He got us a run in the first game of the season, but after that? Of course you must get on base first in order to utilize that speed right?

Even when he's gotten to 1b...we've bunted him over in situations where a SB would be useful, or if he has stolen 2b, there hasn't been any hitting to follow it up. We also haven't seen him actually look like he's distracting any pitchers while at 1b. Or really putting pressure on the defense to make a quick throw to 1b on a ground ball, leading to errors or anything.

So far I haven't seen Pierre's speed really affect or change any games.

For real. That one game where we needed to bunt him to 2nd come to mind. I thought we acquired him to make it to 2nd without a bunt.

For real. That one game where we needed to bunt him to 2nd come to mind. I thought we acquired him to make it to 2nd without a bunt.

That made me sick...Take the bat out of Becks hands twice....to bunt over our speedster

Kotsay hurts the lineup less than Pierre.

any lineup that has kotsay in it is bad

any lineup that has kotsay in it is bad

 

Same with Pierre. Problem is, Pierre will stay in the lineup much longer than he should because he's owed $8M.

 

Same with Pierre. Problem is, Pierre will stay in the lineup much longer than he should because he's owed $8M.

 

So, just to be clear, you like Pierre right?

Yeah, but $4 million isn't going to make or break the Sox. That said, Ozzie really seems to like Pierre, he's a veteran...he'll have plenty of chances to dig his own grave. And then some.

 

They don't feature Linebrink as anything close to the primary set-up man anymore, and he makes more than Pierre.

Edited April 16, 201015 yr by caulfield12

I don't think there's an ideal lineup fix with our lineup, though it has exploded in some games.

It's the same as any other year. We have to hit the long ball to win, only now we don't have as many long ball threats necessarily.