- Full name Timothy Hutting
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A cousin of White Sox outfielder Aaron Rowand and Devil Rays minor league righthander Jamie Shields, Hutting is best described as a ballplayer. He's a scrappy, hard worker who doesn't look like a shortstop but makes all the plays. Hutting has quick feet and a good arm, and the Giants believe he can remain at shortstop if he can learn to stay wide on ground balls and keep his body low. They expect him to improve in 2004 once he's fully recovered from a right knee injury that caused him to miss a month of the college season. Offensively, Hutting made great strides at the plate in instructional league. His offensive approach in college, dictated by Long Beach's power-sapping Blair Field, was to dink and dunk balls the other way. He started to use his strong upper body to turn on pitches in the fall and profiles as a No. 2 hitter because of his bat control and ability to bunt. Hutting will play in low Class A in 2004.