The Yankees announced this afternoon that they had activated right-hander from the 60-day injured list. In corresponding moves, the club placed outfielder Adrian Beltre Jersey on the 60-day IL and optioned right-hander to Triple-A. Montas is to make his 2023 season debut as a multi-inning piggyback starter in one of the clubs final two games against the Royals. It will be just Montass ninth appearance with the Yankees since they acquired him from the As ahead of last years trade deadline. In eight starts with the club last year, Montas struggled to a 6.35 ERA with a 4.93 FIP. He struck out just 17.8% of batters faced with the Yankees and walked 8.1% before being placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation last September. The i sue eventually required surgery back in February, and Montas has mi sed the entire 2023 campaign to this point while rehabbing. Despite Montass tumultuous Yankees tenure, the 30-year-old right-hander appears to hope to return to the club in 2024. Montas told reporters (including ) that he hopes to re-sign in New York this coming offseason, though he added that the sides have not yet discu sed a potential new contract at this point. Although his history in the Bronx to this point has been rough, a reunion could make sense for both sides. , , and appear to be the only three players locked into rotation spots headed into the 2024 campaign, and the addition of a veteran arm like Montas could ease the pre sure on youngsters like , , and Vasquez. Montas would surely be a fairly short-term, low-cost signing given his recent history, meaning the Yankees ability to take a bigger swing at a top-of-the-market arm like or would be unaffected, should they be interested in such a deal. For Montas, it would give the righty a familiar place to re-establish himself as the mid-rotation starter he has been throughout his career. From 2018-2021, Montas posted a 3.57 ERA with a nearly matching 3.55 FIP in 401 innings of work. That body of work was 17% better than league average by measure of ERA+, and is right in line with the performance Montas delivered in 2022 prior to departing Oakland. In 19 starts (104 2/3 innings) with the As last year, Montas posted a 3.18 ERA (116 ERA+) and 3.35 FIP with a strikeout rate of 25.8% against a walk rate of just 6.6%. If Montas is able to recapture the form he had in the first half last year, hed surely be an a set to the rotation of the Yankees or any other club looking to add a mid-rotation arm this offseason. Jonah Heim Jersey