Rafael Montero

#47 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	10/17/1990 (32)
Height, Weight	6'0", 190 lb
Hometown	Higuerito, DOM

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	1	25.2	5.96	1.68	25.2%	9.6%	29.7%

	62^nd 1 Sv	76^th 18 IP	270^th 4.48 ERA	285^th 1.39 WHIP	135^th 23.5% K%	177^th 10.2% BB%	156^th 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	96.1	15.1%	28.7%	42.7%	5.38	4.36

	54^th 93.5 FB MPH	70^th 12.3% SwStr%	242^nd 25.1% HC%	208^th 45.7% GB%	25^th 5.06 PLV	196^th 4.41 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	TEX	22	0	29.0	2	0	2.48	-	3.84	-	0.97	7.1	30.1%	4.4%	.269	-	-	1.55	-	95.7%	13.9%	30.9%	-
2020	TEX	17	0	17.2	0	1	4.08	4.34	3.71	4.95	1.02	6.1	26.4%	8.3%	.238	27.8%	24.4%	1.02	8.7%	49.4%	11.4%	31.5%	5.03
2021	HOU/SEA	44	0	49.1	5	4	6.39	3.93	3.87	4.50	1.54	10.8	18.7%	7.6%	.353	24.4%	55.3%	0.73	9.3%	54.4%	11.7%	25.8%	5.06
2022	HOU	71	0	68.1	5	2	2.37	2.37	2.64	3.26	1.02	6.2	27.0%	8.5%	.262	20.7%	52.9%	0.40	6.1%	73.7%	13.0%	30.6%	5.16
2023	HOU	27	0	25.2	1	3	5.96	4.36	4.36	4.12	1.68	11.2	25.2%	9.6%	.394	28.7%	42.7%	1.40	15.4%	66.8%	15.1%	29.7%	5.38
RP MLB Percentile		83	0	76	39	3	22	43	43	51	17	14	61	48	9	29	40	28	35	29	79	54	92
RP MLB AVG		16	0	18.0	1	1	4.48	4.41	4.36	4.25	1.39	8.5	23.5%	10.2%	.294	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.5%	72.2%	12.3%	29.3%	5.06
5 Years		181	0	190.0	13	10	4.07	-	-	-	1.24	8.2	24.8%	7.8%	.308	22.7%	49.2%	0.85	12.8%	66.4%	12.9%	29.3%	5.15

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 49%
Changeup | 23%
Sinker | 17%
Slider | 11%
All Pitches

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	96.0	24.0%	-	-	10.9%	23.6%	34.5%	62.7%	58.2%	-	-	.250	.413	.222	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.8	51.2%	12.3%	56.1%	10.8%	25.0%	35.8%	67.6%	64.2%	22.2%	50.0%	.185	.301	.250	11.1%	.199	.300	32.3%	2,276
2021	95.8	35.3%	23.7%	49.4%	13.3%	15.3%	28.6%	62.0%	56.8%	32.6%	50.0%	.258	.333	.318	8.7%	.248	.328	22.2%	2,273
2022	96.4	45.8%	25.2%	47.7%	16.6%	16.2%	32.7%	64.1%	60.5%	40.0%	36.4%	.194	.286	.321	5.0%	.188	.281	19.8%	2,323
2023	96.1	49.2%	26.0%	53.2%	17.6%	18.9%	36.5%	68.9%	65.3%	20.0%	64.0%	.200	.319	.227	18.8%	.176	.285	31.1%	2,329
RP MLB Percentile	84	66	50	68	90	61	90	75	86	14	90	61	55	66	39	79	72	43	71
RP MLB AVG	92.9	42.4%	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.1%	36.5%	39.0%	.259	.353	.297	15.3%	.263	.363	29.3%	2,228

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.199	.300	.274	.382	32.3%	22.2%	44.4%	25.8%	90.3	85.4	25.1	5.4	8.5	-1.0	5.2	6.2	2,276
2021	.248	.328	.294	.378	22.2%	6.5%	32.6%	20.8%	88.1	83.4	23.9	5.7	8.1	-1.0	5.0	6.2	2,273
2022	.188	.281	.313	.348	19.8%	3.6%	40.0%	19.8%	89.1	87.7	15.8	5.9	9.1	-1.2	5.1	6.2	2,323
2023	.176	.285	.209	.373	31.1%	8.0%	48.0%	26.7%	95.7	92.4	27.4	5.8	8.8	-1.3	5.0	6.3	2,329
RP MLB Percentile	79	72	78	56	43	48	43	55	15	40	14	62	32	51	6	35	71
RP MLB AVG	.263	.363	.299	.410	29.3%	10.3%	45.0%	29.1%	90.9	89.2	17.1	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,228

