Knuckle Curve » aaron_rowand http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Giants Sign Rowand http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/giants-sign-rowand/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/giants-sign-rowand/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:19:40 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/giants-sign-rowand/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> The San Francisco Giants have signed outfielder Aaron Rowand, previously with the Phillies, to a 5-year, $60 million deal. He’ll take over in center field for Dave Roberts, whom the Giants inked to a long-term contract last winter to play the position despite the fact that he wasn’t really a center fielder.

Rowand isn’t a bad ballplayer, but it seems to me that San Francisco is buying high. Rowand hit .309/.374/.515 in ‘07 while playing half his games in a bandbox. (His line was a brilliant .319/.380/.557 at home, and a merely respectable .299/.368/.475 on the road.)

The main problem I have with this deal is its length. Rowand is a guy coming off a great year, but before that, he’d had two underwhelming seasons. And he’s always getting hurt.

Like I said, Rowand isn’t bad. I just think that maybe if you’re going to lock someone up for five years, you’d like a little more consistency. His offensive numbers are likely to take a hit on moving out of Philly, he’ll have to cover more ground in the spacious NL West outfields, and he’ll be 34 at the end of the contract. Not a brutal signing, but not one I’d like to see my team make.

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/giants-sign-rowand/feed/ 1 It Came from CHONE! http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/it-came-from-chone/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/it-came-from-chone/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:22:03 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/it-came-from-chone/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> The 2008 CHONE projections for hitters are available. Here are a few key free agents lines:

  • Barry Bonds: .272/.446/.558
  • Alex Rodriguez: .303/.420/.588
  • Kosuke Fukudome: .283/.373/.465
  • Torii Hunter: .282/.345/.491
  • Andruw Jones: .246/.339/.472
  • Mike Lowell: .283/.346/.455
  • Aaron Rowand: .277/.343/.443
  • Mike Cameron: .246/.331/.435
  • Mike Piazza: .260/.321/.430
  • Sammy Sosa: .234/.303/.418
  • Julio Franco: .231/.307/.324

I hope Franco keeps playing till he’s 50. Anyway, download the whole dealio and entertain yourself for hours…

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