chisox2334 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 #White Sox's trade for Pierre confirmed. First reported by Yahoo's Tim Brown. White Sox now have A. Jones AND Pierre! Who's next, Manny? :-)' confirmed by rosenthal, heyman, and tim brown. basically officall. waiting on prospects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 10:14 AM) Yeah, paying 4.125 per year over hte next two for a .300 hitter who can steal 40 bags. AWFUL. He's hit .300 once since 2005 and that was last year in limited AB. He's also had an OBP above the .330 range once since 2004, again, last year. Let's not kid ourselves that Juan Pierre is a great player or anything. He's best suited for the 9 spot, but given our lack of any options, my guess is he'll be leading off. Edited December 15, 2009 by Felix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerAtIU Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Is jeff marquez a possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 ugh. he is not really a good answer but he is an answer I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 oh and im guessing ely and a relief guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I still want Randy Winn. Pierre Winn Beckham Quentin Konerko Pierzynski Rios Ramirez Teahen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 He has his ups and downs and positives and negatives. I don't hate it, especially with LA paying a lot of the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 10:14 AM) Yeah, paying 4.125 per year over hte next two for a .300 hitter who can steal 40 bags. AWFUL. Pierre is what he is – a +1 win player with good speed and range, a terrible arm, no power, and a horrible contract. He’s not the worst fourth outfielder in the world, but despite his remarkably good run earlier this year, he doesn’t belong in the starting line-up for any team trying to win. Especially one with Ramirez/Kemp/Ethier. Back to bench, Juan. It’s where you belong. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/j...erre-is-not-hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I bet that Shirek, Ely, or Jones will be involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnwood Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 OBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Well. Alright. He isn't a top leadoff hitter. He's not great in the field. But, I guess he's better than most free agent alternatives, save someone like O-Hudson, but I suppose that wouldn't work with our infield. 4 mill isn't bad. And he is definitely a lead-off hitter for ozzie, and the more definitive lineup you can give him, I'd imagine the better. I wonder who we gave up though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wonder if they aren't thinking if and a big if Jones comes in good shape...Pierre in LF, Rios in CF and Jones in RF and Carlos at DH since he is a health risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) If the two pitching prospects they gave up are bad, I like this move. He was a better bet to produce that Pods and brings better defense in LF. (Q switches to RF, I am guessing). And with the Dodgers picking up salary, he costs less than Podsednik. I like it. Sox will not be giving up Hudson, so forget about that. Likely two younger, upside-type pitchers. Maybe Nevin Griffin and another one. No one that important, guarantee that. Makes you curious what kind of money Pods was asking for if they make this trade. Edited December 15, 2009 by maggsmaggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbicker2424 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 11:17 AM) Is jeff marquez a possibility? I would hope so, I would have to imagine he is no longer in the org.'s plans, and he is taking a spot on the 40. I doubt he has any value though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastymasty21 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 he was a triple machine last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I smell LF platoon. Jones and Pierre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Man I swear every time the subject of potential leadoff hitters comes up, some people act like it's easy to acquire a speedy player with a career OBP of .390 and SLG of over .400, and they're just sitting around waiting for someone to sign/trade cheaply for them but the Sox are totally blowing it by sitting on their asses every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Whoever said Pierre in LF, Rios in CF, Jones in RF and Quentin at DH is probably right. Minimize Quentin's injury risk and the defense is a pretty big improvement over that monstrosity we had last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjshoe04 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I am not looking forward to watching Juan Pierre for a whole season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 ESPN Radio 1000 and 670 the Score echoing the report, but it doesn't look like they checked any sources. Nothing is official on whitesox.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan3530 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 now get me nick johnson and i will be a very happy sox fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good move price is right and he played very well for Manny...........I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 10:20 AM) Wonder if they aren't thinking if and a big if Jones comes in good shape...Pierre in LF, Rios in CF and Jones in RF and Carlos at DH since he is a health risk. Good call. This could the group of OF's and DH for the rotation KW and Ozzie have been talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Look the Sox neeeded a better option. Is he ideal.....no, but they are not going to put all-stars at every position. He is a smarter base runner than Pods as Pods was a very dumb player. He also is probably very similar to Pods defensively. I will continue to state that the White Sox are loading up on guys that can hit MLB pitching and should help score more than last year and will be successful against the soft tossers that give them fits. Another leftie moves bode well for success against the Blackburn/Baker/John Bale's of the division. This also means Matsui is going to the Angels in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Dec 15, 2009 -> 11:25 AM) This also means Matsui is going to the Angels in my mind. It's pretty much done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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