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Frankie Montas Done For 2025 Due To “Pretty Significant” UCL Injury

By Nick Deeds | August 23, 2025 at 10:58pm CDT

4:13pm: Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters (including Mike Puma of the New York Post) that Montas’s UCL injury is “pretty significant.” Mendoza went on to confirm that Montas will not pitch again in 2025.

2:21pm: The Mets announced that Frankie Montas has been placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to August 22) due to a UCL-related injury in his right elbow.  Right-hander Huascar Brazoban has been called up from Triple-A to take Montas’ spot on the active roster.

It’s the latest setback in what was been a brutal inaugural season for Montas in Queens. The right-hander signed a $34MM guarantee with the Mets during the winter but has produced just 38 2/3 innings of work for the team so far. A lat strain suffered at the outset of Spring Training left Montas to open the season on the injured list and he did not make his season debut until June 24. After throwing five scoreless innings in his first start of the year, Montas pitched to a ghastly 7.85 ERA over his next six starts with an 18.2% strikeout rate and a whopping seven home runs allowed. Those brutal results led the Mets to move Montas to the bullpen earlier this month, where he’s surrendered four runs (two earned) on four walks and six hits (including a home run) while striking out just three.

Altogether, Montas has posted a 6.28 ERA and a 5.31 FIP during his time with the Mets with an 18.0% strikeout rate and a 7.9% walk rate. It’s a deeply disappointing outcome, and now it’s an open question when Montas will next be available to pitch. The Mets have made no announcements about the right-hander’s timeline for return, nor offered any indications about the severity of the injury. Of course, many fans will wonder about the possibility of Tommy John surgery, which is often required to repair a pitcher’s UCL once damaged. Such a procedure (or even a less-invasive internal brace procedure) would likely cost Montas not only the remainder of this year but also the entire 2026 season. With that being said, some UCL injuries are possible to address via rehab. That’s a path that Braves hurler Grant Holmes opted to take earlier this month as he deals with a partial UCL tear, though even Holmes’s rehab process has brought his 2025 campaign to an abrupt end.

While the details of Montas’s prognosis and timeline for return won’t be clear until the Mets make an announcement offering more information, the club will be without the right-hander for at least the immediate future. Given the fact that Montas’s performance was poor enough that he was bumped from the rotation earlier this month, perhaps that’s not too massive of a blow. Sean Manaea, Kodai Senga, David Peterson, and Clay Holmes remain in the club’s rotation and have recently been joined by top prospect Nolan McLean. Brandon Waddell and Justin Hagenman remain in the minors already on the 40-man roster as potential depth options behind that group, and well-regarded prospect Brandon Sproat has a 4.24 ERA in 24 starts at Triple-A this year.

Replacing Montas on the roster is Brazoban, who began his career in the majors with Miami back in 2022 but has served as an up-and-down relief arm for the Mets this year. It’s a role he’s performed quite well in, with a 3.83 ERA and 4.14 FIP across 51 2/3 innings of work spread between 3 starts and 41 relief outings. Brazoban figures to take up Montas’s mantle as the club’s long reliever going forward.

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129 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    2 months ago

    Legendary signing by Stearns right here.

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    • JE

      2 months ago

      Stearns didn’t make those trades…

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      • joeybatflip

        2 months ago

        How ironic, maybe start by taking responsibility yourself for your flat out wrong comment

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      • Blue Baron

        2 months ago

        Deny the Trolls: Maybe take some responsibility and change your handle to something like King of the Trolls. 🤣

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      • Blue Baron

        2 months ago

        Deny: Well excuse me if I don’t always agree with other people’s opinions.

        Freedom of thought and expression is a cherished American value, as much as Mr. Trump would like to suppress any thought and expression he doesn’t like.

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      • geofft

        2 months ago

        But you are wrong. Both on the facts, and on the premise. The Scherzer and Verlander contracts with the Mets expired after last season, so they would not have been here anyway. Both pitchers struggled last year and did not contribute much to their teams.
        The Mets did better last year than the teams that acquired those pitchers, both in the regular season, and in the playoffs. And those pitchers would not have been here now, anyway. So your point and premise are, at best, moot.

