Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:24 am
I like Juan Pierre. He has a nice card for the price vs rhp's, 600 AB's and of course, the speed. I think you might be over valuing him a bit. I have him on a speed team and the SB's are nice. I like SB's as much or more than the next guy, but they are at least somewhat of an empty statistic. I have Reyes, Pierre and Revere on my team that is 19-14. In 33 games they have stolen 59 bases and been caught only 4 times, which is pretty good by and standard. Between the three of them they have only scored 32 runs in those 33 games. The SB's look nice but there is not any kind of direct correlation between SB's and runs scored even when you are very good at it. Regarding his OBP, he does not have "elite" obp. Again, for the price, he has a nice or even very nice card vs rhp's and I totally understand drafting him. However, if you end up using him in a hitting park I think you messed up your team somewhere else if he is on your team. I just don't see him as being the best option ever in a hitting park except in very rare, almost nonexistent circumstances. To me, he is not a bad guy to have on a team(except in a hitting park), but some of his stats will always be a little more impressive than there actual worth towards winning. Again, given his low price he is probably a bargain by any definition of the word and even if he isn't great, he capably and cheaply fills a role that allows monies to be spent elsewhere. I don't think he qualifies as one of the best values in the card set because his stats are somewhat "empty", which is why his price is so cheap.
