{"id":41383,"date":"2025-10-19T19:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=41383"},"modified":"2025-10-19T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:05:37","slug":"former-mariners-catcher-jesus-montero-dead-at-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=41383","title":{"rendered":"Former Mariners Catcher Jesus Montero Dead at 35"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jesus Montero<\/strong>\u00a0— an ex-Major League Baseball player with the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees — has died … according to tribute post from the Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
The team shared a photo of Montero to X Sunday morning … writing, “The Yankees are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Jes\u00fas Montero. We send our sincerest condolences to his family & loved ones.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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The\u00a0Seattle Times<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— citing Venezuelan outlets — reported earlier this month that Montero was driving a motorcycle in his home country when he was hit by a pickup truck. He was rushed to a hospital in the city of Valencia.\u00a0Newsweek<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reported he was intubated at the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
The Yankees signed Montero out of Venezuela in 2006 when he was just 17 years old … and, he made his major league debut for the club in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
After playing just 18 games for NY in 2011, he was traded to the Mariners in a deal that involved pitcher Michael Pineda … and, he spent parts of the next four seasons in the Pacific Northwest, appearing in 208 games for the club.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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Montero was involved in a memorable altercation in 2014 with a coach who sent him an ice cream sandwich while he was playing for the Single-A Everett AquaSox. After he received the sandwich, Montero went up into the stands with a bat to confront the coach and threw the sandwich at him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
It appears Jesus last played for the \u00c1guilas del Zulia — a Venezuelan baseball team — during the 2020-2021 season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Montero was 35.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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