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Despite the way things ended in Chicago with the Cubs and Miguel Montero, you can’t tell the story of the 2016 World Series team without the catcher. He may have only had two hits that postseason, but they were the two biggest hits in franchise history.
Now, the 35-year-old is pretty much retired in his words and is transitioning into being a baseball agent.
Via AzCentral.
Montero’s playing days are over, for all intents and purposes; he calls himself “pretty much retired.” His days as a baseball agent are just beginning.
Montero is the CEO of ZT Sports, a sports management agency he launched with his brother-in-law Carlos Murcia. They have 17 clients, most from Latin America. Many are prospects in the lower minor leagues, players they envision growing along with the agency. Their lone big leaguer is outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, who spent the past three seasons with the San Francisco Giants.
And yes, Miggy is still pretty confident about his abilities.
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He believed there was a better way to treat players, and he felt his on-field experience would lend itself well to the role he thought an agent could play in a player’s career.
“I see a lot of guys who have been successful doing this (being agents) and these guys are not that special,” Montero said. “So if these guys did it, why can’t we do it, too?”
So, good luck and thanks for the memories!
Former Cubs catcher Miguel Montero has retired. Thanks for one of the best memories ever and the Game 7 hit in the World Series too! pic.twitter.com/Kcn8B71N44
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) December 8, 2018
