Pitcher · 2026
Keider Montero
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 145 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- July 6, 2000 in Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- May 29, 2024
- dbWAR
- 1.2 3 season(s)
- IP
- 122.1
- ERA
- 3.38
- FIP
- 3.87
- K/9
- 6.3
- FIP−
- 93 100 = avg
Keider Montero is a starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 86 batters over 122.1 innings across 25 appearances, 19 of them starts, going 8-7. His ERA of 3.38 was 19.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 17 on his team, and 147th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.87 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.2% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His 1.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 268 | 244 | 52 | 8 | 20 | 41 | .213 | .274 | .357 | .277 | 15.3% |
| vs RHB | 224 | 209 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 45 | .211 | .252 | .344 | .263 | 20.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Keider Montero throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 537 | 94.3 | 2,230 | 46.9% | 14.7% | |
| Sinker | 402 | 94.7 | 2,236 | 45.8% | 9.0% | |
| Slider | 334 | 85.9 | 2,572 | 50.0% | 30.1% | |
| Changeup | 246 | 86.9 | 2,003 | 40.7% | 29.0% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 243 | 80.4 | 2,863 | 39.5% | 19.8% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 19 | 122.1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 96 | 46 | 86 | 28 | 3.38 | 3.87 | 1.01 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 81 | 93 | 1.5 | |
| 2025 | 20 | 12 | 90.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 44 | 72 | 31 | 4.37 | 4.93 | 1.39 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 105 | 119 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | 19 | 16 | 98.1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 52 | 77 | 31 | 4.76 | 5.15 | 1.33 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 117 | 126 | -0.3 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.