The Arizona Diamondbacks have actually included a significant totally free representative to their rotation 2 days before Opening Day. The D-backs and left-hander Jordan Montgomery have actually consented to an agreement, reports ESPN. It's a 1 year offer worth $25 million, according to the Arizona Republic, and Montgomery gets a $20 million gamer alternative with 10 starts. The 2025 income increases to $22.5 million with 18 starts and $25 million with 23 starts. The group has not yet revealed the finalizing.
Montgomery, who will pitch the whole 2024 season at age 31, needed to opt for a short-term agreement like fellow Scott Boras customers Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, and Blake Snell. Previously this offseason, it was reported Montgomery looked for an agreement in line with Aaron Nola's seven-year, $175 million agreement with the Philadelphia Phillies. Clearly he and Boras fell well except that.
The finalizing comes not long after the D-backs lost Eduardo Rodriguez, their other valued complimentary representative finalizing, to a lat pressure. It's uncertain for how long he will be sidelined. Montgomery figures to require a long time to totally develop and get video game prepared, once he returns, he'll sign up with Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly, Brandon Pfaadt, and ultimately a healthy Rodriguez in an extremely powerful rotation.
A year ago Montgomery tossed 188 2/3 innings with a 3.20 ERA in general, and was great after the St. Louis Cardinals sent him to the Texas Rangers at the trade due date. With Texas, Montgomery had a 2.79 ERA in 11 starts and 67 2/3 routine season innings. He then included 31 innings with a 2.90 ERA in the postseason to assist Texas beat the D-Backs on the planet Series.
Our R.J. Anderson ranked Montgomery the No. 10 complimentary representative offered this offseason. Here's his review:
Montgomery is the beginning pitcher variation of home cheese. He's not amazing. Nobody anticipates enjoying him. You do not desire your group making huge strategies around him. He's dependable, and he can be part of something excellent if he's put into the ideal circumstance. To be clear: none of this is suggested to insult Montgomery. His state-of-the-art control and resilience have actually managed him 3 successive excellent seasons. He's simply much better served when he's not cast as the piece de resistance.
Since he did not invest the whole 2023 season with the Rangers, Texas might not make Montgomery the certifying deal. They will not get a payment draft choice for losing him and the D-backs will not need to surrender any draft chooses or global reward swimming pool cash to sign him.
Montgomery will be disqualified to get the certifying deal after the 2024 season if the agreement is not carried out before Opening Day. Free representatives should invest the whole season– Opening Day through Game 162– with their group to be qualified for the certifying deal. For Boras and Montgomery, it would make good sense to formally sign the offer Friday, after the season starts.