Mets Get Bad News on $34 Million Pitcher Frankie Montas
August 28, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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If the New York Mets reach their goal of winning the 2025 World Series, they will do so in spite of — not because of — their $34 million investment in veteran right-hander Frankie Montas.
Same goes for 2026.
Montas, 32, has a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, an injury that will likely require season-ending surgery and knock Montas out for all of next year as well.
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Montas had the right to opt out of the final year of his two-year contract. Now, the Mets will almost certainly be on the hook for their full $34 million investment in Montas.
Sean Manaea #59, Hitting Coach Eric Chavez #61 and Frankie Montas #47 of the New York Mets in the dugout during the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on July 27, 2025… Sean Manaea #59, Hitting Coach Eric Chavez #61 and Frankie Montas #47 of the New York Mets in the dugout during the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on July 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California.
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The veteran right-hander had a 6.28 ERA in nine games with the Mets this season. He was removed from the starting rotation after throwing just 38.2 innings in his first season in Queens.
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