Back in late December, we heard Melvin Mora had elected to hang up the cleats for the final time and retire. Today, his agent Eric Goldschmidt told Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of FOXSports that Mora had not retired and intended to play in 2012.
Mora signed with the Diamondbacks prior to this last season, but [...]
01/12/12
Melvin Mora has elected to hang up the cleats for the final time and retire, Rafael Rojas Cremonesi of Meridiano Deportes reports.
Mora signed with the Diamondbacks prior to this last season, but was never able to establish his game and was subsequently released in June.
In 41 games with the Diamondbacks this season, Mora was hitting [...]
12/30/11
In a Tweet by Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes, he reports that the Arizona Diamondbacks have released infielder Melvin Mora.
Mora signed a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks during the 2010 Winter Meetings. He was signed as a replacement for Mark Reynolds.
In 41 games with the Diamondbacks this season, Mora was hitting 230/.246/.278 with 0 home runs [...]
06/29/11
The Diamondbacks announced they have designated infielder Josh Wilson for assignment to create room for Melvin Mora who was reactivated from the bereavement list.
Mora was placed on the bereavement list by the team last week. He was hitting .262/.278/.310 with 11 RBI’s in 84 AB’s with the Diamondbacks.
Wilson hit .200 with 1 RBI in 10 [...]
05/23/11
The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed infielder Melvin Mora on the bereavement list according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.
The team also reinstated Willie Bloomquist from the Disabled List and recalled Sean Burroughs from Triple-A Reno adds Steve Gilbert of MLB.com.
Burroughs was hitting .386/.434/.571 with 1 HR and 15 RBI’s in 70 AB’s at Triple-A. He hasn’t [...]
05/18/11
11. Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks had, in my opinion, a very similar off season as the Marlins did. Their most significant moves were the signing of J.J. Putz and trading for Armando Galarraga. They also brought a few veterans in to their roster with Xavier Nady, Melvin Mora, Willie Bloomquist, Mike Hampton, [...]
02/22/11
The Arizona Diamondbacks official Twitter account confirms the official sigining of Melvin Mora to a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona wasted no time to find a third base replacement after the team traded Mark Reynolds to the Baltimore Orioles earlier today.
Ken Rosenthal was the first to confirm that the two sides have agreed, [...]
12/06/10
Here’s the latest from The Denver Posts’ Troy E. Renck:
29-year-old Jorge de la Rosa will likely use Ted Lilly’s recently signed three-year, $33 million contract as leverage. Renck thinks de la Rosa may demand a five-year contract. The team and the left-handed pitcher have opened dialogue but no offer has been made.
Reserve infielder Melvin Mora [...]
10/20/10
The Cleveland Indians are wrapping up another July clearance sale. They already cleared the rack of Russell Branyan and Jhonny Peralta, so now they must look forward to the next player they could build up to trade in July 2011.
Paul Hoynes of The Plain Dealer says the Indians will audition players to take over Peralta’s [...]
07/30/10
The Colorado Rockies are currently in fourth place in the National League West, eight games back and in fifth place in the wild-card standings, five games back, and according to a source close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the team is preparing for the possibility of becoming a seller.
Until that becomes official, the Rockies are [...]
07/27/10