[MrBlue]

Pierre doesn't seem like a good signing for sure, but everything is relative to market. What you have to hope for: He performs at or above career obp of .350; he continues to see a lot of pitches and not strike out much; he runs a bit more judiciously with higher success rate; he shows general improvement as he hits his prime years. None of that seems unreasonable to me. A lot of folks are killing this signing based on 2006 stats. Gotta believe that Colletti and his staff are projecting better #s for Pierre. Hope they are right.