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      • Blue Baron

        2 months ago

        Deny: I’m respectful enough.

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      • horaceallen

        1 month ago

        Man, Deny got eaten up and then just kept digging the hole.

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    • myaccount2

      2 months ago

      Stearns was hired on October 1, 2023. Max Scherzer was traded on July 30, 2023 and Justin Verlander was traded on August 1, 2023. Stearns was still with Milwaukee when both were moved. Those transactions were initiated by Eppler (or perhaps even Cohen).

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      • geofft

        2 months ago

        @ Deny: those pitchers would not be here now, anyway. Their contracts expired last year. Both have spent significant time injured and/or underperforming since then.
        Neither of them pitched like an ace for the Mets, nor for anyone else since then. So you’re speaking to a concept, not a reality, that does not apply here.

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      • myaccount2

        1 month ago

        Well, no, Montas wasn’t the best they got, whether you’re talking in general or just this offseason.

        Holmes has adapted quite well as a starting pitcher and has performed above average and Canning was rolling before injury. And although he hasn’t faired as well this season, Manaea was fantastic last year with the Mets and has been better than Montas this season, too.

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      • myaccount2

        1 month ago

        Most people replying to you aren’t Mets fans, and surely you know that if you spend as much time here as you claim. I think people were just off put by your multiple incorrect claims.

        The Mets starting staff has top 10 stats and metrics to back them up. The bullpen is really the issue.

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    • LordD99

      2 months ago

      As others noted, that was a different GM. That said, I’m not convinced Stearns’ low-cost approach to pitching will work in NY. He needs to evolve on that front.

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      • Mets Era Thumping Soto

        2 months ago

        Well he does have four young starters that should be on the roster next year in McLean, Tong, Scott and Sproat. This year he doesn’t need to bring in anyone as a starter.

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      • ultramod2

        2 months ago

        Given the attrition rate with young pitchers (and old ones, too, but probably especially the young ones), in terms of both health and effectiveness, if they get one and a half solid years out of those four next season, the Mets will be doing great for themselves.

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      • Unclemike1526

        2 months ago

        Two TOS surgeries and a UCL in one day that’s a bad day in baseball history for Pitchers. That might be some kind of record even in these times.

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      • outinleftfield

        1 month ago

        Mets are 7th in ERA from SP. Stearns has done fine so far.

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      • CarverAndrews

        1 month ago

        @lordd99 – Stearns was really good in Milwaukee; surprisingly so to me. My strong preference is for a baseball guy in charge that manages to value and utilize the growth in analytics, rather than the saberdude that is missing the baseball / scouting background.

        But I agree – when moving to the Mets, he needed to adjust his philosophy to take into account that they can afford to take bigger swings and weather the misses, which he could not do in Milwaukee. Over the winter, I thought that he really failed with the Hot Stove pitching approach…and as a Phils fan I hope that he continues to shop in the Dollar General pitching aisle.

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      • SgtGrumbles

        1 month ago

        I like the idea of Sterns approach Evolving. A less sure footed GM might swing wildly the next season signing the next big FA pitcher. Stay savvy but maybe take on a little more risk to get more quality starting pitching.

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    • Mets Era Thumping Soto

      2 months ago

      Well at least he traded for Helsley.

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      2 months ago

      Frankie replaced, that can only help the Mets

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      1 month ago

      Stearns really screwed the pooch on this one. I think 70% of MLBTR denizens even knew not to touch this guy with a ten foot pole. It makes you wonder about other aspects of his decision making. If the Mets don’t make the playoffs it will leave a stain on Stearns immaculate reputation.

