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Moving Montero off of C really caps his potential. He really would have to turn into a monster hitter to be an impact player.
Even playing Montero at C for 55-65% of the season would add around 1.5 Ws per season to his value.
I don't really see the Pujols comp (elite eye and contact), but Piazza was pretty similar in his development as a minor leaguer. He was around 19 K% in the minors and improved to a little over 16% as an MLBer. One difference is that he peaked as he moved up in the minors whereas Montero regressed a bit, but the comp works in several ways.
CT, BB are core skills. C full-time may or may not hurt offensive potential by 5-10 runs a season, but that would likely show off as BABIP, LD, power type mild adjustment. Playing a significant amount of time at DH may nullify any kind of adjustment regardless.