The Dord of Darien

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Believe it or not, somebody said this

And that somebody was Kevin Kaduk.

His article has an awesome title: "The White Sox are getting the bad contract band together!" That’s a title I kind of wish I’d written, to go with the blog post I almost wrote about the amazingly bad outfield the White Sox will run with in 2010. (Seriously, they’re playing Alex Rios, Andruw Jones, and Juan Pierre out there. Holy shit. They will lose 400 games with that outfield.) But then he takes that awesome title and, underneath, writes these crazy words:

Pierre has long been a blogosphere punching bag, but it’s a decent move for Kenny Williams when you consider that he has an owner who’s crying poor when it comes to free agency and that young Gordon Beckham might have been unwillingly thrust into the leadoff spot were it not for the arrival of Pierre. He’ll give Chicago some much-needed OBP and a top-of-the-order guy who can actually steal a base.

I asked in the comments where Kevin expects Juan Pierre to get the OBP he’ll be giving to Chicago, since he certainly doesn’t have any to spare himself. He posted a fairly average .365 OBP last season, but that’s following four consecutive seasons of near-on .330. The poor, "unwilling" Gordon Beckham Kevin is lamenting about posted a .347 OBP last season, which, while not exactly good, is a damn sight better than I’d be willing to expect from Pierre.

Oh, and, by the way, Juan Pierre isn’t any good at stealing bases, either. You’d think he would be, since he’s so scrappy and fast and stuff, but actually he gets out 25% of the time, which is a bit below the break-even point. He is giving runs away on the basepaths. Carl Crawford is the man you want if you need a base stolen — he steals nearly as often as Pierre, but more successfully (82%). And then, of course, the utterly amazing and somehow underrated Carlos Beltran steals at the best success rate of anyone ever (88%).

So, the point is: Kevin Kaduk just praised Juan Pierre for things he does not do. He got owned up on in the comments, though, which is hilarious to me. Blog comment dudes knew that, Kevin. Pay attention, man.


December 17th, 2009 Posted by | Baseball | no comments

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