Yankees' big deadline acquisition admits he wasn't healthy when traded to New York

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The New York Yankees traded with the Oakland Athletics for starter Frankie Montas in 2022 at the MLB deadline, hoping his presence would bolster their rotation for a potential World Series run.

While the Yankees weren’t able to reach that series, they also weren’t able to see the best version of Montas in his limited time on the mound. Now we know why.

Montas revealed on Wednesday that he wasn’t fully healthy when the Yankees acquired him in July. 

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Frankie Montas #47 of the New York Yankees in action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 18, 2022 in New York City. Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 9-2. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

"I was like eh-eh. I wasn’t fully 100 percent," Montas said via the New York Post. "I was trying to pitch through it. Of course, I got traded to a new team, I wanted to show what I can do. Things didn’t go the way I was expecting. But I’m here to try to help this team and go out there and show what I can really do when I’m healthy."

Montas was removed from the injured list for a few weeks after dealing with shoulder inflammation while with Oakland when the Yankees made the deal. However, that inflammation resurfaced after eight starts, where Montas owned a 6.35 ERA. 

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Montas hit the IL, leaving him off the Yankees’ ALDS roster against the Cleveland Guardians. He was on the ALCS roster for the Houston Astros series but only in a relief role.

GM Brian Cashman told the Post in February that Montas had a "clean bill of health" when the