nice start for montero in AA

[burndoggy]

3-3 1 hr not bad kid keep it up,does anyone know if he was a draft pick of ours or a free agent guy? catchers with that kind of power are hard to find

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Free Agent, signed 5 years ago out of the Dominican Republic.

 

[AZZenny]

Venezuela. He's from Caracas. Speaks excellent English, reportedly; hopes to make the bigs so he can move his fiancee and immediate family to the US - says life in Venezuela is terrifying, its so violent.

Because catchers have more to learn about the game, don't expect him to jump up here until 2007 at the earliest.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

D'oh! I stand corrected. He played in the Dominican leagues before joining the Arizona farm system, but thats not where he is from.