The New York Yankees have suffered a tremendous loss to their baseball family, according to reports out of Venezuela, one that feels almost too shocking to comprehend. Jesús Montero, the slugging catching prospect who was intended to define a new era of Yankees baseball in Jorge Posada's wake, has reportedly passed away after suffering complications in an accident nearly two weeks ago.
Montero broke into the big leagues with the Yankees in 2011, ranking in the upper tier of prospects league-wide and having participated in the Futures Game in both 2008 and 2009. He was dealt to Seattle that offseason, where he played out the remainder of his MLB career, which concluded following the 2015 season.