MIGUEL MONTERO RUMORS
The Diamondbacks Show Positive Improvement In The Teamwork Category
Miguel Montero and Josh Collmenter are the poster children for teamwork in schools across the world following their team effort on Sunday. Check out Miguel who dove after a popup and juggled it up in the air setting up his teammate Collmenter for a nice alley-oop grab. Everything went according to plan.
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Arizona's Miguel Montero and Josh Collmenter combine to make incredible catch (Video)
Looking for the catch of the weekend? We here at Outside the Boxscore have it for you to view over and over again.
It happened during the Arizona Diamondbacks/Miami Marlins game as a bunt by Marlins infielder Adeiny Hechavarria got popped into the air and Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero appeared ready to make the play.
As he went to snag it, the ball bounced off of Montero...
Diamondbacks' pitcher and catcher combine for crazy circus catch
It's not often you get to see a pitcher and a catcher combine to make a circus catch on a routine bunt but that's exactly what happened when the Diamondbacks' Josh Collmentor and Miguel Montero did it against the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
The Arizona catcher Montero bobbled the pop-up bunt and deflected it into bare hand of relief pitcher Collmentor for an assist and...
2013 Fantasy Baseball Peaks and Valleys – Take Risks, See Rewards
Just last week I brought up the topic of taking chances. My team was in need of a fresh take, and I decided to make a couple of moves/non-moves.
I really liked Miguel Montero coming into the 2013 season. It had almost been clockwork to see a .270 batting average, home run totals in the teens, and 80 runs batted in. That equates to must-own for a catcher. Through mid-May, Montero...
Slumps? Montero, Prado deliver in D-backs' win
PHOENIX -- Raise your hand if you thought Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero, he of the .198 batting average entering the night, would provide the big hit in Friday night's 3-2 win over the Phillies.
Unless your name is Kirk Gibson, your hand is probably down.
"I'm pretty sure he's going to have an opportunity tonight," Gibson said after slotting Montero...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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Montero: Unhappy Upton needed change of scenery
PHOENIX -- Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is hardly surprised that Justin Upton broke loose with a 12-home run April in his new Atlanta home. He has seen Upton flex before.
That does mean Upton would have done the same had he stayed in Sedona red, Montero said.
We all know he is capable of that,'' said Montero, who played with Upton from 2007 to 2012. "The big...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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Diamondbacks expect Miguel Montero back today
Miguel Montero is expected to rejoin the Arizona Diamondbacks today. The newly-extended Diamondbacks' catcher had missed time due a splinter in his thumb. The injury prevented him from swinging the bat like he normally would.
According to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, Montero should be back in the lineup today.
#Dbacks Miguel Montero was scheduled to start Monday, but...
Arizona Diamondbacks: 3 Up and 3 Down
The Arizona Diamondbacks went from 2011’s MLB darlings to 2012’s disappointment. A lot has to go wrong for a team to go from 94-68 and division winners by 8 games to 81-81 and 13 games out of first place just one year later.
A closer examination of the numbers show that the D’backs actually scored 3 more runs in 2012 than in ’11 and only allowed 26 more. The big difference...
D-backs, Montero agree to 5-year extension
PHOENIX The Diamondbacks made a proactive move Friday in agreeing to a five-year, 60 million contract extension with catcher Miguel Montero.
Montero would have been the prize catcher on the free agent market this winter, and big-market teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston and the New York Mets are among those who could be in the market for a top-tier catcher.
The D-backs...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
May 25, 2012
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Montero rewarding Diamondbacks for belief
Miguel Montero was 17. Every major-league club but one already had rejected him. He was ready to quit baseball, finish high school and go study mechanical engineering in college.
The Arizona Diamondbacks were his last hope.
Junior Noboa, the teams vice president of Latin operations, had flown to Venezuela to oversee the tryout from his native Dominican Republic. Noboa's plane...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
May 04, 2012
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