Aaron Rowand MVP Watch, 6/11

0-3, 1 BB, 2 SO Season Average: .223

Seems to see that Aaron Rowand's hitting streak has come to an end. He probably just had a bad night today. Those sliders can be so nasty sometimes!

Sometimes I think what would happen if we took Rowand's 3 guaranteed outs out of the lineup and replaced them with someone that can hit. If we can score 6 runs with 8 and 9 being auto-outs, we might be able to score more with a real 8 hitter!

I like it when the Giants play like this though. Not when Aaron Rowand plays though.

Giants forget Aaron Rowand was playing, remember to lose real quick.

That's the only explanation I can think of for this game...

Just one of those days...

Some games you can't do anything about. Even if we benched Molina and Rowand for 162 games, you think we would go 162-0? Didn't think so.


Buster Posey.

Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball writer profiles Rowand... Surprises in store

Aaron Rowand (OF), San Francisco Giants
Aaron Rowand has to be one of the most frustrating players in fantasy baseball as well as the real game.

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His BABIP is fairly low this season (.258), about 50 points off his career number. He was never much for taking walks, but his current 2.8 percent walk rate is a new career low. But those things alone don’t explain such a steep drop in production. Is this just a terrible slump, or is there something more sinister going on with Rowand?

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Looking over his hitting metrics, one thing that jumps right off the page is his batting average against the fastball. Last season he batted .312 against the heater, but this season he’s only batting .217. Rowand is also swinging at more pitches out of the strike zone than ever before, nearly 44 percent of them to be more exact, as opposed to just under 29 percent for his career. He seems to be working behind in the count more often as well. Rowand is ending up with a first pitch strike 69.5 percent of the time, well above his career average of 60.9. All of which points to some serious problems with Rowand’s approach at the plate, something that will require some dedicated work to fix. Therefore, if you’re banking on him returning to his early season form, it may be a long time before it happens. Best to move on and let someone else gamble on him getting his mojo back.

BOCHY I WISH YOU WOULD LISTEN

Here's the whole article... Bengie Molina is talked about too, after all the title is "Slumps and Dumps..."

A Little Clarification...

I have nothing against Aaron Rowand. It's not his fault that at this stage in his career, he's not a very good hitter. The blame mostly lies on the general manager that gave him this excessive contract, and the man that still believes he can be a valuable offensive contributor. This blog is more critical of the front office's decisions than Aaron Rowand himself. Nothing would make me happier than to see Aaron Rowand start hitting well. Will it happen? Probably not. But in the time being, I would just like to see the Giants management give us fans the impression that they are trying their best to win games. This means putting their best players out on the field every night.

Aaron Rowand is not one of our top 8 hitters. Bengie Molina is not one of our top 8 hitters. What they bring in defense and experience will still be there, but their replacements are more than adequate at this point. If I managed the Giants...

CF: Torres
2B: Sanchez
C: Posey
1B: Huff
SS: Uribe
3B: Sandoval
LF: Burrell
RF: Schierholtz

or if Renteria comes back healthy...

CF: Torres
2B: Sanchez
C: Posey
LF: Huff
3B: Uribe
1B: Sandoval
RF: Schierholtz
SS: Renteria

But that's just me. No Molina. No Rowand.

Giants over come all obstacles, Win despite Rowand sitting

What a relief. I thought the Giants were penciling themselves in for a loss benching Aaron Rowand... Good thing Matt Cain was still playing.

Rowands replacement, Pat Burrell, went 2-4. At this point, I don't care who it is, as long as it isn't Rowand!

I should start another site, Bench Molina, although he gathered his 5th hit in his last 57 ABs tonight, I just don't think he can break out of this slump.

Maybe they should sit Rowand a little more? I'll tell Bochy.