SF Giants: Why Andres Torres Makes Aaron Rowand’s Contract Look Ugly

With Aaron Rowand currently limited to pinch-hit duty due to an injury to his throwing arm, it may in fact be time to rejoice for Giants fans.  Rowand, the Giants' everyday centerfielder, is now one-for-his-last-22 at the plate while racking up six strikeouts and zero walks.

Not exactly the production teams look for from their leadoff hitter.  However, some fans will look at his stat line and say that Rowand is a quality hitter in the leadoff spot.  To be fair, Rowand is hitting .294/.341/.468 as a leadoff hitter so far this season.  But a 17-game hitting streak in late May/early June has significantly raised those numbers to better than what the overall production has been.

Despite the quality line during 50 games at the leadoff spo...

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