Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

by oelayat on May 31, 2007 10:19 AM PDT

According to this article on mlb.com, the Giants are interested in Melvin Mora. Thoughts?

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070531&content_id=1996773&vkey=new s_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Old? - Check
Overpaid? - Check
Likely to be matched, production wise, by average AAA player? - Check

Sounds like a deal!

by Aadik on May 31, 2007 10:20 AM PDT reply actions

Why Won't This DIE????

Melvin Mora?

I mean, Melvin Mora?

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by hairball on May 31, 2007 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Why Won't This DIE????

Yeah but Melvin Mora could always stat a signing duo with Melba Moore, which I always thought would be fun.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

by GiantJim on May 31, 2007 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Why Won't This DIE????

A signing duo would be cool, but what I meant was them to form a SINGING duo - Melvin Mora and Melba Moore.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

by GiantJim on May 31, 2007 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Why Won't This DIE????

They should bring in Jim Mora and then they can call themselves "Mora, Mora, Moore" and be the first ever Andrea True Connection tribute band.

Proud adoptive father of the All-Father and his 1.99 ERA

by EliminateMe on May 31, 2007 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

NO NO NO NO NO

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on May 31, 2007 10:26 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

this would be idiotic.

I adopted Barry Bonds

by BondsApologist on May 31, 2007 10:28 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Trade Jonathan Sanchez for him! Best trade ever!

Who dat is? That's just Ortmeier's daddy.

by rotorueter on May 31, 2007 10:35 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Please do not even write this down.

by BigO on May 31, 2007 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Ohh another guy whos stats fell off a cliff mysteriously about 2 years ago?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=4078

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by someguynamedg on May 31, 2007 10:36 AM PDT reply actions

On the fence????

Are you kidding me? Now way SF is on the fence. Let's say it all together: BUYERS. They were buyers last season, they will be buyers this season and they will be buyers next season.

I can understand SF wanting a corner IF and OF field help. A solid arm in the bullpen would be useful too.

And why doesn't Bonds pull that Bryant crap and tell SF to trade him so he can win a championship elsewhere. The brother could be a kings ransom.

by wilriv21 on May 31, 2007 10:38 AM PDT reply actions

Re: On the fence????

Yeah, but the key is getting "help". I don't see where Mora comes into that discussion.

by Roger on May 31, 2007 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: On the fence????

SF finished third last season, they'll finish fourth this season, and they'll finish third or fourth next season. They need to stop being buyers and start thinking about the future. I swear to god, if this team trades for Melvin Mora and bullpen help I'll only watch Tim Lincecum's starts from now until when Sabean is fired.

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on May 31, 2007 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

chill out

you had me until predictions the doomsday predictions for 2012-3000.

by GameSix on May 31, 2007 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions

what?

eliminate that first "predictions" and that should flow ok...

by GameSix on May 31, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: On the fence????

no watching of Cain's starts?

I adopted Barry Bonds

by BondsApologist on May 31, 2007 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

"When does Sabean get axed date" pool

Regular season ends September 20, 2007. World Series begins October 24,2007 and ends November 1, 2097 (at the latest). I'm going with Sabean being bounced October 12, 2007.

by wilriv21 on May 31, 2007 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: "When does Sabean

Holy Christ! They're expanding the World Series to the size of the Hundred Years War? That's going to be epic.

by Roger on May 31, 2007 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

It certainly feels that way

especially with the WS Champ being determined in the month of November, obviously the year 2007.

by wilriv21 on May 31, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

At a glance, the only true sluggers out there that would warrant dealing Lowry (or Morris) are Dunn and Teixera (and no, I don't think Crawford is out there). I'd prefer the former, but would definitely take the latter.
What could also warrant parting with a current member of the rotation is a deal for a lesser slugger, like Ryan Church, who is still young. Do we think the Gnats would do Church and Cordero for Lowry and Benitez?

by BigO on May 31, 2007 10:45 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

me like berry much.

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by hairball on May 31, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

No. Let's be realistic here. They want the world for Cordero - what possible need could they have for Benitez?

by Aadik on May 31, 2007 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

You're probably right about Cordero, mainly because so many teams need pen help. However, I don't think anyone thinks of Cordero as a top flight closer anymore (anyone know what's happened to him?) - his line looks just as bad a Benitez' does, and they are on the hook with him for another season (where they could just use Benitez to save the two or three games they'll need saving this year, and dump him). I would actually prefer Jon Rauch to Cordero, but I figured the Gnats are likely looking to dump Cordero.

by BigO on May 31, 2007 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Dunno where I got the Cordero contract. Looks like he's just on a one-year deal. Will he be a free agent?

by BigO on May 31, 2007 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

No, this is only his 4th year.

by Roger on May 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Cordero was hurt last year wasn't he? I seem to remember he was.

In any case, a brief glance at his stats seems to show that he seems to have lost some control. Comparing 2005 to 2006, most everything is the same except for walks and HRs he gave up. His ERA was significantly higher, and may be a by-product of those extra walks and dingers.

He's still arbitration eligible (I think), so I don't know how that'll play into trade negotiations.

by sfgfan on May 31, 2007 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

As a DC resident who watches quite a few Nats games, can I just say the word "slugger" really shouldn't ever be used in a sentence with Ryan Church? He's a nice little player, he's not a "lesser slugger."

by Roger on May 31, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Please anyone but Ryan "Other religions don't know any better" Church.

Do they know to win the game a team has to actually score at least once?

by noahthek on May 31, 2007 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

He actually just comes off as kind of a country bumpkin in there more than an anti-Semite.

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on May 31, 2007 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

And yet he's from Santa Barbara, so who knows.

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on May 31, 2007 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

In the original article from the Washington Post (no longer available for free) it made him out to be more of the instigator, than the short blurb does. His subsequent apology made it worse. He seemed to protest a bit too much against the anti-semite accusation, which actually made more people think that maybe he was slightly anti-Semitic. As opposed to truly looking for guidance.

Do they know to win the game a team has to actually score at least once?

by noahthek on May 31, 2007 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Well, he grew up in Lompoc, so the country bumpkin angle may fit.

Santa Barbara:Lompoc :: Monterey:Soledad

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by Fog City Blues on May 31, 2007 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Well done. But Lompoc looks like they let the prisoners from the prison walk around town.

I live life like every week is shark week. Oh and ignore the spelling. I do.....

by someguynamedg on May 31, 2007 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Sorry. I guess I meant slugger in the relative sense of the term; using, say, Melvin Mora as a reference point.

by BigO on May 31, 2007 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Mora has hit .274/.340/.429 over the past three seasons, numbers that are helped by his solid 2005. If Mora isn't on a one-way slide (and that's a pretty big assumption), this is a realistic-to-slightly-optimistic estimate of what we could expect from him in the second half.

I'd much rather keep Sanchez, save the $7M+, and call up Justin Leone.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Justin%2520Leone&pos=&sid=milb& ;t=p_pbp&pid=430658

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by Pants Man on May 31, 2007 11:10 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

Exactly! Why must we acquire other teams' overpaid mediocre players when we have perfectly good underpaid mediocre players in our minor league system. Some even say that's what the minors are for.

Your 2012 NL ERA champion: Sergio Romo

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on May 31, 2007 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in Melvin Mora..

I put this up about Mora on the 27th . . .guess you didn't get the memo about the TPS Reports =).

We should stay away from Mora, and Chad Cordero as well. Mora's not worth trading for, and Cordero would command too much talent in return for a 25 year old version of Bob Wickman. No thanks.

I am the thinking man's thinking man.

by JT Jordan on May 31, 2007 11:12 AM PDT reply actions