#18 Adam Rowe - Player Profile

Rowe, in his ninth season of professional baseball, begins his first year with the Ducks. He began the season with the Abilene Prairie Dogs of the North American Baseball League, posting a 2.75 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 12 starts. Last season, the right-hander pitched in 29 games (10 starts) for El Paso of the American Association.

The 30-year-old spent the first three season of his professional career in the Kansas City Royals organization, reaching as high as Single-A High Desert in 2006. A native of Ohio, he has a career record of 25-31 with a 4.41 ERA in 254 games (31 starts) and has struck out 318 batters in 471 and two-thirds innings. Rowe was drafted by the Royals in the 20th round of the 2004 amateur draft.