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    • Scdd

      1 month ago

      It was a problem he couldn’t trade they were already traded

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      • geofft

        1 month ago

        You’re wrong again. Across the board and in multiple ways. First of all, Scherzer and Verlander were not really good when they were traded. Thats part of the reason they were traded.
        Second, Stearns did not replace them with Montas. He replaced them with Severino and Manaea. And that actually worked out well. Those two pitched better than Verlander and Scherzer last year and the Mets outperformed the teams that acquired Scherzer and Verlander.
        Montas has been hurt for all of seven games. So to say that he is what is wrong with the Mets and the rotation is baseless.
        We get it. The Montas deal was a bad one. But its not responsible for all of the world’s woes, let alone the Mets’. Montas did not cause inflation. Or global warming. Or COVID. He’s not the reason you lose one sock in the dryer, or get bad phone reception in tunnels and elevators. He’s also not the reason the Mets struggle to score runs, Vientos regressed, and Taylor forgot how to hit, or the rest of the rotation struggles to get past 5 innings.

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      • Roll

        1 month ago

        @Deny

        you are completely wrong on this. If anything Manea and Holmes replaced Verlander and Scherzer they were both the top pitchers. The person Montas replaced was your number 5 aka Carrasco unless you are foolish enough to believe Montas is an ace. As bad as Montas has been that is sadly still an upgrade over cookie.

        If you would have kept Verlander and Scherzer the mets would have been all in again and probably would have gone “higher end” in free agency with Snell and Montgomery and maybe Stroman being the only realistic options as Nola was not leaving the phillies, Ohtani was going west coast, kershaw wasnt leaving the dodgers, woodruff wasnt going to pitch, gray i have a feeling was done with ny. So of those three snell did well but barely 100 innings, montgomery … yeah, stroman basically just ate innings and didnt make a playoff appearance. You also would not have signed the bargain basement guys that turned out pretty good last season in Manea and Severino. Tthey wanted a chance at a starting spot which they would not have had with the mets having the two above, senga peterson quintana and houser already there.

        If everything played out the same you probably werent even 500 have a worse farm. Soto probably wouldnt have any interest in the mets or you would have had to pay significantly more to sign him, no QO draft picks for picks (got one from Sevy i think) while potentially still carrying Montgomery’s salary on the books as i think he was the guy they would have gotten in this scenario.

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      • Roll

        1 month ago

        small words for you Deny

        Year 1 (under 500)
        1 /2 Verlander Scherzer
        3 Senga
        4 Quintana
        5 Cookie

        Year 2 (under 500)
        1 /2 Verlander Scherzer
        3 Montgomery (most likely)
        4 Senga
        5 Peterson/Quintana/Houser

        Year 3 (under 500)
        1 Senga
        2 Montgomery (most likely)
        3 Manea / Holmes / maybe overpay for fried if he comes
        4 Peterson
        5 Montas / Megill / Canning / Blackburn

        going forward, lesser farm, lesser lineup with no soto, no QO picks, 3/5 of your rotation pitching less than half a season.

        “the reality is likely that the Mets didn’t have the prospects because they’ve been mismanaged for the last four to five years… either way, they didn’t get enough pitching this offseason”

        which is why they paid more for free agents and didnt empty the mediocre farm they had at the time for trades. The one top end prospect they traded under Cohen that i can recall is PCA who was hurt at the time and they needed a temporary replacement for lindor while they were pushing for the playoffs. I guess you can say Holderman too but i dont think he was top end and even then he was older and didnt amount to much outside of one year. The mismanagement was done by the wilpons not cohen and took time to bring it back up. There is potentially good talent waiting in the wings especially pitching.

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    • carlos15

      1 month ago

      One of the dumbest signings I’ve ever seen and of course now he’ll opt into next season at $17m and the Mets will have wasted $34m on less than 10 starts all of which were awful.

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    • Chris from NJ

      1 month ago

      True Montas was a bust, but what were Verlander and Scherzer doing when the Mets got rid of them? Not much, Scherzer got a ring but he hurt the Rangers every time he pitched in the postseason and Verlander I’m pretty sure was left off the postseason roster entirely. I don’t think it’s the best comparison if you’re trying to knock Stearns. Just my opinion.

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    • Kermit The Frog

      1 month ago

      He’s allowed a miss. It’s not a ton of cash in baseball terms.

