#16 Darren Ford. B-R, T-R. BD: 10-01-1985. 5'11", 195 lbs.
2009 Stats: High A: .300/.386/.463, 9 HR's, 35 SB's, 12 CS.
Darren Ford was acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers organization in the Ray Durham trade. He hit just .219 over 38 games after being assigned to San Jose after the trade. Blessed with great speed, the Giants thought they might enhance his value as a CF/leadoff man by having him switch-hit. That experiment didn't go well as his Batting Average, again with San Jose, plummeted to .173 in May and .189 in June of 2009. Ford went back to hitting just righthanded and he got red hot going .352, .348 and .455 in July, August and September even showing a bit of power which had not been evident in the past. Darren has always shown an ability to take a walk and that tendency continued last year with a .086 IsoOBP. I saw him play 3 times last season. He is a tremendous athlete with a great ballplayer's physique. I don't think I have ever seen a player run out a triple or go from first to third faster and that includes Fred Lewis who is pretty darn fast himself. The big question is whether he can keep the hitting going. The last 3 months of 2009 represented a huge jump from anything he had done prior. Was it a breakout or a fluke? The Giants were apparently impressed enough to add him to the 40 man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. We'll seen when he goes to AA Richmond for 2010.
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