Troy Glaus, Melvin Mora options for Astros?

by Eli Greenspan on Nov 14, 2009 8:57 PM EST Comment 2 comments

ESPN.com's Buster Olney has learned that the Astros only have the flexibility to make minor moves, perhaps adding a right-handed hitting third baseman to platoon with Geoff Blum.

Blum hit only .247 with 10 home runs, and is a career .250 hitter. If the Astros could land a perennial hitter at a bargain rate, Blum could easily be moved to a bench role.

With that said, Troy Glaus is coming off a season in which he appeared in only 14 games, hitting just .172. The 33-year old right-hander could be reduced to a one or two year deal, worth 5-6 million dollars annually.

Glaus has a lot of upside, never hitting less than 27 home runs when healthy enough to reach 500 at-bats. He is a Type-B free agent.

Melvin Mora is also a Type-B free agent, despite putting up his lowest home runs total since 2001. A change of scenery could benefit the .278 career hitter, who will be 38 in February. He certainly can be had on a one year deal in the range of 4-5 million dollars.

If you are an Astros fan, who would you rather have: Troy Glaus or Melvin Mora?

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Can we not credit Olney on "learning" that Wade has no money to spend

It’s a) it was already common knowledge and b) it’s knowledge you could glean from reading a Houston area paper as beat writers try to spin this like it’s news.

Secondly, the Astros have a RHB part of the platoon with Blum in house, his name is Jeff Keppinger.

Finally, I don’t put it past this organization to over pay for a fringe-scrub player like Mora or Glaus, but I think Wade will be focusing on pitching. So with no more than $10-12 million to spend, I ~~hope~~ doubt half of it will not be one of this fringe-scrubs. If one of those guys falls down to $3—4 million with incentives in there, then I think you have Ed Wade’s ears perked up.

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by Stephen Higdon on Nov 14, 2009 9:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs