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The Yankees didn’t trust him to pitch in the postseason. They were really wrong.
The Yankees didn’t trust him to pitch in the postseason. They were really wrong.
The New York Yankees traded pitcher Jordan Montgomery in the middle of the 2022 season, largely because they didn’t believe he would ever be able to start big postseason games.
A year later, the Yankees missed the playoffs and have been on winter break for weeks. Montgomery is the breakout star of this year’s playoffs, having earned three starts for the Texas Rangers this postseason. He has a chance to make it four Friday against Houston in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.
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