Jesus Montero News

David Adams . Actually, in this case, another two hits. In Friday night's series opening win against the Toronto Blue Jays , Adams singled and doubled off Jays starter Mark Buehrle , giving him a three-game hitting streak to open his career.

Raul Ibanez's big night outshined another sharp performance from Hisashi Iwakuma.

Seattle Mariners pitcher Aaron Harang has been scratched from Thursday's starting assignment versus the New York Yankees with lower back stiffness.

The Yankees are giving David Adams an unforgettable present for his 26th birthday.

Oh, look. The WPA Chart has an insane amount of headroom over the top and the GIF is playing at double speed.

Raul Ibanez again treated Yankee Stadium as his personal playground, hitting a grand slam and two-run homer Wednesday night to help the Seattle Mariners rout New York 12-2. Ibanez's slam came during a seven-run first inning.

And in that time, neither side could lay claim to victory, nor lament failure. It was a trade for need - hitting for the Mariners and starting pitching for the Yankees.

MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH After adding veteran outfielders Raul Ibanez and Jason Bay , the Mariners appeared to have some pinch-hitting options heading into the season.

The good news for ex-Seattle Mariner Michael Pineda is that his recovery from shoulder surgery seems to be going well.

Hernandez outduels Burnett : Montero 's HR lifts Mariners PITTSBURGH -- Perhaps the Seattle Mariners can start calling it the King Felix and Prince Jesus Show.

So an implosion of cosmic proportions seemed inevitable. Something had to give. It turned out to be A.J. Burnett.

Dustin Ackley has been on a tear for two weeks now, and his batting average has climbed from .145 in mid-April to .248 heading into Wednesday's action.

When Russell Martin departed this past off-season, it appeared that The New York Yankees might be in trouble at the catcher position.

Mariners manager Eric Wedge shuffled the club's lineup with Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey taking the mound for the second of a three-game set on Saturday.

RF Jose Bautista played in his 1,000th career game on Friday. Bautista has reached base safely in his last 10 games after picking up a single in the seventh inning of the Blue Jays' 4-0 loss.

His history has been one of mystery. At one time pitcher Rafael DePaula, the No.

Jeff wrote a good post about Jesus Montero wherein he contrasted his Baseball America prospect rankings and Miguel Cabrera comparisons with the cold, sterile fact of his Mariner performance.

During the 2011-2012 offseason, the New York Yankees made a big splash when they traded their top prospect Jesus Montero along with right-handed pitcher Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners for promising young starter Michael Pineda and hard-throwing righty Jose Campos .

When New York Yankees SP Michael Pineda went down with an anterior labral tear in his shoulder, all eyes shifted to Seattle Mariners C Jesus Montero .

The New York Yankees have been one of the more surprising teams of April due to their success despite a lack of talent on their active roster.