Yankees universe meet Jesus Montero. Wear the name out because in the future you are going to be hearing it an awful lot. Montero is 19 years old and stands an impressive 6′4 and 225 pounds.  He’s listed as a catcher but few scouts actually project him at that position in the majors. Montero is a future designated hitter, let’s not pull any punches, but he’s also one of the best hitting prospects to come around in a very long time. How many 19 year olds do you know that can post a .912 OPS in AA?

Did I mention that Montero recently homered four straight games in a row?

Here’s what Baseball Prospectus’s Kevin Goldstein had to say about him recently

Basically, if you go deep in a fourth straight game, you make the Minor League Update, and continue to do so until the streak ends. If you need someone else to keep track, the 19-year-old Venezuelan product is now 8-for-14 in those four games with 24 total bases, upping his season averages to .325/.395/.571. For a teenager in Double-A, that is entering nutsy koo-koo territory.

I didn’t know “nusty koo-koo” was a technical scouting term but it excites me none the less. My guess is by 2011 Jesus Montero is going to be a house hold name.