Mark Montgomery (baseball)

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Mark Montgomery
Free agent
Relief pitcher
Born: (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 31)
Williamsburg, Virginia
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Mark Montgomery (born August 30, 1990) is a minor league baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

A native of Williamsburg, Virginia, Montgomery attended Bruton High School,[1] and was drafted by the Yankees out of Longwood University in the 11th round of the 2011 MLB draft. He won the Yankees' Kevin Lawn Award for 2012.

Career[]

New York Yankees[]

Montgomery began his career with the Class A- Staten Island Yankees of the New York–Penn League in 2011 where he pitched four games before being promoted to the Class A Charleston RiverDogs for the rest of the year. Between the two teams, he had a 1.91 ERA, 51 strikeouts, 13 walks, and 15 saves in 26 games with 28.1 innings pitched, with no win-loss record.

The next year, Montgomery pitched for the Yankees' A+ and AA teams, the Tampa Yankees and Trenton Thunder. He went 7-2 with a stellar 1.54 ERA in 46 games/64.1 innings pitched with 99 strikeouts, 22 walks, and 15 saves once again.

In 2013, Montgomery started the year with the AAA club of the Yankees, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Besides a four-game stint with the GCL Yankees, he spent the whole season with the RailRiders. For the season, his ERA regressed slightly from his first two years, settling at a still-respectable 3.38 in 29 games (four of which were starts with the GCL Yankees) and 45.1 innings pitched to go along with his 59 strikeouts, 25 walks, and 2-3 record.

Montgomery's 2014 season was split between Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, with 17 appearances in AA and 22 in AAA. For the season between the two teams, he held a 2-1 record, 2.10 ERA (including a microscopic 0.81 for Trenton), 51 strikeouts, 26 walks, and 4 saves in 51.1 innings pitched.

Detroit Tigers[]

Montgomery signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers on November 25, 2017. The deal included an invitation to the Tigers' 2018 spring training camp.[2] Montgomery was assigned to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, where he made 12 appearances with a 1.98 ERA in 13+2⁄3 innings pitched. He was released on July 8, 2018,[3] reportedly after suffering a potentially season-ending elbow injury.[4]

Boston Red Sox[]

On July 20, 2018, Montgomery signed with the Boston Red Sox,[5] in a minor league deal to run through the 2019 season.[4] In August, Montgomery pitched for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox and the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox on rehabilitation assignments, making two relief appearances with each team and allowing a total of four earned runs in 3+2⁄3 innings pitched.[6]

Montgomery started the 2019 season on the injured list with the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.[6] He was released from the Red Sox organization on May 16, 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ "Inside the BRD: Former Bruton baseball star Mark Montgomery appears poised for move to New York Yankees in 2013". Daily Press. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Tigers sign Blaine Hardy, avoid arbitration". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ^ "Mark Montgomery: Given release Sunday". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  4. ^ a b Dydyn, Damian (July 22, 2018). "Red Sox sign minor league journeyman Mark Montgomery". bosoxinjection.com. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Red Sox sign reliever Mark Montgomery to minor-league deal, per source". masslive.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  6. ^ a b "Mark Montgomery Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

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