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New York Yankees deal Jesus Montero for Seattle Mariners' Michael Pineda

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rayallen0:

--- Quote ---The New York Yankees have traded top prospect Jesus Montero and right-handed pitcher Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for phenom pitcher Michael Pineda and righty Jose Campos, a source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.

The Yankees receive the 22-year-old Pineda after he went 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA for the Mariners as a rookie last year.

After an up-and-down year in Triple-A, Montero came up to the majors and showed off his electric bat. In 18 games, he hit .328 with four home runs and 28 RBIs. He was expected to be the Yankees designated hitter this season.

While there are no questions about Montero's bat, there are some doubts on whether he can catch in the majors. The Yankees almost dealt Montero once before to the Mariners in a 2010 trade for Cliff Lee. The trade fell through and the Mariners ended up sending Lee to the Texas Rangers.

Pineda adds more youth to the Yankees' rotation behind CC Sabathia. After Pineda, the Yankees have Ivan Nova and Phil Hughes, who are both 25 years old.

Hughes will likely have to compete with Freddy Garcia and A.J. Burnett for the fourth and fifth starter spots.

Later Friday though, the Yankees added yet another arm, signing former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

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Not happy about this in the least.

TheRemedy360Ressurection:
From a personnel standpoint I don't mind it, I love Pineda but we've got Paxton and Walker who are projected to be top of the rotation starters plus Holtzen all in our farm system, so our pitching is fine. Montero is supposed to be the real deal, and considering how bad our offense has been recently I'm OK with it. The only thing I don't like about it is that he's on the Yankees. To Cham and any other Yanks fun, you're gonna like this guy, dude is a beast physically and has the potential to be an ace. He made the all star team last year and actually out pitched Felix for the first half of the season. The CC/Pineda is going to be a dominant one two punch.

Chamillitary Click:
I'm scared lol. Kid is young. Seems like raw talent. Throws the ball hard though, always a plus.

Jesus is Jesus. Fuck.

rayallen0:

--- Quote from: TheRemedy360Resurrection on January 13, 2012, 07:27:24 PM ---From a personnel standpoint I don't mind it, I love Pineda but we've got Paxton and Walker who are projected to be top of the rotation starters plus Holtzen all in our farm system, so our pitching is fine. Montero is supposed to be the real deal, and considering how bad our offense has been recently I'm OK with it. The only thing I don't like about it is that he's on the Yankees. To Cham and any other Yanks fun, you're gonna like this guy, dude is a beast physically and has the potential to be an ace. He made the all star team last year and actually out pitched Felix for the first half of the season. The CC/Pineda is going to be a dominant one two punch.

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thats why im not happy. anybody but the fucking yankees.

TheRemedy360Ressurection:

--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click; #TeamBox on January 13, 2012, 07:59:22 PM ---I'm scared lol. Kid is young. Seems like raw talent. Throws the ball hard though, always a plus.

Jesus is Jesus. Fuck.

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He can also throw a slider in the 90's, I'd put my money on him. I have my own questions about Jesus, Safeco is a shitty park for right handers, we all saw what happened to Adrian Beltre (before mariners, during mariners, and after Mariners).

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