Frankie Montas Pitcher

     
 













Montas Video

Age: 20
Born: March 21, 1993
San Cristobal, DR
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: International
free agent (Dec. 2009)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Links
2012 Prospect Preview
2013 Prospect Preview
Scouting Scratch: Wrapping up Spring Training (4.3.13)

Traded to Chicago (AL) with Cleuluis Rondon and JB Wendelken in a deal that also sent Jose Iglesias to Detroit and brought Jake Peavy and Brayan Villarreal to Boston (July 2013)

Scouting Report: Sturdy pitching frame with strong lower body. Throws from a 3/4 arm slot. Exceptional arm strength. Four-seam fastball operates at 96-100 mph. Fastball shows late tail in lower reaches of velocity and ride high in the zone at higher velocities. Can be straight at times. Below-average command and control. Tends to jerk his head off target and is a bit long in the back with arm action. Also throws mid-80s slider, but it presently lacks tilt and depth. Slider is flat on approach to the plate. He has the potential to refine the pitch into an average-to-better offering. In the development stages of learning a changeup, which presently sits 87-88 mph with minimal deception. Slows arm down when throwing. Very rough and raw on the mound. Just learning how to pitch. Late-inning reliever high leverage potential, but also has the potential to never make it past Double-A. Lottery ticket type prospect.

  
   
   Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2010 DSL Red Sox DSL Rk Bos 17 0 3 0.000 9.55 12 4 0 21.7 28 30 23 2 18 18 2.12 1.00 7.48
  2011 DSL Red Sox DSL Rk Bos 18 0 1 0.000 4.26 5 5 0 12.7 7 7 6 0 12 12 1.50 1.00 8.53
  2012 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 19 1 5 0.167 3.98 12 9 0 40.7 34 22 18 0 12 41 1.13 3.42 9.07
  2012 Lowell NYPL A Bos 19 0 0 ---  0.00 1 1 0 3.7 5 1 0 0 1 4 1.64 4.00 9.82
  2013 Greenville SAL A Bos 20 2 9 0.222 5.70 19 18 1 85.3 94 62 54 10 32 96 1.48 3.00 10.13
  2013 Kannapolis SAL A CWS 20 3 2 0.600 4.56 5 5 0 25.7 20 13 13 1 18 31 1.48 1.72 1.21
  2014 AZL White Sox Ariz Rk CWS 21 1 0 1.000 1.29 4 4 0 14.0 6 3 2 1 7 23 0.93 3.29 14.79
  2014 Winston-Salem Car A+ CWS 21 4 0 1.000 1.60 10 10 0 62.0 45 16 11 2 14 56 0.95 4.00 8.13
  2014 Birmingham Sou AA CWS 21 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.40 1.00 1.80
  2015 Birmingham Sou AA CWS 22 5 5 0.500 2.97 23 23 0 112.0 89 49 37 3 48 108 1.22 2.25 8.68
  2015 Chicago AL MLB CWS 22 0 2 0.000 4.80 7 2 0 15.0 14 8 8 1 9 20 1.53 2.22 12.00
  2016 Tulsa Tex AA LAD 23 0 0 --- 1.93 3 1 0 4.7 2 1 1 1 1 7 0.64 7.00 13.50
  2016 Oklahoma City PCL AAA LAD 23 0 0 --- 2.38 4 3 0 11.3 12 3 3 0 2 15 1.24 7.50 11.91
  2016 Mesa AFL Fall Oak 23 1 0 1.000 0.53 6 0 0 17.0 7 2 1 0 8 9 0.88 1.13 4.76
  2017 Oakland AL MLB Oak 24 1 1 0.500 7.03 23 0 0 32.0 39 25 25 10 20 36 1.84 1.80 10.13
  2017 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 24 0 2 0.000 5.22 9 8 0 29.3 25 17 17 4 7 37 1.09 5.29 11.35
  2018 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 25 4 5 0.444 4.65 15 15 0 71.7 69 49 27 7 26 61 1.33  2.35 7.66
  2018 Oakland AL MLB Oak 25 5 4 0.556 3.88 13 11 0 65.0 74 34 28 5 21 43 1.46 2.05 5.95
  2019 Oakland AL MLB Oak 26 9 2 0.818 2.63 16 16 0 96.0 84 35 28 8 23 103 1.12 4.48 9.66
  2020 Oakland AL MLB Oak 27 3 5 0.375 5.60 11 11 0 53.0 57 35 33 10 23 60 1.51 2.61 10.20
  2021 Oakland AL MLB Oak 28 13 9 0.591 3.37 32 32 0 187.0 164 79 70 20 57 207 1.18 3.63 10.00
  2022 Oakland AL MLB Oak 29 4 9 0.308 3.18 19 19 0 104.2 91 44 37 12 28 109 1.14 3.89 9.37
  2022 New York AL MLB NYY 29 1 3 0.250 6.35 8 8 0 39.2 46 28 28 6 15 33 1.54 2.20 7.49
  2023 Scranton/WB IL AAA NYY 30 0 0 --- 3.00 2 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 4 1.00 4.00 12.00
  2023 New York AL MLB NYY 30 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2.25 1.00 6.75
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: December 14, 2009 by Manny Nanita
Signing Bonus: $75,000
MiLB Debut: June 9, 2010 (DSL Red Sox)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: September 2, 2015 (CWS)
     
  Awards
American League Player of the Week (August 3-9, 2020)		 SoxProspects.com Awards
2021 SoxProspects.com Ex-Prospect of the Year
 
 
     
 
 		  
     
 
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