Jordan Montgomery getting Tommy John surgery after brutal Diamondbacks season

Diamondbacks starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery had his season cut short before it even began.

The emotional ex-Yankee left-hander stood in front of his locker Tuesday telling reporters that he would be getting Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire 2025 season.

Montgomery, 32, said he had not been recovering from well while pitching in spring training, constantly coming back “sore” and “achy.”

After a drawn-out free agency, Montgomery joined the Diamondbacks shortly before last season on a one-year, $25 million contract with a $22.5 million player option for 2025.

He proceeded to have the worst year of his career, pitching to a 6.23 ERA with a 1.65 WHIP in 117 innings.

Montgomery previously had Tommy John surgery during 2018 with the Yankees.

Montgomery is in the final year of his contract with the Diamondbacks, which the owner had previously called a “horrible decision” for the team.

“Looking back, in hindsight, a horrible decision to invest that money in a guy who performed as poorly as he did,” Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick said in October. “It’s our biggest mistake this season from a talent standpoint, and I’m the perpetrator of that.”

Now getting zero production out of one of the highest-priced players in Arizona, Montgomery may go down as one of the worst free agent acquisitions in baseball in recent memory.

He had lost the battle for the final rotation slot to Brandon Pfaadt and was slated to pitch out of the bullpen in 2025.

He was previously highly productive for the Cardinals and Rangers in 2022 and 2023, winning a World Series with Texas in 2023.