Winn vs. Rowand

Someone posted in here about the time that the giants signed Rowand that he
was actually fairly similar to Winn. If they thought Winn was a nice
accessory but not core to a winning team, the hard nosed Rowand was still on
the upswing. Their numbers although not exact are fairly close. Rowand
with a few more homers, but Winn with 2 more doubles and a triple. Rowand
batting just 4 points higher but has a better ops 837 to 807. Rowand K's a
lot more. Winn walks more. Winn scored more runs perhaps as a result of
his position in the lineup, as Rowand has more RBI, perhaps as a result of
his position in the lineup and he would have a few more if molina wasn't
slower than a turtle with a manatee on its back. If we thought Winn was
overpayed, Rowand makes around double. A lot to pay so far for 30 points of
OPS. They both make decent parts of a team, but a team that perhaps has a
young superstar carrying an OPS above 1000. Winn is a few years older and
perhaps has less time with the gmen. A future outfield could have included
schierholtz. Lewis and Bowker, but with Rowand there for some years one of
those guys will have to be a backup or play first base.

"Dr. Wayne Simon" <wayne.simon.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Someone posted in here about the time that the giants signed Rowand that
he
> was actually fairly similar to Winn. If they thought Winn was a nice
> accessory but not core to a winning team, the hard nosed Rowand was still
on
> the upswing. Their numbers although not exact are fairly close. Rowand
> with a few more homers, but Winn with 2 more doubles and a triple. Rowand
> batting just 4 points higher but has a better ops 837 to 807. Rowand K's
a
> lot more. Winn walks more. Winn scored more runs perhaps as a result of
> his position in the lineup, as Rowand has more RBI, perhaps as a result of
> his position in the lineup and he would have a few more if molina wasn't
> slower than a turtle with a manatee on its back. If we thought Winn was
> overpayed, Rowand makes around double. A lot to pay so far for 30 points
of
> OPS.

You failed to consider one little detail: You're comparing a CF to a RF.
*Big* difference.

And of course, Rowand has just hit a *huge* slump. Let's see if that will
continue.

Rowand's split:
April: .326/.366/.500
May: .343/.431/.556
June: .219/.260/.329 (No wonder the Giants are stinking)

> They both make decent parts of a team, but a team that perhaps has a
> young superstar carrying an OPS above 1000.

That would not be the Giants.

> Winn is a few years older and
> perhaps has less time with the gmen. A future outfield could have
included
> schierholtz. Lewis and Bowker, but with Rowand there for some years one of
> those guys will have to be a backup or play first base.

You forgot one little detail: Neither Schierholtz, Lewis, nor Bowker can
play CF, so Rowand's signing doesn't really affect those 3.