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    • outinleftfield

      1 month ago

      Troll, what are you talking about? 1st off, Eppler traded
      Verlander and Scherzer. Stearns signed Montas to a one year deal. That is exactly what you want to do in signing back of the rotation starters. Montas is hurt and won’t be a Met anymore. For a huge budget team like the Mets it’s no harm, no foul. Next. .

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      • SunnyMet

        1 month ago

        And Montas was probably only envisioned as a placeholder until one or two of Sproat, Tong and McClean were ready for the show. Some Mets fans are in for disappointment when Stearns doesn’t offer overpriced free agent starting pitchers long term contracts. He didn’t do it in Milwaukee and he hasn’t done it thus far with the Mets.

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    • dugmet

      1 month ago

      He also signed Manea and Severino last season. And Canning this season. But somehow fans think anything below a 100% success rate is abject failure. I WANT a GM who has confidence in his staff to develop putching at the MLB level.

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  2. MWMet

    2 months ago

    Well, he’s probably done for the year.

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    • Mryan6004

      2 months ago

      He’s probably done as a met

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      • meckert

        2 months ago

        Just move on.

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    • sfes

      2 months ago

      And next. That’s his whole contract

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  3. padam

    2 months ago

    Not going to be upset on this move. Mets would be 10 games up if he was never signed.

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    • toptimrubies

      2 months ago

      he hasn’t even been in ten games this season

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      • padam

        2 months ago

        That’s how bad he is.

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        • toptimrubies

          2 months ago

          haha

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        • rct

          1 month ago

          lmaoooo

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        • Another Dodgers Fan

          1 month ago

          Dang that made me laugh. So good, so bad.

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    • sfes

      1 month ago

      Maybe because you’re weird? And because most of the posters here choose to ignore posts from crayon-eating 12 year olds?

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  4. chandlerbing

    2 months ago

    montas will earn a total of $36mil for what could turn out to be just 38 innings of a 6.28 era

    sweet baby jesus

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    • JE

      2 months ago

      Hopefully there’s some insurance on that but he’s def opting in on that player option

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    • angt222

      2 months ago

      And it’s all possible with Cohen’s cash.

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      • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

        1 month ago

        Just like with the Gugenheim slush fund over in LA, just because owners have giant windfalls of cash to throw around, it doesn’t mean PBO’s are smart in allocating it. Throw it around willy nilly why don’t ya.

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        • chandlerbing

          1 month ago

          @son
          Stearns was the best GM in 2024. Took a buncha losers to within 2 gms of a pennant. Had to trust his decisions as crazy as they sounded during this past offseason. So many questionable signings/trades or lack of. But somehow mets still in playoff hunt

          As far as $ goes, the tm is so profitable cohen probly doesnt care that much about $30mil

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        • Another Dodgers Fan

          1 month ago

          Dodgers are working within their income stream. They aren’t pulling from the ownership group.

          They do have the advantage of having an excellent TV deal, the Ohtani generated income, sellout crowds, and so on.

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    • SeeUonTheUlnarSide

      2 months ago

      He Ellsbury’d the Mets on a smaller scale.

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    • Mryan6004

      2 months ago

      Very Jew Lowrieesque

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      • horaceallen

        2 months ago

        I think you meant Jed but it came across a lot worse.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      1 month ago

      @chandlerbing,
      🇺🇸America truly is the land of opportunity!🇺🇸

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    • carlos15

      1 month ago

      Money isn’t real

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  5. cwsOverhaul

    2 months ago

    PED use paid big time for this guy. Only time he was relevant and teams keep paying him 8 figures to be bad and/or hurt.

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  6. Bill

    2 months ago

    So, I wonder how many doctors they had to go to before they found the injury? Not that I’m complaining. It’s the best place from him to be for the team.

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  7. Bill

    2 months ago

    Sevvy isn’t happy where he is, either.

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    • DarkSide830

      2 months ago

      He really did bring that one on himself in the end.

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  8. Flanster

    2 months ago

    I think most Mets fans saw it as a bad signing

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  9. Mets Era Thumping Soto

    2 months ago

    Quintana was the one they should have signed.

