The media story goes Montero who showed up to Spring Training a hefty forty pounds overweight was coaching first base in Boise for the Everett Aquasox and was told to speed up on his way back to his dugout by the cross checker.
Deadspin reports that Montero who did not respond to the calls of Rapido! Rapido! then had an ice cream sandwich ordered for him by the cross checker and sent down to him in the dugout. At this point, Montero decided to throw the sandwich into the stands and may have held a bat in a menacing way.
Hmmm....so....was he mad it wasn't a banana split or was he mad he was being called out for not managing his weight as you might expect a professional athlete to do? Despite being banned for 50 games last year due to a PED suspension, Montero did not seem to take the discipline to heart.
For me I do not mind a cross checker busting him for not busting it. So far, Montero has hardly shown himself to be Major League material despite the initial projections which we now have to presume were PED driven. Further, he seems to take his current standing as an opportunity to be lazy rather than to push himself every day? What message does he send his team mates when he is not willing to work the weight off - especially after being shown to be a cheat?
I look at this really simply. Montero showed up to Spring Training unable to play pro ball because he did not do the things he had to so that he could contribute. He has ended up on a rehab assignment to the Northwest League where he can't seem to fight his urges at the dinner table, but is more than willing to fight the people who expect him to perform. Further he isn't in Everett, Washington to play and get in some game time...just to rehab, i.e. he can't even play on a Short Season A Ball team!
I scream and apparently so should Mariners management who traded away an above average pitching prospect for this knucklehead.
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