Frankie Montas

The New York Yankees have acquired right-hander pitchers Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for a package of prospects, ...

Sears, 26, has appeared in seven games this season for the big-league team, amassing a 2.05 ERA (190 ERA+) and a 3.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He's a small left-hander with a flat angle to the top of the zone who relies on three pitches: a low-to-mid 90s fastball, a slider, and a changeup. Waldichuk has struggled with his location, and it's possible that he winds up pitching in relief. Trivino, along with fellow deadline addition Scott Effross, will help a Yankees bullpen that has already lost Michael King and Chad Green for the season. On the bright side, he's quite good when he's available, and an acquiring team will control his services through the 2023 season. Put another way, Castillo is on pace for his fourth 100-plus inning season in five tries; Montas' next will be the second of his career, a product of injury and suspension.

The New York Yankees have acquired Frankie Montas from the Oakland Athletics, further bolstering the roster of the American League East leaders.

Benintendi, 28, is slashing .320/.387/.398 with three home runs and 39 RBI for the Royals this season. Earlier on Monday, the Yankees added reliever depth too, bringing in Scott Effross from the Chicago Cubs. Effross, who has five more years of club control, is 1-4 with a 2.66 ERA, 50 strikeouts and 11 walks in 44 innings this season for the Cubs (41-60). He is expected to provide an upgrade from the left side of the plate over Joey Gallo, who is hitting .159 with 106 strikeouts in 81 games this season. New York is parting ways with four players to acquire the duo, sending left-handers Ken Waldichuk and J.P. Sears, right-hander Luis Medina and second baseman Cooper Bowman to the Athletics. For Oakland, the gem in the return is Waldichuk, one of the Yankees top prospects who has a 2.71 ERA across 76.1 innings of play in the minors this season. Montas was sixth in American League Cy Young voting last year after going 13-9 with a 3.37 ERA. For his career, Montas is 35-32 with a 3.73 ERA, but has dealt with injuries this season. Montas has pitched just once since coming off the injured list with a shoulder injury, but has been otherwise excellent this season — going 4-9 with a 3.18 ERA.

With durability concerns mounting for multiple starters, the Yankees acquired Montas, a top right-handed starter, from Oakland.

These are players with the kinds of skills to make a difference in short series against good teams. The Yankees have another starter, Luis Severino, who is out with a shoulder issue of his own. But the Yankees attribute much of that to bad luck, and Trivino is averaging 12.7 strikeouts per nine innings — a better strikeout rate than any of his new teammates. Even so, the Yankees placed Severino on the 60-day injured list on Monday, which means he cannot be activated until mid-September. Now they have his replacement, with bullpen reinforcements and a new left fielder, too. “He’s got the full arsenal and the weapons and the stuff that you look for in top-of-the-rotation caliber pitchers,” Manager Aaron Boone said. Effross, 28, is not a hard thrower but has a similar assortment of pitches to handle hitters from either side. They will reach the trading deadline on Tuesday at 6 p.m. with the best record in the American League — they were 69-34 before Monday’s game with the Seattle Mariners — and four new players to help when it matters most. The right-handed Montas, 29, served an 80-game suspension in 2019 after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. With Chapman pitching in all but one of their postseason victories, the Cubs won it all. “Teams are trying to make a move that will make an impact,” Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman said through an interpreter on Monday, recalling his trade to the Chicago Cubs in 2016. Only one, J.P. Sears, has played in the majors. The best teams need to do the most work at the baseball trading deadline.

After missing out on Luis Castillo, the New York Yankees were able to reel in a Frankie Montas trade to help make their starting rotation a bigger threat.

The Frankie Montas trade will help them in the regular season. The Yankees and Astros should be favorites to meet in the ALCS this year. They made a Frankie Montas trade to make up for that swing and a miss on the former Cincinnati Reds pitcher now competing for the Seattle Mariners.

After plenty of trade speculation surrounding Athletics starting pitcher Frankie Montas, the ace reportedly is on the move.

Trivino was 1-6 in relief for the A’s this season with a 6.47 ERA and 10 saves in 39 appearances. In return for the two pitchers, the A’s received New York’s No. 5 prospect in Waldichuk, per MLB.com. Medina was ranked No. 10 in the Yankees' system, followed by Sears at No. 20 and Bowman at No. 21. The A's traded Montas and reliever Lou Trevino to the New York Yankees on Monday afternoon, the team announced.

It's likely the New York Yankees will have to include Oswald Peraza in any deal for Oakland A's starting pitcher Frankie Montas, a person with knowledge of ...

