Montero allowed four hits and a walk while striking out one over five shutout innings during Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Braves.
He now has a 1.96 ERA and 21:8 K:BB in 18.1 innings this spring, and Montero has done everything possible to earn a spot on the big league staff. With Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo also pitching well this spring, though, Montero's probably be headed for a low-leverage long relief role, making him little more than an upside flier for fantasy purposes. Still, the 25-year-old's strikeout potential, and the checkered injury histories of much of the Mets' rotation, do give Montero a clear (if unlikely) path to value if he has rediscovered the form he showed at Triple-A back in 2013-14.