{"id":93041,"date":"2025-08-24T07:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93041\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T07:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:17:07","slug":"frankie-montas-done-for-2025-due-to-pretty-significant-ucl-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93041\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Montas Done For 2025 Due To “Pretty Significant” UCL Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

4:13pm:\u00a0Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters (including Mike Puma of the New York Post<\/a>) that Montas\u2019s UCL injury is \u201cpretty significant.\u201d\u00a0Mendoza went on to confirm that Montas will not pitch again in 2025.<\/p>\n

2:21pm: The Mets announced that Frankie Montas<\/a> has been placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to August 22) due to a UCL-related injury in his right elbow.\u00a0 Right-hander Huascar Brazoban<\/a> has been called up from Triple-A to take Montas\u2019 spot on the active roster.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 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<\/a> earlier this month, where he\u2019s surrendered four runs (two earned) on four walks and six hits (including a home run) while striking out just three.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s a deeply disappointing outcome, and now it\u2019s an open question when Montas will next be available to pitch. The Mets have made no announcements about the right-hander\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s a path that Braves hurler Grant Holmes<\/a> opted to take<\/a> earlier this month as he deals with a partial UCL tear, though even Holmes\u2019s rehab process has brought his 2025 campaign to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n

While the details of Montas\u2019s prognosis and timeline for return won\u2019t 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\u2019s performance was poor enough that he was bumped from the rotation earlier this month, perhaps that\u2019s not too massive of a blow. Sean Manaea<\/a>, Kodai Senga<\/a>, David Peterson<\/a>, and Clay Holmes<\/a> remain in the club\u2019s rotation and have recently been joined by top prospect Nolan McLean<\/a>. Brandon Waddell<\/a> and Justin Hagenman<\/a> remain in the minors already on the 40-man roster as potential depth options behind that group, and well-regarded prospect Brandon Sproat<\/a> has a 4.24 ERA in 24 starts at Triple-A this year.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s a role he\u2019s 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\u2019s mantle as the club\u2019s long reliever going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4:13pm:\u00a0Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters (including Mike Puma of the New York Post) that Montas\u2019s UCL injury is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,54586,25051,462,82],"class_list":["post-93041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-frankie-montas","tag-huascar-brazoban","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}