Tag Archives: Jesus Montero

Yankees Top 20 Prospects from John Sickels

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

John Sickels of SB Nation actually does one of my favorite prospect rankings only because he grades the prospects on an A/B/C scale and gives a brief for each player as well. Check his website for what the grades mean. These are preliminary rankings that he does before the 2012 Baseball Prospect Book comes out. Take a ...

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Baseball America’s Top 10 Yankees Prospects Pre-2012

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

It's still not due out for another week or two, but Baseball America's list of the top 10 Yankees prospects was leaked today by River Ave Blues (H/T to @Leokitty). Here is the list: Jesus Montero Manny Banuelos Dellin Betances Gary Sanchez Mason Williams Dante Bichette Jr. Ravel Santana Austin Romine J.R. Murphy Slade Heathcott The Yankees top three has changed as Banuelos and Sanchez have swapped ...

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Rumor: A’s want Montero, Banuelos, and Betances for Gio

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

If this is the asking price for Gio Gonzalez then there is no chance the Yankees are going to land him. According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Oakland Athletics have asked for a package that includes Jesus Montero, Manny Banuelos, and Dellin Betances in exchange for Gonzalez. This must be Billy Beane's way of ...

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Rumor: Yankees open to a Russell Martin contract extension

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees tendered a contract to Russell Martin yesterday keeping him in Pinstripes for at least one more year. However, they are thinking of offering the soon to be 29-year-old a long-term deal to keep him as the starting catcher past 2012, according to George King of the NY Post. Cashman told King that there hasn't ...

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Read: the Yankees 2012 plans for Jesus Montero

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

This is from last week, but with the Winter Meetings it got overlooked. Anyway, Erik Boland of Newsday spoke with Yankees manager Joe Girardi last Wednesday and got some tentative plans out of the manager for rookie Jesus Montero. Here are the bullet points: Montero will not be guaranteed a roster spot, but the Yankees are planning ...

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Montero Fearful of Returning to Venezuela

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

It was a terrible tragedy that Wilson Ramos was kidnapped and it's a miracle that he was able to come out of the situation unharmed. However, the situation has had me thinking about the Yankees own pair of Venezuelans, Francisco Cervelli and Jesus Montero. Roger Rubin of the NY Daily News caught up with Montero this ...

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Do the Yankees Trade or Hold On to Montero?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees top prospect Jesus Montero finally made his major league debut this past September. He made quite a splash too, but after years of hearing his name in trade rumors, will the Yankees resist trading him again this offseason? That's a hard question the Yankees are going to have to ask themselves. On one hand, ...

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Jorge Posada Will Be Yankees DH In ALDS

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Tigers don't have any lefty starters in their rotation so lefty killer Jesus Montero doesn't look to be getting any starts. Instead it will be old faithful, Jorge Posada, who will get all five starts, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. "Our intent is to use Jorgie as our DH," Girardi said. "We will go ...

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X-Rays Come Back Negative for Montero

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Yankees catcher Jesus Montero took a pitch off his hand in the 6th inning against the Rays Wednesday night and came out of the game. Afterward manager Joe Girardi said that x-rays were negative and that he would have to see tomorrow how he felt, but that he thought he would be fine. “My guess is ...

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Pictures of the Yankees Rookie Hazing

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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It's a tradition that at the end of each year team's dress their rookies up in some silly get-up. There is usually a theme to it too and this year's theme was 80's musicians. So Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman dressed up as Milli Vanilli, George Kontos as George Michaels, Hector Noesi ...

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