Jesús Montero

Infobox MLB player
name = Jesús Montero
team = Charleston RiverDogs
number = 35
position = Catcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1989|11|28
birthplace = Venezuela
bats = Right
throws = Right
statyear = August 8, 2008
stat1label = Home runs
stat1value = 17
stat2label = Batting Average
stat2value = .325
stat3label = Runs
stat3value = 86
stat4label = Runs Batted In
stat4value = 84
stat5label = Strikeouts
stat5value = 83

Jesús Montero (born November 28, 1989) is a Venezualan baseball player and right-handed catcher/designated hitter. On July 2, 2006, he was signed by the New York Yankees for $1.6 million. [cite news |first=Enrique |last=Rojas |title=Top Latino prospects get major-league deals |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2508432 |publisher=ESPN.com |date=2006-07-03 |accessdate=2008-01-25 ] Montero is reported to be the best player and to have the best power of any 2006 international signee [cite news |first=John |last=Manuel |title=Baseball America: Propsects: Top 10 Prospects: New York Yankees |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/262804.html |publisher=Baseball America |date=2006-11-08 |accessdate=2008-01-25 ] He currently plays for the Charleston RiverDogs and is said by some scouts to have an 80 on a 20-80 scale for power. He was invited to 2008 spring training, where he hit a home run in his only at bat before being assigned to minor league camp. [cite news |first=Bryan |last=Hoch |title=Yankees invite 26 to Spring Training |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080115&content_id=2346268&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |publisher=MLB.com |date=2008-01-15 |accessdate=2008-01-25 ] He is currently batting .325 with 17 home runs and 84 RBI, with 2 stolen base (milb.com)

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