[MiLB]Jesus Montero

[心得]
Jesus Montero ? 有那麼強嗎?

[出處] 以下文章引用自:
http://mvn.com/thebronxblock/2009/01/08/montero-ranked-5-prospect-in-baseball.html

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[文章]

I was flipping around Pinstripes Plus on the Scout.com network today, searching for interesting Yankee stories and was shocked to see the Scout.com prospect rankings. Jesus Montero is the fifth ranked prospect in all of baseball! This is, by far, the highest I've seen a Yankee ranked by a major publication this year.

I'm a little surprised, considering that Jesus has yet to tackle high-A ball, but the Venezuelan backstop absolutely destroyed low-A last year, to the tune of .326 .376 .491 .867 with 17hrs and 87 rbi. This from an 18-year-old kid who was underage for his league. For an 18-year-old to hit 17 hrs in full season A is very unusual and the Baseball Cube ranks him as an absurd 76 on the 80 point scouting scale for power.

Montero is ranked only behind uber prospects, Mat Wieters, David Price, and Rick Porcello. Fellow A ball slugger, Jason Heyward was also ranked ahead of Montero, at 4th. Although Jesus put up slightly better numbers than Heyward in the same league, most pundits favor the Atlanta organzation's outfielder because of his athleticism and greater projectibility.

The one big issue with Jesus is his size and projectibility as a catcher. Because he's so big (6'4", 225 lbs) at such a youn age, many wonder whether he'll be able to stay behind the plate. He and fellow prospect Austin Romine are both extremely raw behind the plate.