Elehuris Montero...His father, Francisco, pitched in the Phillies organization from 1996-2000.
2023
Made his first career Opening Day roster…set career highs in games (85), runs (40), hits (69), triples (two), home runs (11), RBI (39), walks (15) and strikeouts (111)...Optioned on April 24…second stint on the active roster May 29-July 10 and third and final stint July 25 through the end of the season... Finished fourth in the Majors (min. 300 PA) with a 36.2% strikeout rate...Connected on an Opening Night home run at San Diego on March 30, going back-to-back with C.J. Cron, the third pair in Rockies history to hit back-to-back home runs on Opening Day per Elias (also: Trevor Story and Carlos González, 2016 vs. ARI; Troy Tulowitzki and Chris Iannetta, 2009 vs. ARI)...Went 13-for-39 (.333) with three doubles, one home run and five RBI through his first 11 games…8-for-67 (.119) through his next 24 games, spanning through his second stint on the active roster...Following his final recall on July 25, slashed .270/.328/.489 with 10 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 26 RBI through the end of the season…slashed .306/.374/.532 from Aug. 15 through the remainder of the season...Career-best 26-game on-base streak from Aug. 14-Sept. 18…slashed .337/.412/.539 over this span, ranking fifth in the NL in batting average and eighth in OBP (min. 90 PA)...Homered in three-straight games Sept. 28-30 and in four of five Sept. 26-30...prior, had never homered in back-to-back games...Scored four runs on Sept. 28, the most for a Rockie since Brendan Rodgers on June 1, 2022 (four runs)...In 35 games with the Isotopes, slashed .359/.411/.718 (1.129 OPS) with six doubles, 15 home runs and 48 RBI...Named the PCL Player of the Month in May after he slashed .393/.451/.753 with five doubles, nine home runs and 30 RBI over 22 games.... Named the winner of the Abby Greer Award for the Rockies’ Spring Training MVP…hit .297 (19-for-64) with two doubles, a team-leading five home runs and 12 RBI in 23 games…tied for third in the Cactus League with five home runs and 36 total bases...Appeared in 31 games with Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League in the 2023-24 offseason.
2022
Made his Major League debut on May 1 vs. Cincinnati as the designated hitter and went 2-for-4, the 16th player in franchise history to record multiple hits in their debut...Started 22 games at third base, 12 games at first and 12 games as the designated hitter...slashed .289/.289/.578 as a DH...Hit .412 (14-for-34) across a career-long nine-game hitting streak July 9-Aug. 10...had multiple hits in five straight Aug. 5-10, tied for the longest multi-hit streak by a rookie in franchise history (also: Yonathan Daza, 2021; Wilin Rosario, 2012; Aaron Miles, 2004)...Went 2-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high five RBI Aug. 19 vs. the Giants...at 24 years and two days old (24-002), became the youngest Rockies player with multiple homers since Trevor Story in 2016 (23 years old)...also became the fourth-youngest player in Rockies history to record five RBI in a game, behind Trevor Story (July 23, 2016, 23-251), Ian Stewart (Aug. 19, 2008, 23-136) and Juan Uribe (Oct. 7, 2001, 22-199)...In 65 games with Albuquerque, hit .310 (79-for-255) with 10 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 54 RBI...Served four stints on the Rockies’ active roster: April 29-May 2, June 7-11, June 21-July 14 and Aug. 2 through the end of the season...slashed . 246/.287/.479 across 42 games after his final recall of the season.
2021
Attended his first Major League Spring Training before playing in 92 games with Double-A Hartford and 28 games with Triple-A Albuquerque... Slashed .279/.361/.523 for Hartford with 11 doubles, one triple, 22 home runs and 69 RBI... Promoted to Triple-A on Sept. 2 … at the time of his promotion, ranked among Double-A Northeast leaders in RBI, (69, T-1), home runs (22, T-3), slugging (.523, 4th) and OPS (.884, 7th)... Slashed .278/.355/.546 with the Isotopes, tallying nine doubles, one triple, six home runs and 17 RBI... Played 38 games with the Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League, slashing .221/.298/.307 with four doubles. one triple, two home runs and 15 RBI... Acquired by Colorado, along with four Minor League players, from St. Louis in exchange for Nolan Arenado on Feb. 1.
2020
Spent the season on the Cardinals’ alternate training site roster.
2019
Entered the season rated as the No. 5 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America, the "Best Hitter for Average" and "Best Infield Arm" in the organization...Participated in early workouts and seminars as part of the Cardinals Spring Training Early Program (S.T.E.P.)...Played the majority of an injury-shortened season with Springfield (AA), hitting .188/.235/.317 (42-224) in two stints covering 59 games....Began the year as the Texas League's fifth-youngest player (20.6) on Opening Day. Teammate Dylan Carlson was the 4th-youngest (age 20.4), born two months later on Oct. 23, 1998...Hit .219 (16-73) with two home runs in initial 18 games before placed on the injured list with a sprained wrist (4/27)...Activated (5/19) and played in seven games before returning to the injured list with a broken left hamate bone (5/29)...Rehabbed with GCL Cardinals for four games (7/22-7/26)...Rejoined Springfield (7/27) and hit .164 (21-128) over his final 34 games...After the season, rated as the No. 12 prospect in the Texas League in Baseball America's Best Tools Survey...Played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .200/.333/.300 (10-50) with three doubles, one triple and one RBI in 15 games...Had contract purchased and added to the 40-man roster with pitchers Alvaro Seijas and Jake Woodford (11/20).
2018
Midwest League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star, and became the first Cardinal to be named Midwest League Most Valuable Player since Albert Pujols (2000)...Led the Cardinals minor league organization in doubles (37) and ranked among leaders in hitting (.315, 7th), runs (81, 3rd), hits (151, 2nd), homers (16, 8th), total bases (242, 2nd), RBI (82, 2nd), SLG (.504, 7th) and OPS (.875, 10th)...Paced the Midwest League in hitting (.322), slugging pct. (.529) and OPS (.910), ranked 3rd in total bases (202), 6th in on-base pct. (.381), RBI (69) and extra-base hits (123)...Hit cleanup and started at 3rd base for the West Squad in the Midwest League All-Star Game (0-for-2)...Named Midwest League Player of the Week for the July 2-8 period. Hit .400/.464/.720 (10-25) with two homers and nine RBI in six games...Posted a team-best 14-game hitting streak from 6/23-7/8, batting .415 (22-53)...Recorded both the longest home (20G, 5/2-6/13) and road (18G, 6/17-end of season) hitting streaks in the league...Set single-game career highs with two home runs (2) at Lansing (7/19) and four doubles at Clinton (7/29)...Promoted to High-A Palm Beach (8/7), hitting .286/.330/.409 (28-98) with a homer and 13 RBI in his final 24 games...Hit .500 (4-8) in two postseason games for Palm Beach...Following the season, ranked by Baseball America as the Midwest League's "Best Defensive Third Baseman" and No. 9 overall prospect.
2017
Named a Gulf Coast League Post-Season All-Star, playing nearly the entire GCL season at age 18...Led the Gulf Coast League in sacrifice flies (6), tied for the league lead in extra-base hits (22), and ranked 3rd in RBI (36), 4th in doubles (16), and 6th in total bases (81)...Ranked among the Cardinals minor league leaders in slugging (.468, 9th) and OPS (.838, 7th)...Hit a grand slam off Tomas Alastre and had 5 RBI at GCL Nationals (8/5)...Following the season, Baseball America ranked him as the No. 9 overall prospect in the Gulf Coast League.
2016
Hit .260/.349./352 in 61 games for the Dominican Summer League Cardinals, his second season with the club.
2015
Played his first professional season for the Dominican Summer League Cardinals at the age of 16...Batted .328 with runners in scoring position.
