Monday, December 12, 2005

Reunited and It Feels So Good


Old Cardinals never die. They become San Francisco Giants. Today the Giants signed Matt Morris to a 3 year, $27 million contract. The Giants' roster now boasts five former Cardinals: Morris, Mike Matheny, Steve Kline, Mark Sweeney, and Jeff Fassero- not exactly the Gashouse Gang, but I suppose it's better than trading for all of the old Dodgers.

Matt should send AJ Burnett a thank you card for raising the pricetage on overrated starters who vacillate between solid starts and two inning disasters. Morris' fastball rarely gets above the low 90's, and the past two seasons his ERA has been 4.72 and 4.11. He's also surrendered 57 homers in that time. But on the bright side for the Giants, a 14 win season from Morris, combined w/ Jason Schmidt's usual effort and young upstart Matt Cain could be just enough to win the NL West.

At the very least, the signing of Matt Morris helps the Giants' organization take the sting out of missing out on Doug Mirabelli's availability on the trading block.

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