Should Russell Martin's hot start effect the catching prospects?

The sweet sound of John Sterling calling a Russell Martin homer in french. While John Sterling's calls might be lame or hated by Yankee fans, it does mean the bombers have added at least a run on the board. Last night at Camden Yards in Baltimore Sterling had the chance to yell his "Russell has muscle" line twice, to add to his total of  6 so far this season. So with Martin's resurgence, the question many Yankee fans are asking, is it time to trade Jesus Montero and some of the other catching prospects?

Let me start by saying that the Yankees could and likely should trade any of the prospects if the right trade comes along. The prospects I am talking about are Jesus Montero, Austin Romine, J.R. Murphy and Gary Sanchez. I don't think that anyone would complain if Montero was sent to Seattle and the Yanks got back Felix Hernandez in return, but their would be an outrage if the Yanks wanted to ship him off to Chicago for someone like Carlos Zambrano. So the deal must be right for the Yanks, but what about the over load of catchers in the minors with a top 10 catcher in the majors? Well I think it's safe to say that of course it is just April and Martin could just be having a great month. He is injury prone, and is set to put up career highs, I think its safe to say that nobody would expect Martin to hit close to 40 homers this season, but that's the pace he is on track for. Martin has been the arguably the Yanks MVP thru the first 17 games, and is so valuable Joe Girardi has sat him just once all season.

While Martin is having a great season in the majors, four prospects are pondering their future in the minors. Montero is the lighting it up in AAA hitting .414, he did struggle during spring training, but that shouldn't effect his overall out look. Romine is more of a defensive catcher, but could proved the occasional hit, Gary Sanchez is very young but could be similar to Montero in a few seasons. Murphy is the biggest unknown, but is suppose to be a fair all around player. The Yankees won't need four catchers, but shouldn't trade them all.

Martin has been on a hot start but will it last? Looking at past history I doubt that. At the trade deadline of the Yankees wanted to trade away one of the catching prospects for a pitcher of equal value I would have no issue, but at this point no need to trade away a bright future for a hot start.