Luis Montanez Called Up

[Guancous]

Rotoworld reports that the Orioles (of course) called up Luis Montanez to fill the bench. Now we'll finally get a chance to see if he was worth a top 5 pick.

 

The Orioles purchased the contract of outfielder Luis Montanez from Double-A Bowie.

 

Montanez, who was drafted third overall by the Cubs in 2000, will finally make his major league debut. He was hitting .335/.385/.601 for Bowie this season, but the Orioles never did put him back in Triple-A after he was mediocre there last year. Now that he's no longer an option in the infield, it's doubtful that he'll have a career as a bench player. Still, if it's him or Jay Payton, the Orioles might as well give him a look in center field.

[Jehrico]

Is it bad that I hope he fails miserably, as I'm sure most predict he will?

[E.J.]

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