Up-and-down prospect Keider Montero pitching to earn Tigers' rotation spot
Detroit's third-year starting pitcher is out to prove he belongs in the big leagues on a full-time basis.
Up-and-down prospect Keider Montero pitching to earn Tigers' rotation spot originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Keider Montero's first MLB job has centered on serving as a secondhand rotational player with the Detroit Tigers .
Six times last season, Montero was called up by the Tigers. Twice, he was summoned for a doubleheader spot start. Six times, he made the nearly one-hour drive back to Toledo, Ohio, returning to the Triple-A Mud Hens to wait for his next opportunity.
"The message (to him) has really been to control what he can and continue to push forward in the areas where we want him to get better," Tigers manager A. J. Hinch said, as reported by MLB.
com . "He takes everything in stride. He trusts himself.