On Wednesday afternoon against the Rays, the Yankees send 24-year-old lefty Jordan Montgomery to the hill. Described by one AL scout as a “Poor man’s Steve Matz,” the fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft out of the University of South Carolina, get’s his fastball up around 94 mph, but is known more for his eclectic mixture of “junk.”
At 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds, Montgomery throws on a downwards plane, which is a bonus when pitching in the bandbox known as Yankee Stadium. He’s also never allowed more than a hit per inning in any of his three full seasons of minor league ball.