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In the Zunino thread, G-Money was quick onto the implications of the Zunino situation.  If Zunino is a top prospect, that is one thing.  If Zunino is about to take over the ballclub, that is a different thing.

Flipping Montero would be weird, and without a lot of precedent.  But Mike Zunino is an emerging circumstance, one that emerged after the M's pulled the trigger on Montero.  

If Jesus Montero is going to DH/1B -- and with a potential Gary Carter parachuting in, that is going to be the case, well, Jesus Montero has been majorly discounted in value -- from the Mariners' perspective only.

Zduriencik traded for Montero on the premise that Montero is literally the next Albert Pujols, and Montero's rookie year didn't do much to contradict that.  IFF (mathematical if and only if) there is any other GM in the game who feels similarly, I'd trade Montero for sure.

There are 29 other GM's.  Probably 25 of them were encouraged, not discouraged, by Jesus Montero's hitting in 2012; to the trained eye he showed the ability to inside-out the jam pitch, showed the ability to drive the ball hard the other way, showed just all kinds of eye-popping talent and versatility.

Maybe 10-15 other GM's, just guessing, would be excited by the possibility of a cleanup hitter catching for them.  

I wonder if any of those 10-15 (?) GM's share Zduriencik's sky-high opinion of Jesus Montero?  The Marlins have 32-year-old John Buck catching and they could flip back J.T. Realmuto in the deal, or pair Realmuto off with Montero...

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No idea where it even came from that the Marlins were listening to offers on Giancarlo Stanton and his .608 SLG last year at age 22.  But if they were, they've got a 37-year-old at 1B ... something along the lines of Montero C, Hultzen SP and Carp 1B for Stanton and Realmuto might be a thought .... 

Of course, you've got THE smartest baseball man in Seattle, bloggers most definitely included in that, saying that Jesus Montero is the next Albert Pujols.  If Montero slugs .575 in the new park next year, and retains his Mike Napoli bonus value, nobody's going to want to deal him.  For anything.

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