Corey wrote:

it wasn’t meant to knock montero, as i have a prospect crush on him, just pointing it out is all

I didn’t take it as a knock. (I’m not that type of person – who thinks people who state facts are negative all the time.) More so, I thought it was an astute observation. Good job.

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Yes, back in the day, there was a time when Nick Johnson was considered one of the ten best prospects IN ALL OF BASEBALL by many accepted sources.

Yeah, I remember that season in Norwich. Then he had some sort of wrist injury then it was downhill from there. And he STILL can’t stay healthy.

WRT Delgado, I seem to remember hearing about him hurting his throwing shoulder. This was in conversation many years ago, and I can’t find much on the injury if it happened. But he was a FT catcher in AAA, as well as winter ball when the organization moved him from behind the plate. And that didn’t happen until his 7th year as a pro.

Will Montero last behind the plate? Who knows? But given his offensive potential, the organization will give him every opportunity to fail.

it wasn’t meant to knock montero, as i have a prospect crush on him, just pointing it out is all

FWIW, I think that Tiger Woods might have issues trying to hit a golf ball out of Trenton. It’s not as big as Citi Field – I think it has more to do with the river and winds, etc.

for comparisons sake here’s is away slash stats:
.370/.453/.674/1.127 w/ 4 homers 10 ribbies

you know what i find funny about montero? everyone talks about how he’s hitting so well at AA so fast and how he’s doing it all in a pitchers park. Well thats a farce. Here’s his line at home:

.220/.258/.322/.580 with 1 homer and 5 ribbies in 59 ab

Yes, back in the day, there was a time when Nick Johnson was considered one of the ten best prospects IN ALL OF BASEBALL by many accepted sources.

ya know when you said since nick johnson, I was like …I don’t remember him hitting THAT good in the minors, but lo and behold he was a monster. Check out Nick’s lines for his AA season when he was 20: 345/.525/.548/1.073 That’s right. His OBP was .525 (!)

I can not share this as fact, or even a personal observation – because I didn’t watch him play enough – but I have seen reports/opinion that offer Piazza was good at catching/framing/blocking and very good at game calling – and his one issue was that he just could not throw runners out.

On the other hand, I have also seen reports, etc., that suggest Montero is too big (meaning bulky) and slow behind the plate and has slow actions, etc. – and that it’s just not his throwing that is the issue.

Then again, I’ve also seen reports in the past, as well as declarations from many Yankees fans, that said J.B. Cox was going to be the lights-out closer who was going to one day take over in the Bronx for Mariano Rivera.

So, as we have learned in the past, it’s all just wait and see with Jesus Montero – whether he catches, or not, or, even makes the majors…and anyone who suggests anything about him, good or bad, is just expressing their opinion/hope – because we, meaning everyone, just don’t know, for sure, now…how could we?