Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery is reflecting on his disastrous free company amid a extremely disappointing season with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Montgomery was anticipated to be a $100 million pitcher final offseason and land a multiyear contract, however he remained unsigned effectively into spring coaching. He needed to accept a one-year, $25 million pact with Arizona that accommodates a vesting choice for 2025.
This week, Montgomery admitted there had been different curiosity and that he had spoken to the Boston Crimson Sox throughout his free company. Nothing got here of it, an consequence that he firmly blamed on his former agent Scott Boras.
“I had a Zoom name with (the Crimson Sox), that’s actually all I do know. It went good,” Montgomery mentioned, by way of Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald. “I don’t know, clearly Boras sort of butchered it, so I’m simply making an attempt to maneuver on from the offseason and attempt to neglect it.”
Montgomery was linked to the Crimson Sox often throughout free company, however it appears like Boras overplayed his hand. Montgomery was removed from the one participant who had that have, as Blake Snell, Matt Chapman and Cody Bellinger additionally remained unsigned for a lot of the offseason earlier than taking short-term offers. Montgomery even went so far as to fireside Boras and get a brand new agent after the fiasco.
Whereas the opposite three Boras free brokers have salvaged their seasons, Montgomery’s has been a large number from begin to end, and he misplaced his job within the rotation on Friday.
