Keider Montero
Keider Montero | |
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Detroit Tigers – No. 54 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela | July 6, 2000|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 29, 2024, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics (through May 29, 2024) | |
Win–loss record | 0–1 |
Earned run average | 8.31 |
Strikeouts | 5 |
Teams | |
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Keider Eduardo Montero (born July 6, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Career[edit]
Montero signed with the Detroit Tigers as an international free agent on August 25, 2016.[1] He made his professional debut in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Tigers, posting a 4.02 ERA across 14 games (12 starts). Montero returned to the team the following year, recording a 2.14 ERA with 40 strikeouts across 15 contests.[2]
Montero split the 2019 campaign with the rookie–level Gulf Coast League Tigers and Low–A Connecticut Tigers, making 10 combined starts and compiling a 4–3 record and 2.08 ERA with 49 strikeouts across 47+2⁄3 innings of work.[3] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Montero returned in action in 2021 to play for the High–A West Michigan Whitecaps, registering a 4–8 record and 5.28 ERA with 59 strikeouts across 15 starts. He remained with the club in 2022, posting a 7–7 record and 4.51 ERA with 101 strikeouts across 27 games (26 starts).[5] Montero started 2023 with West Michigan before being promoted to the Double–A Erie SeaWolves and Triple–A Toledo Mud Hens. In 27 games (26 starts) between the three affiliates, he accumulated a 15–4 record and 4.66 ERA with 160 strikeouts across 127+1⁄3 innings pitched.[6]
On November 14, 2023, the Tigers added Montero to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to Triple–A Toledo to begin the 2024 season.[7] On May 29, 2024, Montero was promoted to the major leagues for the first time as the team's 27th man for their doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Detroit Free Press".
- ^ "Keider Montero Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News". mlb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "Keider Montero - Stats - Pitching". fangraphs.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Keider Montero Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "Tigers' Keider Montero Shows Promise in First Run Through Double-A". August 2023.
- ^ "Tigers make 10 cuts as spring roster trimmed again". mlive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Tigers Place Kerry Carpenter On Injured List, Call Up Keider Montero For MLB Debut". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Connecticut Tigers players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Dominican Summer League Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Gulf Coast Tigers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
- West Michigan Whitecaps players