Jesús Montero, a one-time top prospect for the Yankees who played five seasons in the Majors, died this weekend at age 35, the Yankees announced on Sunday. Montero was reportedly involved in a motorbike crash earlier this month in which he sustained major internal injuries.

Montero was ranked the No. 1 Yankees prospect and No. 9 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2011. After posting an .814 OPS and starting 87 games at catcher that season for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Montero was promoted to the Yankees in September.

Initially, the 21-year-old Montero lived up to the hype, batting .328/.406/.590 in the final month of the 2011 season and looking like a potential middle-of-the-order fixture for the Yankees for years to come.

The Yankees, however pulled off a stunning trade with the

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