"The Rockies' front office met early this offseason and identified the players it would like in a bench role. The executives calculated that a handful of players could fall into their laps if they exercised patience. One of those is still sitting on the market — Melvin Mora. He likes the Rockies. Wants to play on a contender. There could be a match here.

Melvin has long been on the Rockies' radar, but makes more sense now that the Rockies have limited some of their bench flexibility by bringing back Jason Giambi.

"Melvin likes it there. He's definitely interested," said agent Eric Goldschmidt, who has roughly five teams interested in his client.

Giambi is a Rockie again because of the intangibles he brings. And of course his ability to hit. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said Giambi was invaluable last year, "helping me with the mental side" of the game. But now the Rockies have three left-handed hitters to take at-bats at first base — Giambi joins Brad Hawpe and Todd Helton — and a bench guy who plays only one position."