{"id":3182,"date":"2011-03-08T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2011-03-08T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:07:13","slug":"the-golden-sombreros-top-50-prospects-7-jesus-montero-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3182","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #7 – Jesus Montero (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#7 Jesus Montero<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 New York Yankees<\/p>\n

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DOB: 11-28-89<\/p>\n

ETA: 2011<\/p>\n

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Considering Montero\u2019s organization, and the joke that Jorge Posada<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s defense has become, one would have thought the Yankees would have brought up the 20-year-old stud in 2010 to take over the backstop duties in NYC after he mashed his way to a .289\/.353\/.517 slash line at Triple-A.\u00a0 Wrong.\u00a0 Montero\u2019s defense is so sloppy and unathletic that somehow Posada was seen as a safer option.\u00a0 We at the Sombrero find that kind of decision-making, as well as a lot of other nonsense coming from the Yanks front office recently, as the absolute wrong decision, but it does lead people to wonder\u2026<\/p>\n

Will Montero ever develop into a serviceable, replacement-level option behind the plate, or will he be relegated to a DH role in his early 20s?\u00a0 Well, 235-pounds is probably a good place to start for the young Yank.\u00a0 He needs to slim down considerably to lighten his feet to block and throw, both necessary components to catching in the speedy AL East.\u00a0 With newly acquired Russell Martin<\/a><\/strong> expected to handle the bulk of the catching duties in New York, and Posada expected to DH primarily, will the Yankees \u2013 who now find themselves fighting for every W with Boston and Tampa as well as the improved Orioles and intriguing Canadians \u2013 use Montero as the second catcher or start him at Triple-A?\u00a0 They have two other excellent catchers in Gary Sanchez<\/a><\/strong> and Austin Romine<\/a><\/strong> on the farm, and with the Cardinals now clinging to life in the NL Central, did Jesus Montero<\/a><\/strong> just become trade bait?\u00a0 Yeah, we think so.<\/p>\n

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