Atkins is really trying hard in getting his "value signing of the century" Randal Grichuk going. There is no way Montoya bats Grichuk second on his own.
I didn't really see it as that. He located his slider at the bottom of the zone well but the majority of the swinging strikes were the result of a combination of unfamiliarity and a lack of discipline.
Grichuk's slide could have been viewed as a roll block, which is illegal and always was. Just time your slide where you won't overslide the bag but still take out the infielder's legs, but stay down.