With the hiring of Carlos Rodon the New York Yankees seem to have one of the best rotations in the MLB, although the latest news this Saturday according to reports from the New York Post one of their pitchers would have struggled to be 100% at the start of the season. Frankies Montás it looks like he will miss at least the first month of competition with the Yankees.
According to reports the Dominican suffered shoulder inflammation and while waiting for more studies, at the moment it seems that he will be out for 8 to 10 weeks, which will prevent him from being there from the start of the 2023 season.
the yankees they acquired Montas in mid-2022 with the intention of making him his second starter behind Gerrit Colebut he had several problems and in mid-September he suffered an injury that kept him off the mound until the American League Championship Series, in which he only pitched one inning against the Astros.
With the addition of Carlos Rodon to the Big Apple team, Montás will be the fourth or fifth man in the Yankees’ rotation, which already has Cole as an Ace and is completed by Luis Severino and Néstor Cortés.
They avoided arbitration
A few days ago Yankees and Montás they reached a salary agreement to avoid arbitration next yearwhich will leave an annual salary for the Dominican of $7.5 million dollars until the end of the 2024 season when he will be a free agent.
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