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 properly into spring coaching. He needed to accept a one-year, $25 million pact with Arizona that comprises a vesting possibility for 2025.
This week, Montgomery admitted there had been different curiosity and that he had spoken to the Boston Purple Sox throughout his free company. Nothing got here of it, an final result that he firmly blamed on his former agent Scott Boras.
“I had a Zoom name with (the Purple Sox), that’s actually all I do know. It went good,” Montgomery stated, via Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald. “I don’t know, clearly Boras type 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 Red Sox frequently 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 fire Boras and get a new agent after the fiasco.
Whereas the opposite three Boras free brokers have salvaged their seasons, Montgomery’s has been a multitude from begin to end, and he lost his job in the rotation on Friday.