absolute STUD and 26

would be a Horse for next 10 years.

Jack98: There is absolutely no way any team is going to give up a talented and proven position player for Montero, period.He is 18 years old, and while is a talented prospect with potentially big upside, he is still a prospect. People, I understand your passion but I don’t understand your logic!
And if you want to focus on trading to upgrade the team, focus on what positions the Yankees need to fill to repeat!Miguel Cabrera is a marginal starter and would have trouble getting into an everyday lineup on most playoff caliber teams. The NYY outfield is old and needs to be rebuilt.That’s where the discussions should be focused. What are the available young outfielders that possess speed, high BA, high OBP, decent slugging %, and good defensive skills (GLOVE and ARM). Like it or not Damon’s terrible throwing arm is a HUGE defensive liability. Miguel Cabrera, wouldn’t start for most quality playoff teams and Swisher is also marginal but good to have on the team. The Yankees need to fill these holes if they want to repeat.  

Montero just turned 20 yesterday. He is likely to be rated one of the top-10 prospects in baseball by Baseball America. I’m not sure I see why you think teams wouldn’t trade a “talented and proven position player” when that’s exactly what happens in baseball every year. The Yanks traded prospects to Minnesota for Chuck Knoblauch. The Yanks traded prospects to Toronto for David Cone. The Yanks traded prospects to Pittsburgh for Nady/Marte. You get the picture…

The Yanks should obviously be interested in patching holes in their everyday lineup and I agree that the outfield is the team’s biggest area of need outside of another starting pitcher. However, you don’t trade someone of Montero’s caliber for a patch on a hole. You trade him for a star. The guy you’re describing sounds like Mike Cameron and Montero’s worth a helluva lot more than a solid everyday outfielder that hits and fields.

And if you want to focus on trading to upgrade the team, focus on what positions the Yankees need to fill to repeat! Miguel Cabrera is a marginal starter and would have trouble getting into an everyday lineup on most playoff caliber teams. The NYY outfield is old and needs to be rebuilt. That’s where the discussions should be focused. What are the available young outfielders that possess speed, high BA, high OBP, decent slugging %, and good defensive skills (GLOVE and ARM). Like it or not Damon’s terrible throwing arm is a HUGE defensive liability. Miguel Cabrera, wouldn’t start for most quality playoff teams and Swisher is also marginal but good to have on the team. The Yankees need to fill these holes if they want to repeat.

don’t get me wrong he is more valuable behind the dish than at any other position but even at DH if he is only hitting 30 HRs he’s something special and if he taps into his potential and can hit 40 HRs as a DH or at LF then he is a rare bat in line with Prince Fielder or Ryan Howard but from the right side.

Johnson would probably only be done with Joba and Hughes+ or Montero+ and I don’t agree with doing either one, we don’t need another ace right now we have a 29 year old CC what we need is a solid middle of the rotation guy and some miscellaneous pieces. To trade Montero now would be foolish and trading both Hughes and Joba right now is silly as well when you consider both are at lows on their trade value compared to what it could be… If 1 of them turns into a close comparison to Johnson and the other one is a 3 or 4 starter they have more value than Johnson does by themselves not counting the other prospects you have to give up.

I can see trading for him I guess, but he is probably going to be a FA in 2 years and it’s not like his career is winding down.

Once you get past that and realize that you are trading for a 33 year old Roy Halladay who has no where in his career to go but down and one of the most underachieving players in the game who on Dec 8th will be 31 (Wells) for Montero, probably A.Jackson+.

Gardner is far and away the best defensive player at CF on our team and Melky is a better CF than Vernon so therefore Gardner > Melky > Wells

Wells would be the worst of the 3 in CF and I would almost guarantee that the Blue Jays would agree, that is the worst contract in baseball and not one statistical category will backup Vernon being a better player and when you add in the money it isn’t close… MJ and Mo are completely right here… I would take Mike Cameron over Wells on both sides of the field!!