Yankees left-hander Jordan Montgomery hasn’t taken a major league mound since May 1, 2018, but he’s on the verge of making a long-awaited return. Montgomery is expected to make his season debut “in some capacity” this Sunday, James Wagner of the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, fellow lefty J.A. Happ just had a cortisone shot in his biceps, but manager Aaron Boone said he should make a start next week.
Considering he hasn’t pitched in the majors in almost two full seasons, Montgomery has become somewhat of a forgotten Yankee. But before Montgomery underwent Tommy John surgery in June 2018, he looked like a quality homegrown arm for New York. Montgomery, a fourth-round pick of the Yankees in 2014, debuted in 2017 and proceeded to amass 182 2/3 innings and 35 starts of 3.84 ERA/4.09 FIP ball with 8.23 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 through last season.
Now, with the playoffs just a couple weeks away, it’s unclear whether Montgomery will factor into the Yankees’ plans when they try to charge toward a World Series in October. On the other hand, a healthy Happ will definitely be someone the team counts on during the fall. Happ exited his start Thursday with a biceps issue, but it seems the Yankees – whom injuries have haunted all season – dodged a serious problem in his case.
Trade this guy
Jordan montgomeey… ah, some Yankee aaaa player making a debut. I bet there are 29 other teams that have had a similar thing happen. I dont recall an entire article dedicated to them… must be cuz hes a yankee.
…Or a team fighting for the best record in baseball that has had a ridiculous amount of players on the IL this year is seeing how much one of the injured players can contribute in the postseason, but keep hatin’ cuz your team ain’t making the playoffs.
Every team has players on the IL. It may seem like the yankees are the only team because yankee trade rumors spends the majority of it’s time on them.
You are welcome to start a competing website where it exempts the Yankees or any team you don’t want to write about.
Because the Yankees have had a record setting amount of guys on the IL moron. Most teams in baseball wouldn’t be able to endure what the Yankees have and still win over 100 games.
You Yankee haters are unbelievable.
Hey Melch-why don’t you tone down your hatred?
Nobody believes you anymore as you
Sound like a Jealous Red Sox or Mets fan.
You Can’t Compare “every team’s” IL experienfemto the
You are a dope for using such
References.
“Record setting”? Oh, no other team has had as many players on the IL since the IL began…. this year.
Nobody believes me? So every team doesn’t have players on the IL? Come on fist69, we all know the Yankees are post season chokers. Just like your mom.
Oh I’ve been hatin the yankees even when my team was winning world championships. Yankees are easy to hate. 27 championships. Lol. How many in your lifetime?
5 more than anyone else in baseball. ( was a teenager for 96)
5
In my life there has been seven wins and four losses! Pretty good!
Great analogy from an angry Red Sox fan.
You are such a weirdo
What Yankee hurt you?
Lolol, Invalid, seems like The Steinbrenners hurt him!!
@melchez What kind of person gets pleasure out of being a troll? That is what you are. There are literally dozens of articles, entire articles, about a player who either just got injured or is coming back off of an injury, that are written here every week. Oh and Montgomery isn’t a AAAA player making his debut.
Read the headline dufus…
Season debut. Not career debut. He missed most of all last year from TJS and most of this year .
@Melchez Read what I said “richard”. I was referring to you stating he was a AAAA player. That term usually refers to a guy who is either good in the minors but below average in the majors and usually ends up shuttling to and from AAA and the majors. Montgomery doesn’t deserve that tag as he won a starting spot in ST and began 2017 as a SP. It carried into 2018 as he had a good April before being shut down for TJ surgery. Being that the Yanks are trying to figure out their playoff run Montgomery could work himself into consideration for a playoff roster spot.
Or maybe because it’s a significant story? He’s a good pitcher with promise not a “AAAA” guy
Moron
Medchez = HaloShane who exists to hate the Angels and posts on every thread. Maybe they are the same guy, living a life of luxury from moms basement existing on a diet of hot pockets and poptarts. What a sad life to live.
Pop Tarts are a lot better
than Hot Pockets…..
i’d rather have pizza rolls tbh
Hot pockets are terrible. Poptarts are barely edible.
How would you know? You eat Happy Meals every day by lying to the MacDonalds employees that you are buying it for a kid.
Don’t feed the trolls….
He’s the next Pettite. Book it.
The Yankees have a ton of depth but not much quality for starters. I love how they built a team organically but I don’t want them to win with a title relying only on bullpen studs. That is not a trend I want to see grow deeper roots.
Organically ?
Toxin free?
I understand that but the game is evolving for better or for worst. Openers, defensive shifts, hitter launch angles, etc. are things now. Soon a pitch clock for pitchers.
“On the other hand, a healthy Happ will definitely be someone the team counts on during the fall.”
I mean they probably will, but I feel like the 5+ ERA negates the “definitely”.
He’s got a bad ERA but his Babip Fupa and WBC are in the top 10.
@spinach
A “glass half full” guy looks at his 3.46 ERA over his last 5 starts hopes that he’s worked out his kinks and can have a hot hand going into the playoffs.
Gumby had a promising start to his career. If he can be the same guy he was in 2017 & 2018, this is basically a nice FA pickup.