Are Giants fans interested in Mark Ellis?

by jasonlbe on Jun 22, 2011 5:09 PM PDT

Just a quick wonderance by an A's fan. Clearly we have Jemile Weeks in the process of taking over 2B from Mark Ellis. So it thusly begs the question of if you guys have any interest in Mark Ellis filling your 2B void? At minimum he would be a great clubhouse presence and play stellar defense. He may not be what he used to be, but I still believe there is a bit left in the tank that could help a major league team. Thanks.

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Do you want Mark Ellis on the Giants?

Yes

42 votes

No

71 votes

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by Gobroks on Jun 22, 2011 5:49 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

I would give up a former Al MVP and/or a former AL Cy Young winner.

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by The Thrill on Jun 22, 2011 6:20 PM PDT reply actions

And if they drive a hard bargain, I’d be willing to give up BOTH.

by kaliber on Jun 22, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I’d thrown in another gritty gamer who crashes into walls.

by Wolvkil23 on Jun 22, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

This is the correct answer.

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by Cody_ransom on Jun 23, 2011 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions

yes

if it’s just money, we’ll take him. dude’s had health problems, but not more than freddy sanchez, and he’s got two 4.6 WAR seasons under his belt. much better defender than Hall, and probably would hit more than Burriss.

by mooksman on Jun 22, 2011 8:08 PM PDT reply actions

if its just money

and not all the money owed to him. Ellis’ contract is pretty big, I’d rather spend that money picking up a real hitter or at least a real upgrade at catcher. If they A’s want to pay most of his contract thats fine.

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by sam23 on Jun 22, 2011 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

it would be fairly horrible

to pass on Yorvit and then spend the money on Ellis.

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by natteringnabob on Jun 22, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions

If he's free

And picking him up doesn’t seriously hurt the Giants’ ability to make more upgrades, I’d at least consider it. He’s a better player than what’s happening now, and I don’t really trust Bill Hall or Burriss. OTOH, Fontenot has to be back relatively soon. And now that I think about it, we might as well play Burriss if only to see what he can do.

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by quincy0191 on Jun 22, 2011 11:17 PM PDT reply actions

I don’t know what’s going on with fontenot. He’s not even playing anymore. Looks like his rehab assignment will have to reset after he gets back from his latest setback.

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by Roger on Jun 23, 2011 5:41 AM PDT up reply actions

he must have

re-injured it, the “setback” is taking longer than the original layoff.

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by natteringnabob on Jun 23, 2011 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions

He definitely did reinjure it. In fact, I think he’s re-strained it twice during his “recovery”. And the thing with groin strains, or really any kind of muscle pull, is that they have a tendency to linger on and on all season or more; retweak, restrain, or the classic (like in Frandsen’s case) play on the strain and suffer even worse.

Given how long this “7-day rehab” has lingered it’s already gotten to the point where it’s illogical to expect Fontenot to be healthy for the rest of the season even when he does return. It’s likely to be a recurrent issue.

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by Roger on Jun 23, 2011 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions