Players A to Z, Rich Aurilia
Rich Aurillia played first base for the San Francisco Giants in 2009, and recently declared free agency. Rich strikes me as someone who always finds a job based on a few good seasons he was unlikely to repeat. From age 27 to 29, Aurilia hit for good power as a shortstop. At his peak, he was a valuable player. His batting fell off after that, Cheap Coach Sunglasses, and it looked like he might be out of baseball until he landed in Cincinnati, where the park made him look like a power hitter again. Without that stint, Cheap Roberto Cavalli Sunglasses, Middle Move, it’s unlikely he would still be playing baseball. He hasn’t hit anything like a first baseman since returning to the Giants, and how the Giants justify giving him 921 plate appearances over the last three years is beyond me. A AAA first baseman would have hit better and cost fewer dollars. I doubt Rich will play in 2010. |
