Here we are, on February 28, 2024, 29 days before Opening Day, and Jordan Montgomery, Quality Starting Pitcher, is still unsigned.
How can that be?
Everyone needs starting pitching. Jordan Montgomery is a veteran starting pitcher who is Good. He was one of the more sought after players at the trade deadline in 2023, ultimately landing the St. Louis Cardinals well regarded prospects Thomas Saggese and TK Roby, as well as optionable reliever John King, in a package with reliever Chris Stratton.
Montgomery was one of the Rangers top two starting pitchers in the playoffs — arguably, one of the Rangers ONLY two starting pitchers in the playoffs — and was very solid, putting up a 2.