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Miguel Montero

Diamondbacks Career team 2006–2014
Number #14
Position Catcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 43
Height 5' 11"
Weight 221 lbs
Birth Place Caracas, Venezuela
Born Jul 9, 1983

Key Insights

2018
One opponent brings the best out of him

Montero has hit .636/.714/1.000 against Jimmy Nelson in 14 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

7 for 11 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .708 OPS median across his matchups.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Montero hits Matt Cain harder than anyone: 105.3 mph off the bat, against a median of 90.2 across the pitchers he has faced.

18 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Michael Wacha has struck Montero out 6 times in 14 plate appearances, 42.9% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 14 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the DET, Montero has hit .286 and slugged .643 over 31 plate appearances, his best of any club.

8 hits, 3 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .410 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Montero cannot get the barrel to Ubaldo Jimenez: 74.8 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 90.2 across the pitchers he has faced.

23 plate appearances with tracked contact.
The results in this matchup flatter him

The .269 Montero has hit against Jake Peavy is running ahead of the contact, which projects only .042.

30 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 9, 1983
Birth Place Caracas, Venezuela
Height 5' 11"
Weight 221 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right