The White Sox have acquired outfielder Juan Pierre from the Dodgers for two minor league pitchers.

Yuck.

Does he have just one year left on his deal? I know he was making upward of $10 million last year. Hopefully we didn't give up too much for him.

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KW doing more of his magic.

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The Dodgers will take on roughly half of Pierre's salary. The outfielder has $18.5MM remaining on his deal ($10MM next year and $8.5MM in 2011), so the Dodgers are taking on about $9MM.

Noodle arm.

Keep it.

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Up until now, KW had been putting on a magic show.

Now he went for the rabbit and pulled his cock instead.

Bad signing.

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Dennis: I see a door marked 'Private.'

I used to run base like Juan Pierre.


sorry....

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Question for sox fans

Would you have rather had Pods or Pierre?

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Charlie: Oh shit. Look at that door dude. See that door right there? That door marked 'Pirate'? You think a pirate lives in there?
Dennis: I see a door marked 'Private.'

Basically the same player, and Pods will be cheaper. Answer seems obvious to me.

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every day players/line up

lf pierre
2b bacon
1b pauly
rf carlos q
dh ? jones/kotsay
3b Teahen
c aj
ss alexia
cf rios

that money for pierre could of been spent better on say jason bay if your paying him 10 mil the next 2 years on our own.....

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Fuck.

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Wasn't Pods asking for 7 million? I am sure his expectations will drop, but that was the last number I heard him asking for. What is Pierre making?

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Charlie: Oh shit. Look at that door dude. See that door right there? That door marked 'Pirate'? You think a pirate lives in there?
Dennis: I see a door marked 'Private.'

I think it may be hidden in this post somewhere.

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10 Million is a lot for next year. I thought the Sox couldn't take on any more salary? They will have to do something with him before 2011 I would think right?

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from mlbrumors .com



White Sox Acquire Juan Pierre
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [December 15 at 9:52am CST]
The White Sox acquired Juan Pierre from the Dodgers for two minor league pitchers, according to Yahoo's Tim Brown (and confirmed by Ken Rosenthal). The Dodgers will take on roughly half of Pierre's salary. The outfielder has $18.5MM remaining on his deal ($10MM next year and $8.5MM in 2011), so the Dodgers are taking on about $9MM.

Pierre, 32, hit .308/.365/.392 in 425 plate appearances for the Dodgers last year. He stole 30 bases and played well in the outfield, according to UZR (though we don't want to draw sweeping conclusions from 750 innings of work).

The White Sox had shown interest in Scott Podsednik and Brett Gardner, but they appear set with their new addition. If Pierre performs close to last year's levels, the White Sox will have themselves a bargain (depending on the pitchers they give up).

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Thank you,and have a nice day !

This is what's being reported now:

Pierre will cost the White Sox $3 million in ‘10 and $5 milllion in ’11, with the Dodgers picking up $10.5 million of the last $18.5 m.

The Dodgers will receive 2 players to be named later.

IF he hits at least .275 I like this better than paying for Podsednik. Pods has no clue how to run the bases, no defensive instincts, and has always had the cycle of one good year/one bad year.

As for giving up minor league pitchers, who cares? WS minor league pitching has almost always been overrated IMO.

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Sott Pierre
Juan Podsednik
same guy

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I'm out.

And Pierre does?

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Pierre has always seemed to be a better base runner and modestly better fielder than Pods. That is, Cub years excluded.

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If you say so. I would bet that by June Sox fans will be bitching about Pierre about the same things they bitched about Pods

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There is absolutely no way he can be picked off that many times.

ok move, but they still need to add a DH.

pierre is better than pods.

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That makes the deal much more palatable for the Sox.

Turns out he will be cheaper than what Pods was asking for.

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Charlie: Oh shit. Look at that door dude. See that door right there? That door marked 'Pirate'? You think a pirate lives in there?
Dennis: I see a door marked 'Private.'

Noodle arm? how about NO ARM? I saw him play OF when Manny was taking his 50 game break, saw him throw a ball around 25 feet with winding up. The total mess up with this guy is thinking he is a late inning defensive replacement. A guy with almost no arm should not play defense.

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OK. there is this thing called fangraphs.com. you can find advanced defensive statistics there. check them out.

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The players to be named later are reportedly John Ely and Jon Link.

Link was the closer of the future after saving 35 games in '08 at double A. He only managed 13 saves last season at triple A and lost the job. Ely had a very good year at double A posting a 14-2 record with a 2.82 ERA. He's a RH finesse pitcher with a fastball in the 86-88 MPH range and Baseball America has him as the 8th best prospect in the Sox system. Link wasn't rated.

Edit: now they are reporting the Dodgers can pick 2 pitchers from a list and these two are on the list. Not reported how many others are on the list.

What a fucking joke....A FARM SYSTEM JUST MIGHT HELP THIS "FINANCIALLY STRAPPED" REINSDORFIAN JOKE.....

Wasting money on guys like Dotel, Linebrink and now this fool who went about 0-4 months when he played for the Cubs.....

This moron Reinsdorf has run this team for close to three decades....DEVELOP SOME OF YOUR OWN PLAYERS!!!!

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Carnival Barker Hawk will start comparing this washed up clown to Lance Johnson.

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Lance Johnson is a "first time" answer to what question?

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