The Orioles added a peculiar offseason reclamation project this week, agreeing to terms with first baseman/designated hitter Jesus Montero on a minor league deal, according to an industry source. Montero, 27, has struggled live up to his billing as one of the game's top prospects.
Montero will be ineligible to play for the season's first 50 games of the upcoming season following a September suspension for testing positive for dimethylbutylamine, a banned stimulant. It was his second violation of the league's drug policy. Montero's suspension is without pay.
Montero, then a catcher in the New York Yankees' organization, was the No.