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Baseball Musings
November 13, 2007
Posada's Replacement

James points out in the comments to this post that the Yankees have catching prospects, but they are very young. Jesus Montero played very well for a seventeen-year-old in rookie ball, posting a .366 OBA and a .421 slugging percentage. Maybe the Yankees take their time developing him, but maybe like Ivan Rodriguez before him, Jesus is ready to take over the position at a very young age. In that case, we can think of part of Jorge's salary as a lifetime achievement award, and he helps Montero ease into the role as Girardi helped Posada ease into his job.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:47 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Montero is mashing in winter ball in Venezuela, albeit in the 2nd division. Tremendous power, especially for someone that young. And he's a monster, 6'3" when he was signed but I saw somewhere he's grown an inch or two, and is up around 225 too. Legs the size of tree trunks too.

Posted by: Yankee Fan in Chicago at November 13, 2007 06:07 PM
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