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	110	20	0	2	0	3	8	0	0	0	69	41	.250	.800	.413
2020	148	31	1	2	1	1	10	2	1	0	100	48	.185	.444	.301
2021	308	72	10	4	0	2	17	9	0	1	191	117	.258	.419	.333
2022	501	111	11	5	1	1	39	15	2	1	321	180	.194	.301	.286
2023	222	45	4	1	0	3	15	5	0	0	153	69	.200	.450	.319
RP MLB Percentile	91	82	31	26	8	3	92	22	22	13	92	14	61	42	55
RP MLB AVG	100	24	3	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	64	35	.259	.455	.353

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	22.2%	27.8%	50.0%	16.7%	11.1%	27.8%	50.0%	22.2%	19.6%	5.6%	16.7%	33.3%	16.7%	5.6%	38.9%
2021	32.6%	17.4%	50.0%	17.4%	8.7%	28.3%	39.1%	32.6%	18.5%	2.2%	23.9%	41.3%	23.9%	2.2%	32.6%
2022	40.0%	23.6%	36.4%	16.4%	5.0%	30.9%	27.3%	41.8%	20.4%	3.6%	23.6%	32.7%	30.9%	5.5%	36.4%
2023	20.0%	16.0%	64.0%	8.0%	18.8%	32.0%	40.0%	28.0%	21.2%	0.0%	4.0%	48.0%	24.0%	16.0%	64.0%
RP MLB Percentile	14	71	90	45	39	51	64	38	57	0	14	84	49	15	9
RP MLB AVG	36.5%	24.6%	39.0%	11.0%	15.3%	32.8%	35.3%	31.8%	19.7%	4.1%	23.8%	30.1%	24.2%	7.6%	39.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.250	.413	.222	.417	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	32.3%	22.2%	44.4%	25.8%	.185	.301	.250	.294	.199	.300	.274	.382	90.3	85.4	25.1
2021	22.2%	6.5%	32.6%	20.8%	.258	.333	.318	.348	.248	.328	.294	.378	88.1	83.4	23.9
2022	19.8%	3.6%	40.0%	19.8%	.194	.286	.321	.333	.188	.281	.313	.348	89.1	87.7	15.8
2023	31.1%	8.0%	48.0%	26.7%	.200	.319	.227	.320	.176	.285	.209	.373	95.7	92.4	27.4
RP MLB Percentile	43	48	43	55	61	55	66	54	79	72	78	56	15	40	14
RP MLB AVG	29.3%	10.3%	45.0%	29.1%	.259	.353	.297	.338	.263	.363	.299	.410	90.9	89.2	17.1

