Jordan Montgomery has agreed on a one-year deal to rejoin the Texas Rangers, three seasons after being part of their only World Series championship and while the left-hander continues rehabbing from a second elbow reconstruction surgery.<\/p>\n
A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed the move on Wednesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn\u2019t been finalized or announced.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Morning News first reported the deal and said it was worth $1.25 million plus potential performance bonuses.<\/p>\n
A trade-deadline acquisition from St. Louis in 2023, Montgomery went 4-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 11 regular-season games for the Rangers before winning two AL Championship Series games, including the Game 7 clincher. He then became a free agent and didn\u2019t sign until late the following spring with Arizona, the team Texas beat in the World Series.<\/p>\n
Montgomery went 8-7 with a 6.23 ERA with the Diamondbacks in 2024, missing nearly a month with a knee injury and finishing with 83 strikeouts in 117 innings after eventually moving to the bullpen. That deal was for $25 million, part of a contract that drew harsh public criticism from team owner Ken Kendrick<\/a> after he pushed for it.<\/p>\n That criticism came before Montgomery exercised a $22.5 million option for 2025, then had surgery late last March. The Diamondbacks traded him to Milwaukee last July, and he became a free agent again after the season.<\/p>\n Montgomery first had Tommy John surgery in 2018.<\/p>\n Over eight big league seasons with the New York Yankees, St. Louis, Texas and Arizona, the 33-year-old lefty is 46-41 with a 4.03 ERA in 166 games (161 starts).<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n