Baseball America released their midseason top prospect list, and Jesus Montero takes a huge leap to #3. He is behind Jason Heyward of the Braves and Mike Stanton of the Marlins, and just ahead of Justin Smoak and Madison Bumgarner.
I think that Montero rise up the list has a lot to do with just how good his bat has been this year. I know this sounds obvious, but we knew he could hit last year. However, there were concerns that he would not stick at catcher. However, he has hit so well this year that BA must be convinced that he will be a major asset no matter what position he plays. Hopefully we see him by opening day 2011.
Just as an added note, the Phillies have 3 guys in the top 25, so they can get Halladay if they want him. Finally, Boston has nobody in the top 25, but both Casey Kelly and Lars Anderson show up in the second group of 25, as does Austin Jackson.
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Awesome news for Montero.
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When was the last time that we went crazy over a position player prospect? It is unbelievable that this guy at 19 can probably make his debut as a 21 year old and probably have no problem of tearing up AL pitching. I can’t wait to see this guy debut as a New York Yankee.
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DaveinMD Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
I think the last position player with this much hype was Jeter.
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