Jesus at Safeco. It's just wrong. (photo via: marinersblog.files.wordpress.com)

The Voice of the Mariners has a few new posts on the team’s newest acquisition, Jesus Montero. Some of the stuff is pretty cool but the picture to the left is just…wrong.

I know I said I was happy with the trade the other day, but seeing this picture hurts. I guess I knew the time would come when Jesus would do promotional photo shoots and that kind of stuff for his new team, but I’ll be damned if it’s not bizarre seeing him at Safeco. It will be even weirder once he puts on their jersey.

Montero is really the first position player I was old enough to follow the whole way through the minors, so it feels like I’m losing a son. I know that’s a dumbass comparison to make, but whatever. You don’t like it get your own blog.

Anywho, check out some quotes from Jack Z and Montero’s conference call and another interview with the kid after the jump. (more…)

The good folks over at Baseball Instinct wrote up a terrific profile of Jose back in August, and you can check it out here. Bart Klett breaks down the kid’s mechanics, pitches and even has video of him pitching (which I jacked; see below). It’s good stuff, I promise.

Now the next time some a-hole asks you who the other guy they got in the Jesus trade is, you can be a know-it-all prick and spout off all this info. You’re welcome.