Melvin Mora Clears Waivers

by Baltimo on Aug 20, 2008 7:53 PM EDT

According to Ken Rosenthal, Melvin Mora joins Huff, Payton, Millar and Hernandez as Baltimore players who have cleared waivers. You would be surprised that hitters as hot as Mora and Huff were passed up by every team in the major leagues, but then you see the amount of money each one is making the next few years. Huff is making $8 million next year and somehow Melvin freaking Mora is going to get $9 million. Mora has a full no trade clause and for some reason he just strikes me as a guy who is content where he is, not to mention the fact that he explicitly stated that he hoped the FO kept this team together for 5 years. I don't really see a team desperate enough to offer both prospects and money to the O's, therefore they will probably stay where they are as Andy not only wants quality but a salary dump.

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he explicitly stated that he hoped the FO kept this team together for 5 years

Good Lord God, imagine that.

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by SC on Aug 21, 2008 12:46 AM EDT 0 recs

Does Melvin actually think he'll be in the majors in 5 years?

And Ramon? And Waters? And hell, Sherrill isn’t that good a bet. Jamie Walker?

Sheesh. The more you think about that quote the dumber it begins to sound.

by pipkin on Aug 21, 2008 12:53 AM EDT up 0 recs

5 more years...

and i’d be bald from pulling all of my hair out..

What up?

by snakethejake on Aug 21, 2008 1:17 AM EDT 0 recs

A friend of Rafael Palmeiro’s who recently saw the former slugger reports that Palmeiro is in excellent condition as he approaches his 44th birthday on Sept. 24. Palmeiro’s son, third baseman Patrick Palmeiro, was the Pirates’ 22nd-round pick out of Heritage H.S. in Colleyville, Tex. Rafael’s younger son, Preston, 13, also plays baseball, and could have a bright future.

What was the point in posting this useless PR for Raffy. Does Raffy have compromising pictures of Rosenthal?

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Aug 21, 2008 1:25 AM EDT 0 recs

of course he's in excellent shape

stanozolol will do that for ya.

"Might as well just win this game." - Adam Jones, 4/17/2008

Adam Jones is the tits.

by KenDixonFanClub on Aug 21, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up 0 recs

Bah!

Tejada set him up.

"Whether your name is Gehrig or Ripken, DiMaggio or Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do."

by spike2131 on Aug 21, 2008 8:07 AM EDT up 0 recs

Tejeda must not be on the juice

He’s become a singles hitter in Houston.
We got rid of him in the nick of time.

by Lothar on Aug 21, 2008 9:18 AM EDT up 0 recs

Become?

He was a singles hitter last year – 114 singles over 152 total hits, .442 SLG.
So far this year: 100 singles over 141 total hits, .420 SLG.

Luke Scott? 56 singles over 101 total hits, .512 SLG.

Tejada stinks.

by PhilR8 on Aug 21, 2008 10:46 AM EDT up 0 recs

yeah- miggi blows

Hes still a singles hitter, only his power took yet another blow and his usual crappy walk rate has been cut in half. Hes lost without the guidance of the almighty Terry Crowley.

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 11:23 AM EDT up 0 recs

Yea hes definately worse than our amazing Short Stops this year

by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 21, 2008 11:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

re

where did I compare him to our shortstops? Where did anyone even suggest that? It goes without saying hes better than Luis Hernandez and Alex Cintron. What was the point of your comment, really?

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up 0 recs

the point was clearly...

that our shortstops suck. now, ss has certainly been a black hole, but the better comparison is the value of tejada vs/ the value of his return. i think if you compare luuuukkke + sarfate + albers to tejada, the o’s come out way ahead. even if you just compare luuuukkke to tejada, the o’s seem to get that better half of that deal. it’s easy to say that left field isn’t a premium position, but the o’s don’t seem to have had a decent, regular one since b.j. surhoff in the late 90s, right?

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

re

i know our SS suck, but as you said, the consensus was that the trade was worth it, so i thought it didn’t bear mentioning when it was a clear fact and the discussion was clearly centered on Tejada sucking. I’d take the offensive black hole in SS + Luke and company vs Tejada. Anyday of the week.

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up 0 recs

i agree w/ that...

i think castro is a lot of fun to watch in the field.

