Jesus Montero demoted to Triple A

The Seattle Mariners demoted Catcher Jesus Montero to Triple A today as he had only hit .208/.264/.327 with Three home runs on the year after a disappointing, but not awful, season last year in Seattle. More with that the Mariners are not calling up top catching prospect Mike Zunino, who is currently in AAA, so it looks like they will be moving Jesus from catcher to another position, most likely DH. Montero is only 23 so its not as if the Mariners or anyone else should give up on his bat, but his glove was always poor and this season he has only 8 walks in 110 Plate appearances. What obviously makes this story intriging for us Yankees fans is that Montero was the top Yankee prospect who, along with pitcher Hector Noesi,  was traded to Seattle for the 23 year old Fire baller Michael Pineda, who promptly got hurt and has not actually pitched for the Yankees yet this season and pitching prospect Jose Campos who also was injured during the year. The Mariners had been declared the winner of the trade last year but this latest turn throws everything into the air as none of the pieces in the trade have been very good for either side and so we are still likely years away from learning just who has won this trade. We still have to see exactly what Pineda will do as he has reportedly been throwing around 95 in his rehab work.