Torres out 10-14 days

Going into Sunday’s game the Giants were ready to take three out of four from the Padres and leave San Diego in a tie with the Padres for the NL West division lead. What they didn’t plan was to find out that their leadoff hitter and possible Gold Glove recipient, Andres Torres would be put on the DL and out possibly for the rest of the regular season.


Torres had to have emergency appendectomy surgery on Sunday and will miss at least 10 days.


This leaves a huge whole for the Giants. Torres was their leadoff hitter and only speed guy on a team of slow aging veterans. The only other option they have to use as a leadoff hitter, besides Aaron Rowand, is speedster Darren Ford but he was not brought up to do anything but serve as a pinch runner.


Torres also allowed manager Bruce Bochy to play both Jose Guillen in right field and Pat Burrell in left field as he could cover some serious ground.


Rowand does not give that same opportunity.


So far Bruce Bochy hasn’t decided what he is going to do to replace Torres’ offense and defense but their options at outfielder definitely do not offer what they had in Torres. Bochy could go with Cody Ross who is a very good defensive outfielder that could play all three positions but his hitting has not been impressive. Another option is September callup Darren Ford but it is likely that Bochy does not trust him. Aaron Rowand is another option but his numbers have been awful since he was hit in the head by Dodger pitcher Vincente Padilla and is not an improvement over Ford or Ross so it’s hard to see how he becomes the starter.