Detroit Tigers Pitcher Named Minor League Pitcher of the Week

The Detroit Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens, have started off the season going 4-11. Not an ideal start to the 2025 campaign. They went 2-4 last week against the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, and were outscored 26-12. They allowed an average of 4.3 runs per game while only scoring two runs per game. The big takeaway is pitcher Keider Montero, who picked up a win this week in his lone start, going 5.2 shutout innings; he didn’t allow a hit. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out six. That performance gave him Player of the Week honors in the International League. Montero is 1-1 with a 2.79 ERA, a 0.72 WHIP, and 11 strikeouts in 9.2 innings this season. Toledo will face the Indianapolis Indians this week, with that series starting tomorrow.

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Keider Montero

Montero made his big-league debut last season, making 19 appearances with 16 of those coming as starts, going 6-6 with a 4.76 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and 77 strikeouts in 98.1 innings. He appeared in two games in the playoffs last season, posting a 0.00 ERA, a 0.33 WHIP, and three strikeouts in three innings. In 13 games with Toledo last season, he went 1-4 with a 5.03 ERA, a 1.70 WHIP, and 54 strikeouts in 48.1 innings. In 121 career games, with 108 of those coming as starts in his tenure within the Tigers organization. He is 35-34 with a 4.16 ERA, a 1.42 WHIP, and 515 strikeouts in 491.1 innings.