Frankie Montas has a UCL tear and will need surgery, according to a report from Jon Heyman, who adds that he’ll likely need full Tommy John surgery. That news certainly brings an end to the 2025 season for Montas, a year that saw him miss a huge chunk of time on the injured list before making his debut with the team in late June.
The results on the mound weren’t good during his rehab assignment that led up to his Mets debut, and his performance on the major league mound was pretty bad, too. In 38.2
innings, most of which came in seven starts that he made before being moved to the bullpen for a pair of appearances, Montas had a 6.28 ERA and a 5.32 FIP. Of the 416 pitchers who have thrown at least thirty innings this year, only eighteen of them have put up a worse ERA than Montas.
The Mets signed Montas to a two-year, $34 million deal in early December last year, and the signing looks even worse now than it did at the time. If he does indeed have Tommy John surgery that causes him to miss the entire 2026 season, he’ll join Jed Lowrie as one of the Mets’ worst short-term contracts in franchise history.
