Just a season ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks made a shocking run to the World Series and 유로247고객센터 looked to repeat that success through key additions to the roste

/>Unfortunately for them, the team missed out on the playoffs entirely as some of the biggest names failed to produce in the way they were expecte

/>One of those names was pitcher Jordan Montgomery - who agreed to a one-year, $25million contract. Montgomery struggled throughout the season, going 8-7 while tossing a 6.23 ER

/>In a brutal evisceration of Montgomery's abilities, team owner Ken Kendrick took the blame for bringing the starting pitcher on boar

/>'If anyone wants to blame anyone for Jordan Montgomery being a Diamondback, you're talking to the guy that should be blamed,' Kendrick told Arizona Sport




/>Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery has been eviscerated by one of the team's owners





/>Ken Kendrick took the blame for bringing Montgomery to Arizona, where he struggled in 2024




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/>'Because I brought it to [the front office's] attention. I pushed for it. They agreed to it -- it wasn't in our game plan. You know when he was signed -- right at the end of spring training.

/>'And looking back, in hindsight, a horrible decision to invest that money in a guy who performed as poorly as he did. It's our biggest mistake this season from a talent standpoint. And I'm the perpetrator of that

/>The year prior, Montgomery had been on the opposite side of the World Series battle - helping the Texas Rangers clinch their first championship in franchise histor

/>Across the 2023 season - which Montgomery spent with the St. Louis Cardinals before finishing out the campaign in Texas - the starting pitcher went 10-11 with a 3.20 ERA.

/>Montgomery was one of the last major free agents to agree to a deal last offseason in a softer-than-expected marke

/>The pitcher was a client of MLB super agent Scott Boras, who Montgomery fired soon after signing with the Diamondback

/>Arizona was hoping for a miracle in Monday afternoon's doubleheader matchup between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves. If either team won both games, then the Diamondbacks would have made the postseaso

/>Instead, the Mets took Game 1 and the Braves took Game 2 - securing postseason berths while Arizona was left at hom


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