Rafael Montero
HOU → ATL → DET · RHP · RP · Age 34
- Season
- 2025
- G/GS
- 59/0
- IP
- 60.1
- BF
- 253
- xwOBA
- .295
- K%
- 22.9%
- BB%
- 14.6%
- CSW%
- 27.5%
- Whiff%
- 29.3%
- Barrel%
- 7.0%
- FB Velo
- 95.1
Percentile profile, 2025 regular season.
Arsenal, 2025
| Pitchⓘ | #ⓘ | Usageⓘ | Veloⓘ | Spinⓘ | IVBⓘ | HBⓘ | Whiff%ⓘ | CSW%ⓘ | xwOBAⓘ | RVⓘ | RV/100ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split-Finger FS | 511 | 47.0% | 87.9 | 1618 | 0.9 | -12.1 | 36.1% | 27.8% | .262 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 4-Seam Fastball FF | 442 | 40.6% | 95.1 | 2384 | 14.8 | -9.8 | 24.4% | 28.1% | .379 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Slider SL | 82 | 7.5% | 85.1 | 2402 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 23.3% | 23.2% | .117 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Sinker SI | 53 | 4.9% | 95.0 | 2302 | 8.4 | -16.4 | 7.7% | 26.4% | .313 | -1 | -2.1 |
Pitch types with 25+ pitches; knuckle curves and slow curves shown as curveballs. Grey rates: under 405 pitches of the type (Savant’s qualifying line, 2.5 per team game).
Season by season
| Seasonⓘ | Teamⓘ | Ageⓘ | Gⓘ | GSⓘ | IPⓘ | BFⓘ | K%ⓘ | BB%ⓘ | K−BB%ⓘ | CSW%ⓘ | xwOBAⓘ | FB Veloⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | NYM | 24 | 5 | 1 | 10.0 | 46 | 28.3% | 10.9% | 17.4% | 25.0% | .219 | 92.4 |
| 2016 | NYM | 25 | 9 | 3 | 19.0 | 93 | 21.5% | 17.2% | 4.3% | 27.6% | .391 | 93.1 |
| 2017 | NYM | 26 | 34 | 18 | 119.0 | 550 | 20.7% | 12.2% | 8.5% | 27.6% | .319 | 93.6 |
| 2019 | TEX | 28 | 22 | 0 | 29.0 | 113 | 30.1% | 4.4% | 25.7% | 30.9% | .311 | 95.8 |
| 2020 | TEX | 29 | 17 | 0 | 17.2 | 72 | 26.4% | 8.3% | 18.1% | 31.5% | .339 | 95.4 |
| 2021 | HOU | 30 | 44 | 0 | 49.1 | 225 | 18.7% | 7.6% | 11.1% | 25.8% | .291 | 95.5 |
| 2022 | HOU | 31 | 71 | 0 | 68.1 | 270 | 27.0% | 8.5% | 18.5% | 30.6% | .262 | 96.2 |
| 2023 | HOU | 32 | 68 | 0 | 67.1 | 298 | 26.5% | 9.7% | 16.8% | 28.1% | .327 | 95.9 |
| 2024 | HOU | 33 | 41 | 0 | 38.1 | 164 | 14.0% | 11.6% | 2.4% | 22.4% | .368 | 95.2 |
| 2025 | DET | 34 | 59 | 0 | 60.1 | 253 | 22.9% | 14.6% | 8.3% | 27.5% | .295 | 95.1 |
| Career | — | — | 370 | 22 | 478.1 | 2084 | 22.8% | 10.7% | 12.0% | 27.7% | .312 | 95.0 |