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From: Tom Benton on 12 Apr 2010 07:18 I have been waiting for a while to post this, but I was never sure why the Sox picked up Pierre. I realize I haven't seen him all that much, but what I did see never impressed me. I saw him as less than average in the NL and now....
From: Alfred on 12 Apr 2010 14:56 On Apr 12, 4:18 am, Tom Benton <tben...(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote: > I have been waiting for a while to post this, but I was never sure why > the Sox picked up Pierre. I realize I haven't seen him all that much, > but what I did see never impressed me. I saw him as less than average > in the NL and now.... From what my memory told me about Pierre is that he has superior speed. The problem is that he obviously can't hit (not sure about fielding either) - so what good is that if he can't get on base? I also knew that giving up Podsednik was a BIG mistake. He came back - on the cheap - last season and helped the team get back to some degree of respectability. At least I'm glad (for his sake) that he's found a good home with fan support/appreciation to where he can play everyday. I could live with his errors since he found other ways to compensate for his fielding deficiencies. But with Pierre, it appears like he offers little to nothing - I hope I'm wrong.
From: mercutio on 12 Apr 2010 18:06 On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:56:45 -0700 (PDT), Alfred <behyndblueeyes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 12, 4:18�am, Tom Benton <tben...(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote: >> I have been waiting for a while to post this, but I was never sure why >> the Sox picked up Pierre. I realize I haven't seen him all that much, >> but what I did see never impressed me. I saw him as less than average >> in the NL and now.... > >From what my memory told me about Pierre is that he has superior >speed. The problem is that he obviously can't hit (not sure about >fielding either) - so what good is that if he can't get on base? I >also knew that giving up Podsednik was a BIG mistake. He came back - >on the cheap - last season and helped the team get back to some degree >of respectability. At least I'm glad (for his sake) that he's found a >good home with fan support/appreciation to where he can play everyday. >I could live with his errors since he found other ways to compensate >for his fielding deficiencies. But with Pierre, it appears like he >offers little to nothing - I hope I'm wrong. You are. Pierre is a .300 hitter who averages 20 doubles a year for his nine year major league CAREER. Podsednik is a career .278 hitter that has only hit over .300 twice in his career (and only barely at that . Once by .14 points once by ..04) Last year was a defensive all star year for Pods as his feilding % was .992. His 3 seasons previous he was at or below .970 ( which is HORRIBLE) While Pierre won't make anyone forget Willie Mays in the field, his fielding % is way better than Pods. He is a better base stealer that Pods also 461 to 271 (With Pierre only having 1 more year of service) A major upgrade no matter how you look at it Jim
From: Mark Sieving on 13 Apr 2010 00:40 On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:06:45 -0400, mercutio <jim013152(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >A major upgrade no matter how you look at it Career OBP Pierre .347 Podsednik .341 Career OPS Pierre .718 Podsednik .721 Career SB% Pierre 74.8% Podsednik 75.6% Career Fielding Percentage Pierre .990 Podsednik .985 Pretty similar overall.
From: Alfred on 13 Apr 2010 04:13
On Apr 12, 9:40 pm, Mark Sieving <Mark.Siev...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:06:45 -0400, mercutio <jim013...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >A major upgrade no matter how you look at it > > Career OBP > Pierre .347 > Podsednik .341 > > Career OPS > Pierre .718 > Podsednik .721 > > Career SB% > Pierre 74.8% > Podsednik 75.6% > > Career Fielding Percentage > Pierre .990 > Podsednik .985 > > Pretty similar overall. Thank you Mark. I had also done the math on stolen base percentage and you are very correct. Interestingly Podsednik vs. Pierre lifetime in: SLG PCT. .382 v. .371 Annual salary $1,650,000 v. $7,000,000 I wouldn't consider the significant difference in both salaries as justifiable. Pods also led us White Sox fans out from the wilderness of a never- ending (it seems) World Series drought - it would never have happened without him. He can also surprise fans with long ball potential - but that's not normally his 'game'. Lastly, Podsednik has always played with a lot of heart and team spirit. All that I can hope for is that Pierre exhibits the same degree of dedication and loyalty, which makes me wonder why Pierre played only one year with the Cubs. |