Pirates Claim John Meloan
The Pirates have claimed reliever John Meloan off waivers from the Rays and sent him to Indianapolis. Meloan came up with the Dodgers, who traded him to Cleveland as a throw-in in the Casey Blake deal. He then went to Tampa earlier this year in a minor trade. He racked up absurd strikeout totals in the low minors but struggled in the tough pitching environment of Las Vegas and hasn't been quite as interesting since. Between his high strikeout totals, high walk totals and ugly ERAs, he follows pretty closely in the tradition of Neal Huntington acquisitions like Denny Bautista and Tyler Yates (whose spot Meloan takes on the 40-man roster as Yates moves to the 60-day DL). But at least the risk here is limited.
The Bucs also sent Evan Meek on the DL to nurse his strained oblique and recalled Steven Jackson to take his place on the roster. They also signed Australian amateur pitcher Jarryd Sullivan, who I'm guessing will head to Bradenton or perhaps State College next year.
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I always thought it was Jon Meloan
That’s how it appeared in the 2008 Dodgers media guide. When was the H added?
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by TheJay on Aug 12, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I thought too, but I figured I must be mistaken, because a variety of sources have him as “John.”
by Charlie on Aug 12, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
could send him to...
John Meloan Camp
heh heh duck
might as well drop a horrible pun here. :)
by BlindSquirrel on Aug 12, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's weird
Maybe his name was wrong all along, like Jeremi Geremi Gonzalez.
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by TheJay on Aug 12, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The weird thing with Meloan...
…is that he’s American, born in Texas. When there’s a misidentification of a player’s name, there’s usually a language barrier involved. Gonzalez, for example, was a Spanish-speaking Venezuelan, IIRC.
by Vlad on Aug 13, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe....
…..he will change it to Albert, like Joey Belle did.
by Brakeman8 on Aug 13, 2009 1:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
When Meloan would enter games at Durham...
they played the theme song from Cheers. No word on whether he wants to be called “Mayday”.
by dps569 on Aug 13, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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