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GM: Montero’s best I’ve traded

Found January 24, 2012 on New York Yankees - New York Post:
PLAYERS: Brian Cashman,  Alfonso Soriano,  David Wells,  Mike Lowell,  Jesus Montero
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Chicago Cubs

Brian Cashman has dealt away players like Alfonso Soriano, Nick Johnson, David Wells and Mike Lowell as general manager of the Yankees, but he believes Jesus Montero could be better than all of them. “He may very well be the best player I’ve traded,” Cashman said of Montero, whom...
Original Story: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankee...
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