	1	32	28	6	5	0	6.34	196.60
2011	NYM (R)	4	4	17.0	0	0	9	17	6	0	2	3.35	57.00
2011	NYM (A-)	2	0	5.0	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	4.78	23.90
2012	NYM (A)	12	12	71.1	0	0	54	61	8	1	4	5.62	401.07
2012	NYM (A+)	8	8	50.2	0	0	56	35	11	2	2	6.56	332.33
2013	NYM (AA)	11	11	66.2	0	0	72	51	10	0	2	6.75	450.13
2013	NYM (AAA)	16	16	88.2	0	0	78	85	25	0	4	5.27	466.93
2014	NYM (R)	1	1	2.0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	6.5	13.00
2014	NYM (A+)	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	7.35	29.40
2014	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	80	69	34	1	4	5.23	418.40
2015	NYM (R)	3	2	6.0	0	1	6	5	0	0	0	7.9	47.40
2015	NYM (A+)	2	2	5.0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	3.4	17.00
2015	NYM (AAA)	2	2	7.2	0	0	7	8	1	0	1	4.52	34.63
2016	NYM (AA)	9	9	49.0	0	0	40	35	19	4	4	4.76	233.40
2016	NYM (AAA)	16	16	80.0	0	0	68	111	40	0	12	2.15	171.80
2017	NYM (AAA)	5	5	29.0	0	0	37	18	12	0	3	5.82	168.90
2019	TEX (R)	5	3	7.0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	10.09	70.60
2019	TEX (AA)	5	2	9.0	0	1	15	15	2	1	0	5.84	52.60
2019	TEX (AAA)	1	0	2.1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10.83	25.27
2024	HOU (AAA)	17	0	16.1	0	3	24	13	9	0	2	5.85	95.47

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Jul 28, 2024	HOU	LAD	0	1.0	6	1	1	1	0	2	0	-1.20
Jul 23, 2024	HOU	@ATH	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.40
Jul 22, 2024	HOU	@ATH	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.80
Jul 14, 2024	HOU	TEX	0	1.0	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	-8.50
Jul 6, 2024	HOU	@MIN	0	1.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	1	-13.10
Jul 5, 2024	HOU	@MIN	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.40
Jul 3, 2024	HOU	@TOR	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.40
Jul 1, 2024	HOU	@TOR	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.40
Jun 28, 2024	HOU	@NYM	0	1.0	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.80
Jun 21, 2024	HOU	BAL	0	0.1	4	3	3	3	0	0	1	-17.63
Totals			2	9.1	41	8	8	9	4	7	3	3.77

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	Win	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
Sep 20, 2024	AAA	SUG	@SAC	0	0.2	6	2	2	4	1	0	0
Sep 18, 2024	AAA	SUG	@SAC	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	7	1	1	1	1	3	1
Sep 14, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	0.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sep 12, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Sep 10, 2024	AAA	SUG	RNO	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1
Sep 8, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sep 6, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 3, 2024	AAA	SUG	@OKC	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug 30, 2024	AAA	SUG	SL	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	2	1	0
Totals				1	9.1	42	4	4	10	9	6	2

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
February 25, 2021 2:01 PM	add	ShoJuan Sotohtani	$3
April 18, 2021 7:22 PM	move	The Lollygagging Ligaments (from ShoJuan Sotohtani)	$3
October 9, 2021 4:23 AM	increase	The Lollygagging Ligaments	$5
February 15, 2022 10:41 PM	cut	The Lollygagging Ligaments	$0
April 29, 2022 7:27 AM	add	House of Nard(i)s	$1
October 14, 2022 1:52 AM	increase	House of Nard(i)s	$3
February 1, 2023 8:56 AM	cut	House of Nard(i)s	$2
March 11, 2023 7:57 PM	add	The Lollygagging Ligaments	$4
July 24, 2023 10:56 PM	cut	The Lollygagging Ligaments	$2

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
May 12, 2023 12:34 PM	Mo Vaughn	Jorge Mateo BAL 2B R $3 Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B R $8 Ty France SEA 1B R $5	You You You Ottoneu	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Bobby Witt Jr. KCR SS R $7
March 10, 2023 11:09 AM	Judgement Day	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $4	Motion to Strike	Yoan Moncada CHW 3B S $5
March 7, 2023 7:25 PM	King Kelly	Jacob DeGrom TEX RP R $48 Sean Murphy ATL C R $7 10IL	One Magic LOOGY	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $38 Christopher Morel CHC 2B/3B/OF R $3
January 30, 2023 2:53 PM	You You You Ottoneu	Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B L $17 Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $4 Brendan Donovan STL 2B/3B/OF L $8 Kerry Carpenter DET OF L $5	Mo Vaughn	Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP R $5 Tyler Anderson LAA SP L $4 Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $3 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $3 Evan Phillips LAD RP R $4 15IL Giovanny Gallegos LAD ST RP R $5
January 5, 2023 7:57 PM	Son of Johnny Dickshot	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $5	👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾	Jose Miranda MIN 1B/3B R $4
August 26, 2022 8:33 AM	🦥 Docile Irish ☘️	Bailey Ober MIN SP R $2	La Flama Blanca	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1
August 2, 2022 1:05 PM	🐍 Slïppy Snéks 🐍	Jurickson Profar SDP OF S $2 Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 Adolis García TEX OF R $4	Bully Corp	Chris Sale BOS SP L $10 Tyler Rogers SFG RP R $2
July 6, 2022 12:36 PM	Randos	Mike Clevinger SDP SP/RP R $7 Dylan Floro MIA RP R $1 $6 loan	Lumpy Gravies	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 Hunter Dozier LAA AAA 1B/3B R $1
July 3, 2022 9:11 PM	Mo Vaughn	Esteury Ruiz ATH AAA OF R $7	BesmerGate-irez	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 Ryan Helsley STL RP R $1
June 16, 2022 11:36 PM	Mo Vaughn	Rafael Montero SEA RP R $1 Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B/SS/3B/OF R $5	BesmerGate-irez	Jhoan Duran MIN RP R $4 Dakota Hudson STL SP R $3 Orelvis Martinez TOR AAA 2B/3B R $2 $3 loan

Rafael Montero HOU ST RP R

Born: 10/17/1990 Age: 34

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On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (SEA) Jul'21

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