Article: Rowand joins Giants on busy baseball day

Aaron Rowand has a new home in San Francisco.

On a busy day in baseball, Rowand agreed to a five-year contract with the Giants as major league teams made a flurry of moves one day before the release of George Mitchell's report on drugs.

Andruw Jones, Jake Peavy, Andy Pettitte and Kosuke Fukudome also were in the news yesterday, completing deals that had been agreed to earlier. Slugging second baseman Jeff Kent confirmed he'll return to play a fourth season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and pitcher Mark Prior was let go by the Chicago Cubs.

Rowand agreed to a $60 million deal with San Francisco, giving the club a Gold Glove center fielder without having to trade young pitchers Matt Cain or Tim ...

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