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      2 months ago

      Yes, this

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  10. angt222

    2 months ago

    Idk if this is the cause of his struggles but certainly has proven that the signing was a failure. With that said, idk if anyone on that “shelf” of pitchers in FA would have been an obvious upgrade. Maybe resigning Severino? Who knows. Could be an addition by subtraction at this point.

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  11. meckert

    2 months ago

    Bring up one of the other kids. Why not?

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    • SeeUonTheUlnarSide

      2 months ago

      Megill will be back soon with Sproat waiting right behind him.

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  12. Rsox

    2 months ago

    TJ surgery part deaux…

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  13. MrLOLMet

    2 months ago

    Overpaid and should have been a one year deal or team option. Now they are stuck with him. Then someone will get him in 2027 for nothing and he’ll have a career year. This is the way of the lolmet.

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    • ChuckyNJ

      2 months ago

      Washington @Nationals on twitter after taking 2 of 3 from New York in midweek …
      “the most important part of lolmets is the two L’s.”
      Now THAT has to sting!

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  14. SteveAdamsEsq

    2 months ago

    They need another starter this week since Senga can’t pitch on 4 days rest. My suggestion is to call up Sproat to pitch tomorrow and push Peterson back a day to start the Phillies series, and then everyone else gets an extra day of rest. They can open up a 40 man spot for Sproat by putting Montas on the 60 day IL, and they can option Brazoban or Garrett down to Syracuse. Then come September 1 they can bring Megill up for long relief.

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    • ChuckyNJ

      2 months ago

      Except if you bring Megill up on 9/1 he’s not eligible for the postseason.

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      • geofft

        2 months ago

        Very ridiculously wrong, Chucky. That Sept 1 rule only applies to players who have not been on the major league roster at all this year. Megill was on the rsoter. He is on the IL, and is in the minors on a rehab assignment. He will be eligible for the playoffs no matter when they bring him back up.

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        • Kermit The Frog

          1 month ago

          With that in mind, they had better get Sproat and Tong on the 40 man.

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        • Russell Branyan

          1 month ago

          While the rule states you have to be on the 40 man before September 1, you really only need to be in the organization before that date.
          All a team has to do is petition the league to allow a player to take the spot of someone on the 60 day that would have been post season eligible if healthy.
          This is how Josh Donaldson made the Brewers post season roster in 23 despite being added to the 40 man after Sept. 1

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      • meckert

        2 months ago

        Who would trust him to pitch anyway?

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  15. horaceallen

    2 months ago

    Yes, we know you did. As did half the people here.

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    • Soto should bat first.

      1 month ago

      You are the ecosystem.

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    • outinleftfield

      1 month ago

      You have just dug your hole deeper and deeper with each post. You are still wrong. Across the board.

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  16. jvent

    2 months ago

    Why wouldn’t they bring up Sproat and move Holmes to the pen ?

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    • Mets Era Thumping Soto

      1 month ago

      Because Tong is a lot better then him.

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  17. SteveAdamsEsq

    2 months ago

    I’d rather take my chances with Sproat than Megill in the PS, and then you can use Holmes in relief in the PS.

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    • geofft

      2 months ago

      Right. Because you already know for a fact that Sproat will be successful the instant he gets called up. And he will maintain that success, even after the league has had six weeks to watch him and figure him out.

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      • SteveAdamsEsq

        1 month ago

        I don’t know that he will be successful, he may not be. But we won’t know until he gets on the mound. And we know what we’ve got with Megill – inconsistency. He’s got great stuff, and he just hasn’t been able to put it together. Every time he comes back from AAA I hope that he can. Looks like he’s been lights out in his rehab starts. But it’s the minors. We’ll see.

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        • geofft

          1 month ago

          @SteveA Then the position to take would be, “I’d rather take my chances with Sproat than Megill now, and bring up Megill after Sept 1”. But taking any position from now about a post-season that is still six weeks away has little point or basis. Especially for a pitcher who hasn’t been to the majors at all yet. PS decisions can wait until that time comes.

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    • Mets Era Thumping Soto

      1 month ago

      Tong is getting called up before Sproat

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      • rct

        1 month ago

        Sproat will be called up first, followed shortly by Tong. My prediction. Sproat got scratched from his start today so we’ll see.