And he’s considered a strong defender. Through 19 starts, Montas is 4-9 but with a 3.18 ERA. He’s struck out 109 batters in 104 2/3 innings. Rodon has been healthy this year, and he’s been excellent, posting a 3.00 ERA in 21 starts with 11.6 K/9. He’s due the remainder of the $21.5 million he’s making this year and, if he doesn’t opt out after the season, he’ll make $22.5 million next year. The Giants’ Carlos Rodon has also been on the Yankees’ radar, but there are concerns about the left-hander’s health (he has a history of arm issues). Whether he’ll opt out of his deal at the end of the season is also an issue, with teams unsure if they’re paying for a rental or for someone who will remain under contract through next season. Montas would hardly be a bad consolation prize — and the expectation is that he will be traded to the team Oakland considers to present the best offer. The Yankees are heavily involved in the sweepstakes to nab A’s starting pitcher Frankie Montas, and it’s believed the team will have to offer highly regarded shortstop prospect Oswald Peraza and more premium pupils to make it happen, a person with knowledge of the team’s personnel decisions told NJ Advance Media.

The Yankees have shored up their rotation for a playoff push, adding righty Frankie Montas and closer Lou Trivino in a deal with Oakland.

Chad Green, Michael King and Zack Britton are all on the 60-day injured list with Green and King expected to miss the rest of the season. Trivino, a 30-year-old right-hander, is 1-6 with a 6.47 ERA -- double his 2021 figure -- and 10 saves in 13 chances. The Yankees won the Montas sweepstakes and add a starter who will slot into a playoff rotation with a fastball-slider-splitter pitch mix that has proved effective all season. Luis Severino has not pitched since July 13 because of a lat strain and was moved to the 60-day injured list Monday along with right-handed reliever Miguel Castro, out since July 10 with a strained right shoulder. Gone out and proved last couple years he is that kind of caliber pitcher." Montas, a 29-year-old who is not eligible for free agency until after the 2023 season, has shown flashes of excellence since signing with Boston in 2009.

The New York Yankees have pulled off a trade with the Oakland Athletics and Frankie Montas is coming to the Bronx to join the starting rotation.

Makes you re-think Yankees’ fans’ previous, insatiable desires to land Castillo at all costs. - vs Mariners – 2.72 ERA, 1.05 WHIP with 79 strikeouts in 56.1 innings pitched - vs Astros – 3.40 ERA, 1.33 WHIP with 68 strikeouts in 76.2 innings pitched - vs Rays – 1.87 ERA, 0.89 WHIP with 32 strikeouts in 33.2 innings pitched Not a bad throw-in. Frankie Montas will be the newest Yankee after being linked to the Bombers for over a year now.

The Oakland A's traded right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas ahead of Tuesday's MLB trade deadline.

According to MLB.com, Waldichuk — who played college ball at Saint Mary’s in Moraga — is the top prospect the A’s added in the deal and was ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Yankees’ farm system. Sears and Waldichuk will go to Las Vegas to play for the Triple-A affiliate. Montas was considered one of the top starters available at this year’s trade deadline because he won’t become a free agent until after the 2023 season, giving him two opportunities to help his new team in playoff pushes. Montas, a right-handed starter with an elite fastball-splitter combination, posted a 3.18 ERA in 19 starts for the A’s this season while striking out more than a batter per inning. “Trading two guys who have been in the organization for a long time was not easy,” A’s general manger David Forst said. The A’s sent Montas and right-handed reliever Lou Trivino to the New York Yankees in exchange for four prospects in what’s expected to be one of the biggest trades of the summer, sources confirm to this news organization.

If the Yankees won't trade shortstop Anthony Volpe for Frankie Montas, then they might not acquire the "ace". Will the Giants be more reasonable?

Hell, even Castillo started extremely slow in 2021 and led the NL in walks before rebounding. If nobody beats the Yankees’ current Montas package — which seems to have been offered — then the A’s starter and all his question marks will be theirs. This change in the trade market has led every team that still holds a starting pitcher to recalculate their desires. In terms of true talent, he’s ahead of Montas if available. The New York Yankees are in swift danger of being priced out of a market full of No. 2 starters whose current teams are treating them like aces. Before including Marte, it appeared the Yanks could acquire Castillo — solidly a No. 2, possibly an ace outside the constraints of his home ballpark — for a package centered around Oswald Peraza and Ken Waldichuk. Sadly, the Mariners decided to stir the pot.

Montas, 29 years old, was the top starting pitcher on the trade market following Friday night's trade that saw the Seattle Mariners obtain Luis Castillo from the Cincinnati Reds. In 19 starts this season, he's compiled a 3.18 ERA (117 ERA+) and a 3.89 ...

Sears, 26, has appeared in seven games this season for the big-league team, amassing a 2.05 ERA (190 ERA+) and a 3.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He's a small left-hander with a flat angle to the top of the zone who relies on three pitches: a low-to-mid 90s fastball, a slider, and a changeup. Waldichuk has struggled with his location, and it's possible that he winds up pitching in relief. Trivino, along with fellow deadline addition Scott Effross, will help a Yankees bullpen that has already lost Michael King and Chad Green for the season. On the bright side, he's quite good when he's available, and an acquiring team will control his services through the 2023 season. Put another way, Castillo is on pace for his fourth 100-plus inning season in five tries; Montas' next will be the second of his career, a product of injury and suspension.

New York added the best available starting pitcher and improved its bullpen, while the A's acquired good pitching prospects.