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	10.9%	23.6%	34.5%	62.7%	58.2%	27.9%	39.1%	72.1%	-	-	30.9%	-	66.7%	58.3%
2020	12.3%	56.1%	10.8%	25.0%	35.8%	67.6%	64.2%	25.4%	42.6%	74.6%	75.0%	74.5%	35.2%	12.2%	67.3%	59.2%
2021	23.7%	49.4%	13.3%	15.3%	28.6%	62.0%	56.8%	28.5%	46.8%	71.5%	64.9%	73.8%	20.3%	19.3%	58.1%	45.9%
2022	25.2%	47.7%	16.6%	16.2%	32.7%	64.1%	60.5%	34.6%	47.9%	65.4%	62.1%	66.7%	20.9%	20.6%	62.8%	53.5%
2023	26.0%	53.2%	17.6%	18.9%	36.5%	68.9%	65.3%	35.1%	50.0%	64.9%	51.9%	69.0%	29.1%	24.7%	72.3%	67.7%
RP MLB Percentile	50	68	90	61	90	75	86	89	65	89	84	86	81	53	84	90
RP MLB AVG	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.1%	21.8%	46.2%	78.2%	69.4%	81.4%	22.1%	23.9%	60.0%	49.7%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.8%	9.1%	29.1%	-	4.4%	25.0%
2020	29.1%	20.3%	50.7%	43.9%	29.7%	26.4%	4.7%	24.3%	55.4%	61.5%	5.4%	33.1%	56.1%	8.8%	20.4%
2021	17.2%	26.0%	56.8%	50.0%	30.5%	19.5%	9.4%	31.5%	42.5%	49.7%	14.9%	35.4%	49.4%	11.1%	15.6%
2022	28.9%	24.0%	47.1%	58.7%	26.5%	14.8%	6.6%	26.9%	49.1%	52.5%	16.6%	30.9%	47.7%	8.0%	25.2%
2023	33.8%	25.7%	40.5%	61.7%	27.0%	11.3%	6.3%	24.3%	50.0%	57.2%	9.9%	32.9%	53.2%	10.2%	20.5%
RP MLB Percentile	48	35	64	79	63	12	35	29	78	57	81	70	68	34	59
RP MLB AVG	34.5%	28.1%	37.4%	50.0%	25.8%	24.3%	7.7%	29.6%	42.4%	54.9%	16.1%	29.0%	48.7%	13.1%	18.4%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	148	5.31	786	48.6%	20.9%	30.4%	18.2%	-1.4	3.61	-4
2021	308	5.11	1,553	48.4%	13.8%	37.8%	10.5%	2.7	4.27	+0
2022	501	5.26	2,248	50.6%	16.9%	32.6%	18.0%	0.7	2.69	+0
2023	222	5.50	1,220	57.2%	16.2%	26.6%	30.6%	1.6	2.40	-1
RP MLB Percentile	91	95	93	92	39	93	93	27	-	70
RP MLB AVG	100	4.83	493	42.9%	17.9%	39.2%	3.7%	-	-	+0

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	89.9	24.6%	-	-	24.8%	10.6%	35.4%	65.5%	62.8%	-	-	.103	.110	.231	-	-	-	-	-
2020	88.9	20.8%	32.5%	33.3%	13.3%	11.7%	25.0%	60.0%	55.0%	36.4%	45.5%	.214	.275	.273	0.0%	.244	.331	17.6%	2,137
2021	89.7	18.6%	38.8%	28.4%	11.7%	4.9%	16.7%	56.8%	50.0%	71.9%	6.3%	.268	.317	.323	50.0%	.200	.245	27.3%	2,028
2022	91.1	19.1%	32.4%	29.2%	10.0%	12.4%	22.5%	54.5%	50.7%	61.4%	20.5%	.133	.161	.163	11.1%	.121	.156	25.0%	2,071
2023	91.2	23.1%	32.5%	26.0%	15.4%	5.8%	21.2%	52.9%	43.3%	54.5%	22.7%	.357	.376	.455	0.0%	.252	.278	21.9%	2,049
RP MLB Percentile	98	72	53	30	63	34	46	38	33	54	45	31	40	31	55	45	54	53	87
RP MLB AVG	85.9	17.1%	30.3%	33.4%	12.7%	9.0%	21.7%	54.7%	47.7%	53.6%	27.2%	.276	.329	.321	14.5%	.255	.311	24.0%	1,753

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.244	.331	.274	.354	17.6%	9.1%	54.5%	35.3%	80.6	74.3	24.5	9.0	3.5	-1.1	5.0	6.3	2,137
2021	.200	.245	.246	.273	27.3%	3.1%	37.5%	27.3%	89.2	83.9	-3.6	9.4	2.6	-1.2	4.7	6.4	2,028
2022	.121	.156	.145	.179	25.0%	2.3%	29.5%	20.3%	87.8	88.9	-0.3	10.1	3.4	-1.3	4.8	6.1	2,071
2023	.252	.278	.321	.309	21.9%	0.0%	31.8%	21.9%	85.4	84.2	2.9	9.9	3.3	-1.4	4.7	6.4	2,049
RP MLB Percentile	45	54	39	53	53	39	78	78	54	77	65	72	44	50	3	42	87
RP MLB AVG	.255	.311	.287	.355	24.0%	6.0%	44.0%	33.3%	86.3	87.1	7.2	8.8	3.5	-0.8	5.6	6.4	1,753

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	113	30	3	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	74	39	.103	.103	.110
2020	60	17	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	36	23	.214	.286	.275
2021	162