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        • geofft

          1 month ago

          Sproat wasn’t scratched, per se. He’s being used out of the bullpen. Mendoza told the press that its part of the preparation and development so he’s ready in case the Mets need him, in whatever capacity that may be.
          But it might have more to do with the fact that, despite Sproat’s extreme success in July and August, lefties are still logging a .763 OPS against him. Using him out of the pen allows the Mets to pick the situations in which he pitches.

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        • Mets Era Thumping Soto

          1 month ago

          He got lit up today.

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  18. Western High School

    2 months ago

    I wonder if.. Frankie had the same Agent when he was with the A’s then traded to the Yanks and signed as a FA with the Mets..
    He may/may not have known it, but the Agent certainly made the Yanks and Mets feel that Frankie was going to be a .. help.. to their ballclubs.
    The Agent should be sought after…

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      1 month ago

      Right. Because organizations only listen to an agent’s sales pitch and don’t do their own due diligence, perform physicals, nor check medical reports.

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      • Western High School

        1 month ago

        Should have used the “ sarcasm font “..

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  19. Al Hirschen

    2 months ago

    That’s what you get when you shop at Walmart

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      1 month ago

      Just stead clear of the radioactive Walmart shrimp.
      pbs.org/newshour/health/walmart-recalls-its-frozen…

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      • YankeesBleacherCreature

        1 month ago

        Tapeworms and radiation are not the same thing.

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  20. Acoss1331

    2 months ago

    Right, he’s already had TJ. Well he’s got guaranteed money for 2026, so he’s taken care of for next year.

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    • Gwynning

      2 months ago

      Call me pessimistic, but I’m thinkin’ 99.9% chance he Opts in and is out for ’26…

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      • Soto should bat first.

        1 month ago

        He probably already opted in.
        Best team to rehab with ever.
        And $17 million to do it.

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      • YankeesBleacherCreature

        1 month ago

        .01% chance that the Mets sign him to an extension?

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        • Gwynning

          1 month ago

          Stearns can be crazy like that! 🤪

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  21. Asfan0780

    2 months ago

    17 mill player option for 2026 yeah he’s going no where lol

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  22. Patriot12992

    2 months ago

    Crazy to think that the better money is that Wheeler, Gray and Montas never throw another MLB pitch, crazy day.

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    • Flanster

      1 month ago

      Wheeler will most likely come back

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      • Mets Era Thumping Soto

        1 month ago

        His injury is usually a career killer

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      • ChuckyNJ

        1 month ago

        TOS is career-ending. Ask Stephen Strasburg.

        Reply
  23. rct

    2 months ago

    Calling Brazobán isn’t something I’m enjoying but I wonder if it’s just for couple of days. I know many Mets fans would love to see Sproat. He just pitched Tuesday. Tong is pitching today (literally right now) in case anyone is wondering.

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  24. Sparky1000

    2 months ago

    Owchie.

    Reply
  25. Scdd

    1 month ago

    Jef Lowry of pitchers

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  26. carlos15

    1 month ago

    Or the $4.5m they could’ve spent to resign Quintana, who wanted to be in NY and who had just had a good year for you, unlike Montas who was terrible the year before. Stearns is an idiot.

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    • Kermit The Frog

      1 month ago

      Would you rather see Quintana over Tong, Sproat or Magil?

      Reply
      • PoisonedPens

        1 month ago

        Quintana is 10-4, 3.32 in 20 GS, So yeah, he probably would have helped the Mets this season, particularly in that stretch where they could barely get a starter to 4 IP.

        Tong and Sproat would not have been impacted by Quintana, since neither of them pitch in MLB (yet). Megill is serviceable.

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    • nyr2k2

      1 month ago

      It’s easy to say “they should have just signed Quintana” but the reason he signed for $4.5M is because he didn’t have much of a market. Apparently a lot of teams thought he was done, like the Mets did. You don’t get them all right.

      The Montas deal was questionable from the get go, for sure. Stearns gambled and busted. Again though, it happens. Find me a GM who doesn’t make mistakes pretty much every year.

