Friday, July 24, 2009

Baseball America: Montero Should Be Untouchable

From Baseball America (hat-tip to WasWatching.com):
• Jesus Montero, c/dh, Yankees

Scouts who cover the Yankees organization are fond of saying the team over-values its own prospects, but the scouting consensus is that Montero is the real deal. He has premium raw power and pure hitting ability to go with it. If he can catch, he could have a Mike Piazza-esque career. More than likely, he's New York's future DH, and the Yankees' asking price for him is prohibitive.
Kinda interesting considering the article I posted before mentioned that the Yankees were telling people the only two players that were off-limits were Austin Jackson and Austin Romine.

Either way, I wouldn't consider anyone completely untouchable. There could always be a deal that's too good to pass up. I'm not saying that will happen, but it could

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