The New York Yankees once had a barren farm system with one
exception, Jesus Montero. Brian Cashman set the Yankees world on fire back in
2012 when he traded Mr. Montero to the Seattle Mariners along with RHP Hector
Noesi for RHP Michael Pineda and RHP Jose Campos. While Montero has basically been
in the minor leagues or suspended ever since Pineda missed two seasons with the
Yankees before becoming on the verge of being the team’s ace. While Pineda was
winning games in the Bronx Mr. Montero was getting suspended for not being able
to take an ice cream sandwich joke down in Class-A Ball but Montero has matured
since and has made his way all the way back to the Major Leagues.
Montero was called back up to the majors on Thursday after a
ton of hard work and a whole lot of growing up over the past calendar year. The
Mariners were set to face a trio of left handed starting pitchers before the
All-Star Break and the Mariners wanted to give the right handed hitting Montero
at least a few games back with the big club after hitting .332 with 15 home runs
and 68 RBI in 84 Triple-A games this season. Montero was leading the Pacific
Coast League in hits, runs and RBI at the time of the call up and has a true
shot to reclaim some of the hype he lost after “failing” as a top prospect in
the Yankees system.
Yankees uniform or not Montero, to me anyway, is a Yankee.
For that reason I will continue to root for him, even if Cashman did win that
trade for Pineda.
I'd definitely like to see a #MonteroMoment
ReplyDeleteI wish the Yankees would have tried to acquire him a season or so ago when they could have grabbed him for scraps. Now he's back to hitting well and may help Seattle get back to the postseason.
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