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  27. Soto should bat first.

    1 month ago

    This is easy. Flush it. Next. Next guy. Lets F’in Gooooo.

    Reply
  28. Rsox

    1 month ago

    Sounds like he’s out for the rest of ’26 as well. Listening to Mendoza i almost thought it was Aaron Boone

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  29. Kermit The Frog

    1 month ago

    I see this a lot. Sevi is having a bad season and we have a ton of low paid young starters ready to take over. Minaya will probably go to the pen (or get his elbow cleaned out), Holmes will go to the pen and two of Sproat, Tong or Magil will be up here. All the options are better than Sevi or Quintana.

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  30. oneiblnd

    1 month ago

    And here’s your participation trophy.

    Reply
  31. bigalcathey

    1 month ago

    Montas was moved to the bullpen “earlier this month, where he’s surrendered four runs (two earned) on four walks and six hits (including a home run) while striking out just three.”
    How many innings was that? I’d think maybe that would have been included here lol

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  32. outinleftfield

    1 month ago

    See you in 2027 Frankie.

    Reply
  33. Robrock30

    1 month ago

    Ahh the sounds of Flushing in Metsville

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 month ago

      I see what you did there winnie

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  34. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 month ago

    Lol Jets

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    • ChuckyNJ

      1 month ago

      That “J” should be an “M”.

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  35. BCleveland3381

    1 month ago

    Hate to see anyone get hurt, but let’s be honest here, the Mets pitching rotation is better if Montas is on the IL.

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    • Soto should bat first.

      1 month ago

      I prefer not to kick a man when he’s down, but the injuries limited performance. It certainly clears a path for another young arm.

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  36. Soto should bat first.

    1 month ago

    As of today, Montas is the only bad contract still on the Mets 40 man roster.
    *Blackburn is no longer with the Mets who owe him about $1 million.

    Montas contract is a Stearns mistake. It’s going to happen with pitchers.
    $17 million plus the 110% LTC surcharge is $35.7 million for Montas in 2025.
    Same in 2026.
    Bad contract but not terrible.

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    • geofft

      1 month ago

      Except that the LTC surcharge is not 110%, exactly. The LTC is only charged on the amounts that exceed the luxury tax, not the entire payroll. And the 110% kicks in only for the amounts that exceed $301 million. Amounts from $241M to $301M are taxed at lower, varying levels that go up in $20 million increments.
      According to Spotrac, the Mets $338 million total payroll includes a total of $97 million in overages (of varying tax rates). . They are expected to pay a $83 million tax. That balances out to about a 24.5% tax on the total payroll, or 85.5% on the overages. If we prorate the taxes across the entire payroll, the tax on Montas only comes out to about $4.2 million.
      If someone wanted to get too technical (and I don’t agree with this approach), they could say that Montas is not costing them any tax since he signed before they reached the $241M threshold. and suggest that the tax only applies to those contracts signed after the thresholds were [b]reached.
      Either way, we have no idea where the 2026 payroll will end up and what the tax rates will be.

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  37. Well Hung

    1 month ago

    File for the insurance now for the rest of his contract, Montas robbed the Mets

    Reply
  38. Quinnap89

    1 month ago

    Sad for the Mets, pitcher signings unfortunately end bad a lot

    Reply
  39. ROCKY07

    1 month ago

    A bum when the Yankees traded for him…..you would think the Mets would have learned before it cost them $1million a horrible start.

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  40. Captainmike1

    1 month ago

    Only an idiot would have signed him
    Just like only a fool would have signed Stroman

    How these experienced GMs make such stupid mistakes is beyond me

    It was as obvious as the Ellsbury signing was an obvious mistake the minute it was announced

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  41. SunnyMet

    1 month ago

    Yer not the sharpest knife in the drawer, eh?

    Reply
    • SeeUonTheUlnarSide

      1 month ago

      Montas is terrible, and your handle is typical troll fare that is neither unique or funny.

      If you want people to take your opinion seriously, try a less “look at me” approach.

      Reply

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