The big name here is 24-year-old Waldichuk, a lefty in Triple A who was No. 5 in the Yankees’ system per MLB Pipeline and No. 3 per FanGraphs. There’s a bit more of a discrepancy with the prospect rankings for Medina, 23. And the return they picked up here looks very similar to what they chased in those other trades this winter—pitchers who are fairly close to playing in the majors. He has an electric arm, but he struggles a bit with his command and could end up as a late-inning reliever instead of the rotation. But they have an obvious focus here—pitchers who can make an impact soon—and they certainly kept with that. But a few injuries have cropped up recently—starter Luis Severino is out with shoulder tightness and reliever Michael King will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his elbow—and the team had its worst month yet in July. It was only wise to seek reinforcements, and in a market that’s not exactly flush with pitching talent, Montas and Trivino are a pairing that made sense to grab. A big part of that has been sticking with a change he made to his pitch mix last season: He’s stopped depending so much on his sinker, previously his most frequent pitch, and has begun to use his four-seamer and splitter more. The 30-year-old Trivino, on the other hand, has scuffled through much of this year. It’s fair to wonder if the A’s could have gotten a splashier return either by making this deal in spring training or by being willing to consider talent that isn’t quite so close to the majors. His 2021 looked like a breakthrough: It was the first time that he pitched more than 100 innings in a season, after dealing with a variety of injuries earlier in his career, and he finished as a down-ballot Cy Young candidate with a 3.37 ERA (122 ERA+). He’s kept that kind of performance going so far this year. Under the Yankees’ coaching staff, Trivino seems like a decent bet to turn things around, and he has two additional seasons under team control after this one. Though he missed two starts last month with a shoulder issue, Montas managed to avoid the IL, and he currently has a 3.18 ERA (118 ERA+). He’ll slot in near the top of the Yankees’ rotation—behind Gerrit Cole—and should be a considerable help down the stretch. They also could use a starter and one more reliever, too.

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Frankie Montas (47) walks back to the dugout after the top of the eighth inning during an MLB game against the Seattle ...

Montas was slated to pitch Tuesday’s series opener in Anaheim. Cole Irvin will start instead and the A’s will adjust the rotation after that. Bowman, a fourth-round draft pick by the Yankees in 2021, was hitting .217/.343/.355 in 80 games at High-A and will report to High-A Lansing. In Oakland, the A’s will need to fill Montas’ rotation spot and Trivino’s late-innings role. Eight of 12 players the A’s received in the spring trades are pitchers. Sears, 26, debuted for the Yankees this season and has a 2.05 ERA over 22 MLB innings. Waldichuk and Sears will report to Triple-A Las Vegas. Waldichuk, 24, who is from San Diego and went to St. Mary’s, has a 3.00 ERA and 13.7 strikeouts per nine innings rate in 50 minor-league games. Montas, a sixth-place AL Cy Young finisher last year, is 4-9 with a 3.18 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 104 ⅔ innings this season. “There’s a chance for anything,” Forst said. The question was which pitching-needy contender would pluck Montas — and Trivino, it turns out — and what Oakland could get in return. He’s 6-3 with a 2.71 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 76 ⅓ innings in 17 starts this season at Double- and Triple-A. The Reds netted Seattle’s two top prospects among four players. So I think we got three pitchers who are very close to, if not already, major-league ready.”

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Sears has an unusually flat release point to the top of the zone, the product of his arm slot, his size, and his ability to get down the mound. Medina will be out of options after this season, according to FanGraphs, meaning he'll be a member of the A's bullpen no later than next spring. Another interesting aspect of this trade for the A's is how they've continued to target pitchers during this rebuild despite their cavernous ballpark seemingly serving as an in-built advantage in enhancing usable arms. Indeed, it ranks 11th in that regard, behind new teammates A.J. Puk and Kirby Snead, leading us to think the A's targeted Sears for that reason, among others. What matters is that he has a full arsenal and some underlying indicators suggesting he might be able to cut it as a starter. While we noted above that the Yankees had to trade two of their top 10 prospects to net Montas and Trivino, it's worth clarifying that the Yankees have thus far been able to avoid dealing away any of their top position player prospects. He can run his fastball into the mid-to-upper 90s and his aforementioned sweeper has generated a 52 percent whiff rate to date, suggesting that he should prioritize it as his main offering heading forward. His fastball clocks in at 96 mph and the slowest pitch in his arsenal is his 86-mph splitter. In 39 appearances this season, he amassed a 6.47 ERA, the worst of his career. They've gained as much on Monday by adding Effross and now Montas and Trivino. The Yankees did have to part with three of their top 10 prospects to make those upgrades happen, according to Baseball America, including their fifth- and and ninth-best youngsters in this deal for Montas. He's a 29-year-old with an additional season of team control remaining who has tallied a 3.49 ERA (117 ERA+) and a 3.43 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 91 appearances dating back to 2018. The Yankees had already made one pitching acquisition on Monday, adding reliever Scott Effross from the Chicago Cubs. Montas and Trivino will join him in reinforcing a staff that has been impacted by injuries.