Aaron Rowand's Giants tenure has come to a close. The team designated the
outfielder for assignment today, reports Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose
Mercury News. The Giants cleaned house, also designating Miguel Tejada this
morning. GM Brian Sabean says he'll try to trade both players.
Rowand, 34, hit .233/.274/.347 in 351 plate appearances this year, playing
center and left field. GM Brian Sabean signed Rowand to a five-year, $60MM
deal in December of 2007. Cutting him now means eating $1.8MM in salary this
year and $12MM for 2012. The 2007-08 offseason was chock full of bad
contracts, including Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Silva, Francisco Cordero, Andruw
Jones, Jose Guillen, Luis Castillo, Scott Linebrink, Kaz Matsui, Geoff
Jenkins, and David Riske.
Rowand was signed following a strong 2007 season for the Phillies (6.0 WAR),
but he ended up hitting .253/.310/.394 in 509 games over four seasons for the
Giants. His defense, at least, was generally graded as a positive by UZR.
巨人終於認賠殺出，Tejada也被DFA
巨人今年還要付Rowand 1.8M 明年12M
Rowand在2007打出WAR6的成績後傻賓就跟他簽了60M/5Y的大約
不過在巨人四個球季他在509場比賽中只交出了.253/.310/.394的成績
不過防守還是有一點價值
有人要夾去配的嗎？
巨人手上還有一張爛約 Zito還有46M/2Y