Mets pitcher Frankie Montas could miss entire 2026 MLB season after elbow surgery, per report

Report: Mets' Frankie Montas (elbow) could miss entire 2026 season

When Mets' manager Carlos Mendoza said last week that right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas was going to be out the rest of the 2025 season with a UCL injury, he acknowledged that Tommy John surgery was possibly going to be required.

New York Mets' disappointing pitcher needs elbow surgery

Frankie Montas may not pitch at all in 2026.

Mets pitcher Frankie Montas could miss entire 2026 MLB season after elbow surgery, per report

Montas signed a $17 million deal with the Mets last offseason

Exclusive | Frankie Montas could miss all of 2026 with UCL tear in $17 million Mets disaster

Frankie Montas’ has a UCL tear that will require surgery (and very likely the full Tommy John surgery, which would take him out for 2026, too).

Frankie Montas To Undergo UCL Surgery

Mets right-hander Frankie Montas has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow and will require surgery, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. It seems unclear exactly what kind of surgery Montas will require but Heyman says it will “very likely” be a full Tommy John, which would wipe out his entire 2026 season. Even a lesser surgery such as an internal brace procedure would put him on the shelf for most of next season. The news doesn’t c…