The team introduced their newest starting pitcher today.
The D-backs agreed to a one-year, $25 million deal with top free agent Jordan Montgomery, a former Texas Ranger. Here's what he had to say about joining the Snakes.PHOENIX — Baseball's free agent arms race this offseason was focused on the National League West division. The Dodgers brought two-way starin the division by signing him away from the Padres.
D-backs General Manager Mike Hazen said Montgomery waiting to sign worked out in favor of his new team. The 31-year-old is headed into his eighth Major League season. He was drafted in 2014 by the New York Yankees. He made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2017 and spent five seasons there before being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals during the 2022 season.
Montgomery joins a clubhouse with a few familiar faces. He played with first baseman Christian Walker in 2012 at South Carolina, with relief pitcher Joe Mantiply with the New York Yankees' AAA affiliate, the Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders in 2017 and 2019, and he trained in the offseason with fellow D-backs starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt in Louisville, Kentucky for two years. "I saw that news and I was ecstatic," Pfaadt said.
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