Frankie Montas’ Yankee career has not gotten off to the start anyone involved would have hoped for. After New York sent a package of prospects to Oakland for Montas and Lou Trivino, the deal has yielded largely underwhelming results. Trivino has been excellent, but Montas, the obvious headliner of the deal, has been quite disappointing.
Over eight starts, Montas has worked just 39.2 innings and has a 6.35 ERA with New York. He has flashed front-of-the-rotation stuff throughout his career, and even occasionally with the Yankees, but his status in this rotation is in question at this point, especially if his shoulder issue requires a stint on the injured list.