Juan Pierre

Kodiak · 11-21-2006, 06:20 PM

Juan Pierre got a 5 year $45 million dollar deal with LA.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2669903

While I respect his speed greatly....they are paying him way too much. But then again, this is the new era of financially boomed baseball.

As a comparison, Eckstein had an OBP of .350 this past season, just one point shy of his career average OBP of .351. He has a career SLG of .359.

Juane Pierre had an OBP of .330, 20 points below his career average of .350. He has a career SLG of .377. His only advantage over Eckstein is his speed which allows him to steal a lot more bases. Furthermore, his speed allows him to get more doubles and triples than Eck.

Is his speed really worth Eckstein's salary of $3.3 million + another $6 million per year?

BleacherBum593 · 11-22-2006, 11:40 AM

The re-signing of Jimmy looks pretty darn good when you look at what Pierre just got.

Kodiak · 11-22-2006, 05:58 PM

Uh....Yeah! Especially if Jimmy has a big bounce back year.

11-21-2006, 06:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kodiak Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 746	Juan Pierre Juan Pierre got a 5 year $45 million dollar deal with LA. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2669903 While I respect his speed greatly....they are paying him way too much. But then again, this is the new era of financially boomed baseball. As a comparison, Eckstein had an OBP of .350 this past season, just one point shy of his career average OBP of .351. He has a career SLG of .359. Juane Pierre had an OBP of .330, 20 points below his career average of .350. He has a career SLG of .377. His only advantage over Eckstein is his speed which allows him to steal a lot more bases. Furthermore, his speed allows him to get more doubles and triples than Eck. Is his speed really worth Eckstein's salary of $3.3 million + another $6 million per year?

11-22-2006, 11:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
BleacherBum593 Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St Louis (LF Bleachers) Posts: 1,839	The re-signing of Jimmy looks pretty darn good when you look at what Pierre just got.

11-22-2006, 05:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kodiak Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 746	Uh....Yeah! Especially if Jimmy has a big bounce back year.