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He might be another over-hyped NYY prospect or a DH at most.

my positive opinion of montero was shaped mostly by john sickels’ reviews:

2010:

1) Jesus Montero, C, Grade A: I know that his position is up in the air, but I love this bat so much that I’m going to give him a straight Grade A. This is a Mike Piazza/Manny Ramirez type bat.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/12/31/1228281/new-york-yankees-top-20-prospects

2011:

1) Jesus Montero, C, Grade A: No one will care much about the glove in five years.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/12/15/1878701/new-york-yankees-top-20-prospects-for-2011

but now with 3 years of konerko @ 1B and 4 yeas of dunn @ DH, it doesn’t seem like there’s a position for him

I never read anything positive about Montero’s catching ability to date. And if he could catch, NY wouldn’t have signed Russell Martin. Plus his hitting numbers at AAA last year weren’t good. He might be another over-hyped NYY prospect or a DH at most.

the yankees are looking for pitching too. imagine if petitte rerires. they’d be desperate. maybe we could get montero if he could catch.

but I don’t see kenny trading any guys from the 2011 rotation now that he wants to win this year.

Texas is looking for a SP after losing Cliff Lee. What the heck, we could include Jordan Danks just to keep the family together.

your points make a lot of sense. if the return is good than kenny may have to pull the trigger.

and merry christmas wishes from me too!

As for Floyd, he was shut down late last year with shoulder stiffness, but he received a clean bill of health. You gave Floyd’s favorable contract as a reason not to trade him, but that thought only works if you believe that his shoulder stiffness is not a precursor of something worse.

So you have two options: (1) roll the dice and hope that Floyd remains injury-free for the remainder of his contract or (2) trade him now while his value is extremely high (age-28, great contract, and 2010 WAR of 4.3 placed him 21st among all ML pitchers) and in return you receive a good package of players which includes a young starting pitcher. Since “pitcher” and “shoulder” in the same sentence always bother me, I choose door #2.

And if Danks doesn’t sign an extension relatively soon, you have to trade him before he reaches free agency after the 2012 season. You can’t let Danks walk without getting similar value in return. And 2 draft choices aren’t similar value.

No one likes to look down the road at a worst case scenario, but here it is: Jackson and Danks both leave via free agency, Buehrle retires after this year, and Peavy and Floyd spend more time in the training room than on the field which reduces their trade value to zilch. And Chris Sale’s funny delivery can, in fact, cause arm problems. So your future rotation is …

Merry Christmas

it would be nice if we can sign edwin to a 2-3 year extension too. now is the time!