NY Mets Starter Likely to Undergo Tommy John Surgery

It's safe to say that most New York Mets fans won't exactly be heartbroken by the news, but it's a rough update nevertheless for veteran right-handed starting pitcher Frankie Montas. He's been placed on the IL with an ulnar collateral ligament injury in his throwing elbow. And you know what that usually means...

BREAKING: Frankie Montas is out for the season with his UCL injury per Carlos Mendoza. pic.twitter.com/mahBjPt8kw
— MetsMuse (@MetsMuse) August 23, 2025

Rarely do we hear of a pitcher going down with a UCL injury and not eventually needing Tommy John surgery, and this seems to be the path this could be taking for the 32-year-old Montas.

Carlos Mendoza says that Frankie Montas' UCL injury is "pretty significant" and Tommy John Surgery is possible.

Montas will be done for the season. pic.twitter.com/2HfKedurZz
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) August 23, 2025

Manager Carlos Mendoza says that the injury is "pretty significant," and Tommy John Surgery is possible. Either way, Montas is done for the season. He'll have a series of doctors do further examinations.

Again, needless to say, after watching Montas sign a two-year, $34 million contract in the offseason and then pitch to a 6.28 ERA and 1.60 WHIP in his nine appearances, Mets fans are not overly distraught about the news.

Hand down the worst decision made in the Stearns era: Frankie Montas 34M buckeroos

But thankfully we never have to see him again. This was doomed the day it happened and folks tried to tell me about some splitter improvements yadayadayada…. #LGM #Mets
— 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐅🇵🇷 (@KickinitwitKeef) August 23, 2025

Gotta wonder how many more wins the Mets have if McLean made the starts that Montas/bullpen/etc started.
— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownLive) August 23, 2025

I never want to see montas pitch for this team again
— Will Pocsik (@PocsikWill) August 23, 2025

Mets fans to Frankie Montas after watching Nolan McLean pitch pic.twitter.com/Z7DcJlMAQI
— Nicky The Good (@nickythegood) August 16, 2025

As some fans have noted, having the newly minted sensation Nolan McLean in the rotation in Montas's place is a blessing in disgu—well, it's not really in disguise, it's just right out there in the open.

McLean has pitched to a 1.46 ERA in winning his first two starts. The memory of Montas will quickly be in Mets' fans rear-view mirrors.