{"id":30998,"date":"2025-03-06T07:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30998"},"modified":"2025-03-06T07:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:18:43","slug":"potential-move-yankees-linked-to-intriguing-22-5m-pitcher-as-luis-gil-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30998","title":{"rendered":"POTENTIAL MOVE: Yankees Linked to Intriguing $22.5M Pitcher as Luis Gil Replacement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is going to be sidelined for the next couple of weeks as he looks to rebound from a lat strain. This leaves the Yankees with Marcus Stroman in their starting rotation, but some believe the Bronx Bombers are still going to try to trade Stroman this season.<\/p>\n<p>If they don&#8217;t want Stroman and Gil is on the sidelines, who will the Yankees fill out the rotation with?<\/p>\n<p>FanSided&#8217;s Rucker Haringey recently\u00a0linked the Yankees\u00a0to Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery as a replacement for Gil.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.webp?w=790&amp;f=df716ef050f3cfec676ffb497efdce43 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.jpg?w=790&amp;f=df716ef050f3cfec676ffb497efdce43 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.webp?w=900&amp;f=fbf9d92e04b0609e8f53de6eb83c0d5b 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.jpg?w=900&amp;f=fbf9d92e04b0609e8f53de6eb83c0d5b 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.webp?w=790&amp;f=df716ef050f3cfec676ffb497efdce43 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.jpg?w=790&amp;f=df716ef050f3cfec676ffb497efdce43 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.webp?w=450&amp;f=b74712a459045497f7891f386e2556ae 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.jpg?w=450&amp;f=b74712a459045497f7891f386e2556ae 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.webp?w=1200&amp;f=655974b15097afed3f7b157282941bd3\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2601018\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2601018\/arizona-diamondbacks-pitcher-jordan-montgomery.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=655974b15097afed3f7b157282941bd3\" alt=\"Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">DENVER, COLORADO &#8211; SEPTEMBER 17: Jordan Montgomery #52 of the Arizona Diamondbacks pitches in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on September 17, 2024 in Denver, Colorado.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Dustin Bradford\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Yankees might see a lot of bounce-back potential in the crafty southpaw, though,&#8221; Haringey wrote. &#8220;The last season, other than 2024, that he pitched to an ERA of over 4.00 was all the way back in 2020. It&#8217;s conceivable that New York might be willing to give him a chance to rejuvenate his career in the Bronx.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That sort of deal will only happen if the Diamondbacks are willing to eat a huge portion of his salary. Montgomery is due $22.5 million, and the chances of him pitching well enough to justify that contract are slim. Even so, Montgomery has a higher upside than Stroman, which makes him an intriguing trade candidate if the finances work out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery is an intriguing option. If he can return to his old self from the 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons, he would be a huge upgrade over Stroman. But if he pitches the way he did in 2024 again, he&#8217;s not worth a big league roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring Montgomery wouldn&#8217;t be as high risk as you might think, though. For the Diamondbacks to trade him, they&#8217;d likely need to eat a large majority of his contract. If the Yankees can get off without paying him but a few million dollars, this deal makes a lot of sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is going to be sidelined for the next couple of weeks as he looks to rebound from a lat strain. 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