On Friday, July 20, the Red Sox inked a 27 year old minor league journeyman named Mark Montgomery. He was pitching for the Tigers AAA affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens when he suffered an elbow injury that threatens to end his season. It’s not a UCL tear, but little more is known about it at this time. Rather than let him rehab, the Mud Hens released him and the Red Sox swooped in to pick him up.
The deal runs through the end of next season which gives Montgomery plenty of time to get back on the mound and potentially contribute at the major league level sometime in 2019.