{"id":104103,"date":"2025-06-14T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/104103\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:30:10","slug":"mets-near-decision-on-montas-vientos-set-for-rehab-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/104103\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets near \u2018decision\u2019 on Montas; Vientos set for rehab stint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frankie Montas<\/a> says he feels fine physically.<\/p>\n

For the Mets<\/a> right-hander, that\u2019s the most important takeaway through five starts in his rehab assignment for a strained right lat.<\/p>\n

But the results on the field have been less encouraging.<\/p>\n

Montas struggled again on Friday night with Triple-A Syracuse, surrendering eight runs in 1.2 innings against Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. He now owns a 13.17 ERA over 13.2 innings<\/a> with High-A Brooklyn and Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cTough start, but I felt pretty good,\u201d Montas, 32, said Saturday at Citi Field. \u201cThe ball is coming out good. Just working on a couple things that I need to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets hoped Montas would throw 80 to 85 pitches during Friday\u2019s start against the Yankees\u2019 Triple-A affiliate, but he threw only 53 before he was lifted with two outs in the second inning.<\/p>\n

Montas said he \u201cwould\u2019ve loved to get more pitches in,\u201d but manager Carlos Mendoza said leaving the right-hander in the game would have put him at risk. Montas threw 32 pitches in the second inning alone.<\/p>\n

The Mets expect Montas to make one more rehab start at Triple-A, but they have not determined whether he will be a starter or a reliever when he joins the major-league roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t made that decision yet,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cHe\u2019s got one more, and then we\u2019re going to have to make a decision there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montas allowed seven hits and a walk in Friday\u2019s start, and he also hit a batter. The two-run home run struck by Brennen Davis was the seventh homer Montas has allowed during his rehab stint.<\/p>\n

Hitters are batting .371 against Montas during his rehab assignment. Montas has yet to throw more than 76 pitches in a start.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say \u2018concern,\u2019 because physically he says he\u2019s fine,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cIf there was something physically wrong then you\u2019d say, \u2018OK, there\u2019s some concern here.\u2019 It\u2019s more mechanics and things like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs he continues to get reps, we\u2019re hoping that we start seeing better results, but as far as physically, he\u2019s in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets signed Montas in the offseason to a two-year, $34 million contract, envisioning him as part of a rotation that lost Luis Severino and Jose Quintana from last year\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n

Right shoulder issues \u2014 which ultimately resulted in surgery \u2014 limited Montas to eight appearances with the Yankees from 2022-23, but he made 30 starts last season with the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

Montas, who had a 4.84 ERA last year, was diagnosed with the lat strain during spring training, and he\u2019s yet to appear in the majors this season.<\/p>\n

He said Saturday that he feels \u201cpretty good\u201d and that this is probably the strongest his arm and shoulder have felt \u201cin a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to help, man,\u201d Montas said. \u201cI want to help. That\u2019s the biggest thing for me. That\u2019s what\u2019s killing me, not being able to help. Obviously, the team is doing pretty good, but I\u2019m the type of guy who likes to do my part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what he expects his role to be when he returns, Montas said, \u201cWhatever they tell me to do, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

ON THE MARK<\/p>\n

Mark Vientos<\/a> is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse in the coming week, with Mendoza mentioning Tuesday or Wednesday as possibilities.<\/p>\n

The third baseman has been on the injured list<\/a> with a right hamstring strain since June 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ran [Friday] up to 90%,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cHe\u2019s a full-go as far as hitting [and] taking ground balls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vientos is hitting .230 with six home runs in 53 games this season.<\/p>\n

MORE MANAEA<\/p>\n

Sean Manaea<\/a> (oblique) is set to make his third rehab start on Sunday with High-A Brooklyn. The left-hander has a 6.23 ERA after two starts at High-A, but he hurled 2.2 scoreless innings over 46 pitches in his last outing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere he\u2019s at in his rehab process, I think it\u2019s just more how he\u2019s feeling afterwards,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cHe continues to throw strikes. I think at this point, as he\u2019s increasing his pitch count, it\u2019s just, \u2018How is he going to feel the next few days?\u2019 But he\u2019s still earlier on in that process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frankie Montas says he feels fine physically. For the Mets right-hander, that\u2019s the most important takeaway through five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1325,228,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,1268],"class_list":{"0":"post-104103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-frankie-montas","10":"tag-mark-vientos","11":"tag-mets","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets","17":"tag-sean-manaea"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114683853181900820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}