| 5/12/2013 10:28:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is a career .667 hitter (6-for-9) versus Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick with a home run and a 1.811 OPS. | Insight: Montero is off to a slow start, batting .203, and has been dropped from the cleanup spot. Kendrick is a much improved pitcher this season, so history may not repeat itself in this matchup. | | |
| 4/27/2013 10:20:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is a career .455 hitter (5-for-11) versus Colorado left-hander Jeff Francis with a home run and a 1.182 OPS. | Insight: Montero is off to a slow start, batting .197 with a homer and 10 RBI through his first 22 games. He was a decent fantasy option in 2012 (.286, 65 runs, 15 HR, 88 RBI, .829 OPS), though he seems to have hit a plateau, failing to greatly improve on the promise of 2011. This season isn't looking any better either. | | |
| 4/10/2013 10:32:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is a career .417 hitter versus Pittsburgh starter Jonathan Sanchez with a pair of homers and a 1.378 OPS. | Insight: Montero is off to a solid start, batting .296 with a homer and six RBI. He's a decent fantasy option (.286, 65 runs, 15 HR, 88 RBI, .829 OPS in 2012), though he seemed to plateau last season, failing to greatly improve on the promise of 2011. | | |
| 2/27/2013 2:30:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero missed a couple of games with a thumb infection, but is back in Wednesday's lineup. | Insight: Montero (.286, 65 runs, 15 HR, 88 RBI, .829 OPS) is a starting fantasy catcher in any league, though he seemed to plateau last season, failing to greatly improve on the promise of 2011. | | |
| 9/30/2012 3:02:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero will rest Sunday against Chicago. | Insight: Montero (.288, 15 HR, 88 RBI) is hitless in his last two appearances, but aside from that, he's had a pretty good fantasy month. He'll finish September with a .329 average and 14 RBI. Among major league catchers, only Buster Posey has driven in more runs than Montero has in 2012. | | |
| 9/23/2012 2:02:00 PM |
Description: Arizona catcher Miguel Montero will get a much-needed day off Sunday versus Colorado. | Insight: Montero (.293, 15 HR, 88 RBI) had caught 20 games in a row for the Diamondbacks' prior to Sunday's day of rest. Wil Nieves (.304, 2 HR, 7 RBI) will get the start behind the plate Sunday at Coors Field. | | |
| 9/20/2012 2:07:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero won't be of much use to fantasy owners Thursday when he goes up against Padres starter Clayton Richard. His lifetime average versus the San Diego lefthander is .167. | Insight: Montero (.291, 15 HR, 85 RBI) has been one of the more productive offensive catchers in all of baseball this season, though none of that has translated into any kind of success against Richard (13-12, 3.74 ERA). If you have a backup catcher, start him in Montero's place. | | |
| Hot | 9/12/2012 10:12:00 AM |
Description: Arizona catcher Miguel Montero is a .529 hitter (9-for-17) against Dodgers starter Aaron Harang with a 1.365 OPS. | Insight: Montero is putting up solid numbers, batting .285 with 15 HR, 82 RBI and a .831 OPS. He's hit even better over the past two weeks, at a .362 clip, and with this favorable matchup is a must start. | | |
| 8/30/2012 1:42:00 PM |
Description: We wouldn't recommend starting Arizona catcher Miguel Montero on Thursday. He's hitting just .143 in 14 lifetime at bats versus Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. | Insight: Really, you should avoid all Diamondbacks hitters on Thursday. Kershaw has had a stellar August (4-1, 2.41 ERA) and is 7-3 all-time versus Arizona in 12 appearances. | | |
| 8/28/2012 10:51:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is hitless in seven at-bats against Reds starter Johnny Cueto. | Insight: Montero is a solid fantasy catcher, batting .279 with 14 HR and 74 RBI in 111 games, however, he's struggled over the past two week (.237, 0 HR) and this matchup likely won't help. | | |
| Hot | 8/27/2012 10:55:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero must salivate when he sees Reds starter Bronson Arroyo on the mound. He's 8-for-15 with three homers , seven RBI and a 1.763 OPS against the Cincinnati right-hander. | Insight: Montero has hit for more power since the All-Star break (.924 OPS vs. .797) and batted 25 points higher as well (.297 vs. .272). He's a must start on Monday. | | |
| 8/26/2012 3:11:00 PM |
Description: Stay away from Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero on Sunday. He's hittting just .091 for his career against Padres starter Edinson Volquez. | Insight: It's actually not just Volquez that Montero struggles with. He's batting only .171 as a whole against the Padres this season. Make sure he's not in your fantasy starting lineup today. | | |
| Hot | 8/21/2012 10:40:00 AM |
Description: Arizona catcher Miguel Montero is 4-for-8 against Miami starter Ricky Nolasco with three extra base hits, five RBI and a 1.625 OPS. | Insight: Montero has gone off since the All-Star game, batting .312 with six homers, 27 RBI and a .991 OPS in 34 games and should surpass last season's home run and RBI totals. | | |
| Hot | 8/17/2012 7:07:00 PM |
Description: Arizona catcher Miguel Montero will get the night off Friday against Houston. | Insight: Montero has had a very successful second half of the season after underachieving early on in the 2012 campaign (.320 average since the All-Star break). | | |
| 7/30/2012 4:50:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is batting .500 (7-for-14) in his career against Dodgers starter Aaron Harang. | Insight: Montero (.282, 11 HR, 58 RBIs) has a .327 batting average with three homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games since the All-Star break and should continue his hot streak Monday against Harang. | | |
| 7/27/2012 7:21:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero isn't starting Friday's series opener against New York. | Insight: Montero (.283, 10 HRs, 56 RBIs) has gone 9-for-17 (.529) at the plate over his past five games but he'll get the night off in favor of backup Henry Blanco (.207, 1 HR, 6 RBIs) on Friday. | | |
| 7/19/2012 12:17:00 PM |
Description: Arizona catcher Miguel Montero will not be participating in Thursday afternoon's series finale versus Cincinnati. | Insight: Just a simple day off for the 29-year-old. Montero (.267, 9 HRs, 50 RBIs) put together a terrific game Monday in the series opener (3-4, 2 2Bs, HR, 4 RBIs) but since then he's gone 0-for-8. | | |
| 7/16/2012 11:18:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero came in 6-for-13 against Reds hurler Bronson Arroyo, and that favorable matchup got his bat going. The catcher went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer, four RBIs and a walk Monday. | Insight: Montero should finish with numbers close to last season's .282-18-86 line. He's now up to .275 with nine homers and 49 RBIs in 75 games, and remains one of the better run producers in baseball from the catcher position. | | |
| 7/16/2012 10:14:00 AM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is 6-for-13 (.462) in his career against Reds hurler Bronson Arroyo with a pair of home runs. | Insight: Montero hasn't improved on last year's impressive statistics (.282, 18 HR, 86 RBI), but he's not hurting your team. He posted good numbers in June, but has struggled in July (.188). Perhaps this matchup will get Montero started again. | | |
| 7/6/2012 9:02:00 PM |
Description: Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero will take a seat Friday night against the Dodgers. | Insight: Henry Blanco (.173, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs) will make the start at catcher in Montero's place. | | |
