Yeah, a guy who has a career .305 avg. .355 obp and 267 stolen bases couldn't possibly be a good leadoff hitter.

My first prediction for his 2006 performance-
Avg. = <.275
OB% = <.300
Stolen Bases = 38
Age = <28

rocco wrote:Yeah, a guy who has a career .305 avg. .355 obp and 267 stolen bases couldn't possibly be a good leadoff hitter.

Juan Pierre, you are the prototypical "pesky" leadoff hitter, and you had a .326 OBP in 2005. This is a terrible OBP for a leadoff hitter.

It reminds me of this one guy in 2004.

Cubs fans! Get excited about Juan Pierre!

greg wrote:OB% = <.300

Greg, I will bet you a million dollars that Juan Pierre has a higher OBP than .300 in 2006.

A million dollars!

That's a lot of money!

The Cubs already signed a leadoff hitter.

6-4-3 wrote:The Cubs already signed a leadoff hitter.

You know what "The Heckler" should do if it really wants to ring the comedy bell? "The Heckler" should dream up some funny fake poll or some funny "Top Ten" list.

Fake polls and "Top Ten" lists. That's some comedy gold.

"The Heckler"!

It effectively soaks up pizza grease!

Hey, I didn't say I wrote it - I didn't.
I just shamelessly linked it.

The true comedic geniuses are on winter hiatus writing for Leno.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

greg wrote:OB% = <.300

Greg, I will bet you a million dollars that Juan Pierre has a higher OBP than .300 in 2006.

A million dollars!

That's a lot of money!

Take that number and double it!
Your ass is mine Bradly

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:Juan Pierre, you are the prototypical "pesky" leadoff hitter, and you had a .326 OBP in 2005. This is a terrible OBP for a leadoff hitter.

I think an OBP of .326 is what the statheads over at the Society for American Baseball Research call "below league average".

The defensive rate of Juan Pierre (94, in his best year) is also considered "below league average".

He also has a road OPS of .660. If a gnat were to play Major League Baseball, that would probably be the gnat's OPS.

I would bet that Juan Pierre hits less than 3 HR this year, even playing half of his games in the Friendly Confines. If he can't hit them in Coors Field, he can't hit them anywhere.

Juan Pierre is what Yankees fans like myself call "Womackian". If this is the kind of player the Cubs are looking for, I urge the front office to contact Brian Cashman, the general manager of the New York Yankees, with great haste. They could possibly obtain Womack himself, in exchange for Derrek Lee or Mark Prior, possibly.

They could possibly obtain Womack himself, in exchange for Derrek Lee or Mark Prior, possibly.