Analyst Urges Yankees to Re-Acquire $47.5 Million Starter to Bolster Rotation
The New York Yankees have a surplus of starting pitching but one MLB analyst believes the team should trade for another.
MLB analyst Jeremy Nielsen of PinstripeAlley of SB Nation believes the Yankees should try to re-acquire Jordan Montgomery from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nielsen believes Montgomery is a good buy-low candidate for the Yankees and could help bolster the bottom of the rotation.
“If the Yankees traded for Montgomery, he’d escape a toxic situation in Arizona and return to the organization which drafted and developed him,” Nielsen wrote. “He’d also get a full spring training this time around. Instead of missing camp entirely while holding out for a better deal that never came.
“However, we must address the elephant in the room. The Yankees’ rotation looks to be just about set heading into 2025,” Nielsen added. “Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, and AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil will now be joined by Max Fried. Giving Montgomery an outside shot at best of making the rotation… The most likely scenario in which Montgomery would return to the Bronx is as a break-glass-in-case-of-long-term-injury option. If one of the projected starters goes down for an extended period, bringing Gumby aboard would make more sense.”
As Nielsen writes, the Yankees have a surplus of starters, but the left-hander would be a good experienced option as the fifth starter. But, whether or not the Yankees want a reunion with the left-hander is to be seen.
Montgomery signed a two-year $47.5 million deal with the Diamondbacks last off-season.
