{"id":121128,"date":"2025-11-19T07:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=121128"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:37:47","slug":"mets-in-shock-17-million-pitcher-cut-after-torn-ucl-the-team-moves-swiftly-to-sever-ties-insiders-hint-at-internal-drama-behind-the-scenes-and-fans-are-left-stunned-as-questions-swirl-about-the-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=121128","title":{"rendered":"METS IN SHOCK: $17 million pitcher cut after torn UCL: the team moves swiftly to sever ties, insiders hint at internal drama behind the scenes, and fans are left stunned as questions swirl about the impact on the season and who will step up to fill the gap..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">The New York Mets made a logical decision on Tuesday.Frankie Montas, the once-powerful right-handed pitcher, has been released.<\/p>\n<p>The news of the release was reported by SNY&#8217;s Andy Martino.<\/p>\n<p>Montas was due to make $17 million in 2026. He tore his UCL in his right elbow, though, meaning he likely won&#8217;t pitch at all next season.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets signed Montas to a two-year, $34 million contract in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up appearing in just nine games for the Mets. That added up to 38.2 innings. He had a 6.28 ERA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2235826454.jpg\" alt=\"Coldplay's Viral 'Kiss Cam' Moment Gets Reenacted By The Philadelphia Phillies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Montas had an opt-out clause in his contract, but of course he didn&#8217;t go for that. So the Mets will have to pay him the $17 million next season regardless.<\/p>\n<p>He had earned the contract by throwing 150.2 so-so innings (4.84 ERA) in 2024 with the Reds and Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>But this is now his third of the last four seasons that ended prematurely due to injury. It&#8217;s hard to see Montas getting anything but a dart throw of a chance when he comes back from this latest injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets have plenty of business still to be taken care of this offseason. This one was an easy call, though.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This didn&#8217;t work out for New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":121132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>METS IN SHOCK: $17 million pitcher cut after torn UCL: the team moves swiftly to sever ties, insiders hint at internal drama behind the scenes, and fans are left stunned as questions swirl about the impact on the season and who will step up to fill the gap..ll - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=121128\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"METS IN SHOCK: $17 million pitcher cut after torn UCL: the team moves swiftly to sever ties, insiders hint at internal drama behind the scenes, and fans are left stunned as questions swirl about the impact on the season and who will step up to fill the gap..ll - 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