05-03-2010, 07:54 AM
<!--quoteo(post=94344:date=May 3 2010, 02:09 AM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ May 3 2010, 02:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Why is it that Juan Pierre is out of favour by a lot of SOI posters? I was just looking through the old thread about JP's signing prior to 2006, and it was full of "Fuck yeahs!" and a ton of excitement. What happened? Besides 2006 being a terrible year in general, I enjoyed having Pierre in center and we got exactly what we thought we would with him.
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The Pierre trade was one of desperation for the team. The only other lead-off choice was giving Johnny Damon $13M a year/3 years to play worse defense and throw worse than half of the hog dog vendors at Wrigley. The Pierre trade didn't garner favor because he didn't hit much at all for the first 2 1/2 months of 2006... and he got thrown out trying to steal WAYYY too much. He also had a lot less defensive prowess than we expected from someone so fast on the bases. All in all, it was a bad trade... but our better option (we could not DH Damon like the Yankees could).
Also, we didn't "sign" Pierre, we traded Nolasco/Mitre/Pinto to the Marlins for the 1-year rental.
Anyone see how JP's been stinking it up on the South Side this year? I imagine the White Sox and their knuckle-dragging fans are finding out the hard way that a singles hitter with streaky .OBP in the lead-off spot is a very good way to lose often.
Maybe my memory is off?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Pierre trade was one of desperation for the team. The only other lead-off choice was giving Johnny Damon $13M a year/3 years to play worse defense and throw worse than half of the hog dog vendors at Wrigley. The Pierre trade didn't garner favor because he didn't hit much at all for the first 2 1/2 months of 2006... and he got thrown out trying to steal WAYYY too much. He also had a lot less defensive prowess than we expected from someone so fast on the bases. All in all, it was a bad trade... but our better option (we could not DH Damon like the Yankees could).
Also, we didn't "sign" Pierre, we traded Nolasco/Mitre/Pinto to the Marlins for the 1-year rental.
Anyone see how JP's been stinking it up on the South Side this year? I imagine the White Sox and their knuckle-dragging fans are finding out the hard way that a singles hitter with streaky .OBP in the lead-off spot is a very good way to lose often.
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