His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Montgomery's 4-seam fastball averages 98.5 mph, and has touched 101.3.
561 thrown, 48% of his pitches.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Montgomery's 4-seam fastball carries 17.4 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
561 thrown, averaging 98.5 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Montgomery averages 95.1 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
298 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 13th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Montgomery's sinker leaves the bat at 93.8 mph, against 74.4 off his slider.
267 and 155 of them thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Montgomery lands 50% of his fastballs in the zone and only 28.1% of his breaking balls.
200 of his fastballs, 96 of his breaking balls.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Montgomery throws a fastball 79.7% of the time, against 66.2% when he is ahead.
301 pitches behind in the count, 388 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Montgomery projects a .373 average, 12th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 475th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Montgomery releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1115 tracked pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Montgomery throws the slider 25.8% of the time against left-handers and 6.4% against right-handers.
754 pitches to right-handers, 415 to left-handers.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Montgomery's sinker moves 11.6 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
267 thrown, averaging 98.8 mph.
He lives on one side of the plate
Montgomery works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.3 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1169 located pitches in 2026.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Montgomery puts 41.8% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.3% of his pitches to left-handers.
170 pitches to right-handed hitters, 128 to left-handed hitters.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Montgomery puts 62.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.9% when he is ahead.
301 located pitches behind, 388 ahead.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Montgomery works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker, Curveball and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 48% of everything he throws.
1169 classified pitches in 2026.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Montgomery's stuff spins at 2,378 rpm, 72nd percentile in the league.
298 pitches in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 149th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
45.2% of the contact Montgomery gives up is hit hard, 25th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 401st in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Montgomery goes to the curveball: 18% of his two-strike pitches, against 12.4% the rest of the time.
394 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Montgomery's curveball spins at 2,678 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
167 thrown in 2026.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.3% of Montgomery's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
261 of 1169 located pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.2 mph separates Montgomery's sinker from his curveball, 98.8 against 86.5.
267 and 167 of them respectively.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .384 expected average against them, against .357 on his breaking balls.
200 of his fastballs thrown.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.4 mph off the bat against Montgomery, 35th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Montgomery has thrown 19 changeups this season, 1.6% of his pitches, at 90.1 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1169 classified pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Montgomery's 4-seam fastball averages 98.5 mph, and has touched 101.3.
561 thrown, 48% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Montgomery's sinker leaves the bat at 93.8 mph, against 74.4 off his slider.
267 and 155 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Montgomery throws the slider 25.8% of the time against left-handers and 6.4% against right-handers.
754 pitches to right-handers, 415 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Montgomery works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker, Curveball and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 48% of everything he throws.
1169 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Montgomery's curveball spins at 2,678 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
167 thrown in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.2 mph separates Montgomery's sinker from his curveball, 98.8 against 86.5.
267 and 167 of them respectively.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Montgomery has thrown 19 changeups this season, 1.6% of his pitches, at 90.1 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1169 classified pitches in 2026.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Montgomery's 4-seam fastball carries 17.4 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
561 thrown, averaging 98.5 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Montgomery's sinker moves 11.6 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
267 thrown, averaging 98.8 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Montgomery averages 95.1 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
298 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 13th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Montgomery lands 50% of his fastballs in the zone and only 28.1% of his breaking balls.
200 of his fastballs, 96 of his breaking balls.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .384 expected average against them, against .357 on his breaking balls.
200 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Montgomery throws a fastball 79.7% of the time, against 66.2% when he is ahead.
301 pitches behind in the count, 388 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Montgomery puts 62.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.9% when he is ahead.
301 located pitches behind, 388 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Montgomery goes to the curveball: 18% of his two-strike pitches, against 12.4% the rest of the time.
394 two-strike pitches in 2026.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Montgomery projects a .373 average, 12th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 475th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
45.2% of the contact Montgomery gives up is hit hard, 25th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 401st in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.4 mph off the bat against Montgomery, 35th percentile.
298 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Montgomery releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1115 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Montgomery works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.3 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1169 located pitches in 2026.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.3% of Montgomery's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
261 of 1169 located pitches.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Montgomery puts 41.8% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.3% of his pitches to left-handers.
170 pitches to right-handed hitters, 128 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Montgomery's stuff spins at 2,378 rpm, 72nd percentile in the league.
298 pitches in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 149th in MLB.
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