Wither Mark Bellhorn?

Mark Bellhorn should clear waivers tommorrow and be free to sign elsewhere instead of going to Pawtucket for the Red Sox (he refused assignment). Most rumors have him going to the A's.

This could actually be a good signing for the A's. For some reason Bellhorn seemed to melt under the fan pressure at Fenway this season. Look at his home/road splits:

Home - .168 BA / .247 OBP / .553 OPS
Road - .260 BA / .398 OBP / .809 OPS

For his career Bellhorn has been pretty Brutal (with a capital B) in Oakland (.217 BA / .635 OPS in 70 games) but that has been against the very good pitching of the A's. Maybe a fresh start is what Bellhorn needs - look what it did for Jay Payton in Oakland. (Note - in no way am I suggesting that Bellhorn should start over Mark Ellis - that would be asinine).

Also just saying but when you compare Bellhorn's road numbers to Nick Punto's numbers for the season (.241 BA / .302 OBP / .636 OPS) you have to wonder if he'd be an improvement for Minnesota. Just saying - he couldn't do any worse than Bret Boone.