I know this isn't new news but Aaron Rowand was signed a five year, $60 million dollar contract to the San Fransisco Giants. I think this is finally a relevant acquirement that Brian Sabean has landed. He didn't have to trade away Lincecum to get him. He is only 30 years old and has plenty of years left in him. But the thing that is most important about him is that he will play his heart out. He will run into walls to catch balls. He will sprint 50 feet to dive for a little blooper into short center field. He is the type of guy that could pump up this lifeless team.
He is a career .286 hitter but is coming off his best season where he batted .309 with 27 homers and 89 RBI's. Now I don't know if he will be able to keep that up, but homers is not what we need. We need a consistent hitter, something we haven't had for four or five years, except for Bonds. I think Rowand is one step in that direction, but we need to get some hitters to surround him. Bengie Molina, Omar Vizquel and Randy Winn are all pretty consistent but that is about where the list ends. Rich Aurilla, Dave Robert and Ray Durham are too old, Kevin Frandsen, Fred Lewis, Dan Ortemier and Nate Shierholtz are all too young. Rowand will not single-handedly bring this team back into contention. If I were Brian Sabean this offseason is still not over. Another pretty good hitter who is at the age of 30 or younger would be ideal. Rowand is just the start down the right road and hopefully Sabean recognizes that and will try to make another right move.
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