Buy Low/Sell High July 20th (Mora/Blalock)

Buy Low: Melvin Mora

Key Stats:

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.229	3.81	0.50	1.590	14.10%
2007	0.273	4.11	0.57	1.392	11.67%
2006	0.274	3.96	0.55	1.382	9.70%

I may be a day too late with this now but Melvin provides a decent opportunity for those fantasy owners with severely underperforming or injured 3^rd basemen such as Zimmerman. Melvin’s BABIP is well below his career norms and he’s in line with the career norms for plate discipline. His HR/FB is up even though he’s hitting more GB, but that may be a large part of the BABIP. Melvin is not going to produce like a superstar but he will give you above average stats across the board from here on out. I would expect about 15 HR and 40 RBIs from here on out.

Mora, Melvin 3B BAL for Jones, Andruw CF LA

Mora, Melvin 3B BAL for Vazquez, Ramon 3B TEX

Mora, Melvin 3B BAL for Chavez, Eric 3B OAK

Sell High: Hank Blalock

Key Stats: 

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.299	3.54	0.89	1.667	16.67%
2007	0.288	3.55	0.55	1.118	19.61%
2006	0.262	3.61	0.52	1.380	10.67%

Hank finally returned from the surgeries and has resumed 3^rd base duties for the Rangers. Problem that I see is that he had major wrist surgery for a neurological problem which effected his pain and his grip strength. Carpal Tunnel has a tendency to come back at some point but even if it doesn’t come back this year the fact that he injured his wrist means it will effect his swing. His power will be decreased as will his bat control to come extant. Sell him off now before he turns into a 3^rd base version of Richie Sexson.

Blalock, Hank 3B TEX and Gallagher, Sean RP OAK and
Morrow, Brandon RP SEA for Billingsley, Chad SP LA and
Scherzer, Max SP ARI

Blalock, Hank 3B TEX and Lohse, Kyle SP STL for Suzuki, Ichiro CF SEA

Blalock, Hank 3B TEX for Broxton, Jonathan RP LA