Running low on healthy arms, the New York Mets plan on starting former highly touted prospect, turned AAA regular, Rafael Montero in place of the fatigued Jacob DeGrom tomorrow night, in the series opener against the Miami Marlins. Montero comes with high rankings on stacks of outdated top prospect lists from 2013.

Every Met fan on the Fan, loves to include Montero in trades around the league. The problem is, the secret is out on the former prospect. Montero has had problems keeping men off base in the big leagues, posting a WHIP of 1.511 in his longest stint back in 2014. The sample size is too hard small to evaluate in 2016, and he has missed time due to injury as well.

The reason Met fans aren’t going to be pushing through the gate to see Montero is an all too familiar reason however. Montero is the latest in a line of failed, yet overhyped Mets prospects. Despite their recent run of success when it comes to maturing their pitching prospects, fans cant help but be reminded of the names Fernando Martinez and Lastings Milledge, or even the Generation K disaster back in the mid 90’s, when they think of Rafael Montero.

The stakes are extremely high tomorrow. The Mets may be without the services of Neil Walker, Yoennis Cespesdes and Asdrubal Cabrera once again. The bullpen has seens its share of issues over the month of August, so a quality start at minimum is what is hoped for. On top of all of this, tomorrows opponent is the Marlins, who hold a one game lead over the Mets in the race for the 2nd wild card spot. Oh, and the guy on the mound for the Marlins is an All Star whose name will be discussed come Cy Young time, in the form of Jose Fernandez.

The Mets need healthy arms down the stretch. If Montero shows flashes of what everyone thought he would be, he still has a chance at a major league career. If Montero blows this opportunity, then he may have run out of chances to make his mark in the bigs.