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 12:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

fwiw...

luuuukkkee’s VORP is 25 (good for 10th amongst left fielders in MLB), miggy’s 19.7 (near the cutoff for top 20 in MLB). sir fahtay is -.9, but albers posted a 9.7 before going on the DL.

advantage? o’s!

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

also

Tejada is making $13 million this year and $13 million next year. Yikes.

The salary relief alone makes the deal lopsided in the O’s favor. If Patton or Albers ever make it back, it will be a flat out bonus.

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

albers...

has already started a throwing program.

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

But got moved to the 60 day DL

so we won’t be back this year, I think.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Aug 21, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

yup...

spring will be interesting.

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

oops

i forget he opted for rehab. hope he makes it through

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

By saying he blows you compare him to all other ML SS’s (including our crap). And he is 10th in OPS (out of 25 SS’s with at least 300 AB’s). So no he doesn’t blow, he may be league average, but he still has value especially with the current number of SS’s in baseball. Also I like Luke, but LF’s are much easier to find than SS’s.

That being said, I loved the Tejada trade when it was made, and I still love it. He had no place on this team and it added some decent pieces and saved us money. But to say Tejada stinks or blows is simply not true.

by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 21, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

stanozolol will do that for ya.

I was going to say the viagra.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Aug 21, 2008 12:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

VIVA!

here comes the wave and the turn, here come the crash and the burn.

--mathew ryan

by j.q. higgins on Aug 21, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

More '09 payouts

Hernandez: $8M
Freaking’ Danys Baez: $5.5M
Walker: $4.5M

Duq and Flanny were geniuses. (Although in their defense, I don’t think they were given any permission to tear down the team as does MacPhail. They were told to patch together a .500 team. I wonder what would have happened if they did attempt a rebuild. It could have been Syd Thrift II)

by drj on Aug 21, 2008 8:53 AM EDT 0 recs

well..

let’s see if MacPhail can screw anyone like he did with Bedard.

What up?

by snakethejake on Aug 21, 2008 9:06 AM EDT up 0 recs

lucky..

is just what we are — bedard could have had another cy young season… and he still has that potential

by Slobbity on Aug 21, 2008 10:02 AM EDT up 0 recs

are you implying

that if bedard had a cy season this year, it wouldnt have been a good trade? unless its in our division, i dont care what they get in return, great or not. AJ, Sherrill, Tillman, etc… are worth more to the O’s then bedard, good or bad.

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Aug 21, 2008 10:46 AM EDT up 0 recs

if only he had another Bedard to trade...

by drj on Aug 21, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up 0 recs

Huff

GMs must be seeing the same things as us and sees Huff’s season as a total fluke. Because a .300-30-110, .900 OPS type of season is a flat out bargain at $8 million a year. Seems like no one around the league expects him to repeat that next year.

by UMterp08 on Aug 21, 2008 11:07 AM EDT 0 recs

Maybe GMs are all thinking

man, let’s offer the O’s three good prospects for Huff, but then they read Camden Chat and are all like “You know what? I think those O’s fans are right, it is flukey.”

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Aug 21, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

I don't think so

The likes of Ed Wade and Jim Bowden probably can’t even turn on a computer.

by Brotz13 on Aug 21, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

Perhaps Ed Wade will punch Shawn Chacon until he does it for him

Bowden probably just flips coins to make decisions

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Aug 21, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

while drinking and driving with his mistress...

by O'sFan21 on Aug 21, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

i agree

i’m not sure, but i don’t know if the huff thing is a fluke, call me naive, but i think it’s a comfort thing for him and he always had good numbers at the yard.

What up?

by snakethejake on Aug 21, 2008 3:30 PM EDT 0 recs

+1

I also like Huff’s comfort level at the plate. He’s shortened his swing and doesn’t look lost against good breaking balls. He likes to DH or play the field, and many guys his age won’t do both, or will bitch about just DH’ing. He may have turned a corner. Thank you Terry Crowley. I still like you even if all these CC’ers are hating on you.

by Birdland in NC on Aug 21, 2008 4:08 PM EDT up 0 recs

Huff has the talent to repeat his performance, but its hard to say he will statistically. I think we will see a regression to the mean but not a complete regression (I think .850 OPS is reasonable to expect next year).

by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 21, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

Huff has been pretty damn good since making a mechanical adjustment last summer. Maybe that was the magic bullet, but who’s to say his mechanics won’t fall out of place again.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Aug 21, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up 0 recs