Monty
McDonald
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 7, 1998 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 22 MN GE   3 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 7 6
2021 23 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
2022 24 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
2023 25 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8
2024 26 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7
2025 27 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 7 6 7 8 7
2026 28 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7
2027 29 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 6
2028 30 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 6
2029 31 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 22 MN GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 23 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 24 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 25 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 26 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 27 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 28 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 29 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 30 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 31 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2020 22 A   1 5 .167 69 0 0 0 1 72.7 69 30 5 27 29 3.72 .257 .324 .357 .681  
2021 23 MN GE 1 1 .500 30 0 0 0 2 43.0 46 22 3 14 14 4.60 .271 .324 .388 .713 1.4
    A   4 0 1.000 54 0 0 0 3 52.0 46 19 3 21 23 3.29 .235 .309 .342 .651  
2022 24 MN GE 0 2 .000 80 0 0 0 2 84.0 100 54 6 39 13 5.79 .310 .380 .433 .813 1.3
2023 25 MN GE 2 1 .667 79 0 0 0 1 85.0 79 39 7 37 26 4.13 .247 .330 .366 .695 6.3
2024 26 MN GE 4 5 .444 60 0 0 0 21 64.3 59 18 3 28 15 2.52 .246 .333 .321 .654 10.4
2025 27 MN GE 9 11 .450 70 0 0 0 32 69.0 78 48 7 38 24 6.26 .295 .388 .424 .813 2.4
2026 28 MN GE 4 11 .267 66 0 0 0 15 69.3 90 46 11 38 24 5.97 .314 .405 .491 .897 0.0
2027 29 MN GE 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 0 8.3 13 14 2 9 2 15.13 .361 .489 .583 1.072 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 26 0 0 0 2 25.3 41 14 1 12 15 4.97 .380 .442 .472 .914  
2028 30 AAA   4 3 .571 56 0 0 0 3 77.0 86 33 7 34 25 3.86 .289 .361 .423 .784  
2029 31 MN GE 2 3 .400 35 0 0 0 4 32.7 37 18 2 11 7 4.96 .289 .348 .414 .762 1.9
8 Years Sim 22 35 .386 428 0 0 0 77 455.7 502 259 41 214 125 5.12 .284 .365 .411 .776 23.7
2 Years AAA 4 4 .500 82 0 0 0 5 102.3 127 47 8 46 40 4.13 .313 .383 .436 .819  
2 Years A 5 5 .500 123 0 0 0 4 124.7 115 49 8 48 52 3.54 .247 .318 .351 .668  
4 Years Minors 9 9 .500 205 0 0 0 9 227.0 242 96 16 94 92 3.81 .278 .348 .390 .739  
Season Average 2 4 .333 53 0 0 0 9 57.0 62 32 5 26 15 5.12 .284 .365 .411 .776  
Career Highs 9 11 .667 80 0 0 0 32 85.0 100 54 11 39 26 15.13 .361 .489 .583 1.072  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   289 168 27 119 73   .271 .344 .404 .747
vs LH   213 91 14 95 52   .304 .387 .423 .810
Home 14 14 .500 220 0 0 0 34 235.3 255 124 18 103 63 4.74 .280 .353 .389 .742
Away 8 21 .276 208 0 0 0 43 220.3 247 135 23 111 62 5.52 .288 .369 .435 .804
Mar/Apr 1 6 .143 67 0 0 0 12 66.3 81 45 4 32 16 6.11 .312 .387 .415 .802
May 2 4 .333 66 0 0 0 11 74.0 83 42 6 41 23 5.11 .282 .370 .401 .772
June 4 4 .500 69 0 0 0 17 70.0 69 31 6 25 21 3.99 .263 .328 .378 .705
July 5 5 .500 67 0 0 0 15 68.0 70 44 7 32 14 5.83 .271 .352 .395 .747
August 3 11 .214 74 0 0 0 11 83.0 105 59 10 45 22 6.40 .318 .400 .497 .897
Sep/Oct 7 5 .583 85 0 0 0 11 94.3 94 38 8 39 29 3.63 .258 .330 .374 .704
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2021 23 MN GE 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    A   9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2022 24 MN GE 82 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2023 25 MN GE 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2024 26 MN GE 60 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
2025 27 MN GE 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2026 28 MN GE 67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.6 0.2
2029 31 MN GE 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 426 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 0.1 0.2
1 Years A 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .188 .071 .259 0.0  
Career Highs 82 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .500 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Home 110 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Away 169 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1
RISP   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 45 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 0.8
June 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Sep/Oct 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB  
2021 23 MN GE P 30 0 43.0 2 9 1 0 .917 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
2022 24 MN GE P 80 0 84.0 4 15 2 0 .905 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
2023 25 MN GE P 79 0 85.0 4 14 1 1 .947 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
2024 26 MN GE P 60 0 64.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0  
2025 27 MN GE P 70 0 69.0 3 9 2 1 .857 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
2026 28 MN GE P 66 0 69.3 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0  
2027 29 MN GE P 8 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 0 .000 0  
2029 31 MN GE P 35 0 32.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 428 0 455.7 23 70 6 4 .939 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   429 0 457.7 25 70 6 4 .941 1.87 0 0 .000 0  
Career Highs   80 0 85.0 5 15 2 2 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2024-10-21
2025-8-32
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Entered 2020 draft and went undrafted
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 3/3/2020 to a minor league deal
Earned first career win on 9/19/2021
Had first career hit on 5/21/2024, off Benicio Chuquimia (IL)
Injured on 6/12/2027 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season