Dodgers' Juan Pierre drawing interest

by Eli Greenspan on Dec 7, 2009 12:02 AM EST Comment 2 comments

Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre is reportedly drawing interest from three or four teams, according to Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports. Pierre, who didn't miss a game between 2003-2007, has had his time cut significantly since joining the Dodgers. In 2009, he had more of an opportunity to prove his value with Manny Ramirez missing 50 games.

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2009 - Juan Pierre	145	380	57	117	16	8	0	31	27	27	30	12	.308	.365	.392

Pierre is one of the top leadoff hitters and base runners in the game. He has two years and 18.5 million dollars left on his contract, so a trade is reasonable.

Henson mentions a three-way trade that would land the Dodgers a "bad contract" starting pitcher. While I thought of the usual bad contract pitchers (Derek Lowe, Oliver Perez, etc) I thought about what teams have been trying to work three-way deals lately.

The Cubs and Rangers have been discussing a deal around Milton Bradley. While it is unclear if the Cubs have asked for Kevin Millwood, bringing in a third team could entice the Rangers.

Here are the three players and their contracts:

Kevin Millwood - 1 year, 12 million

Milton Bradley - 2 year, 21 million

Juan Pierre - 2 year, 18.5 million

If the Cubs agreed to trade Bradley and cash for Pierre and basically swapped contracts, then the Dodgers could trade Bradley with the money from the Cubs for Millwood.

Say the Cubs covered the difference between Bradley and Pierre, and included 5-6 million dollars more. I'll let you know tomorrow if it has been discussed.

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Eli, you need to stop making dump statments like that man

I remember you saying that Beltre wasn’t good with the glove and now this?

Pierre is one of the top leadoff hitters and base runners in the game

Really? let’s check something you’re not familiar with: Facts
Pierre’s career OBP: .348 (Not what we could call “top in the game”)
Career Caught stealing Pct is 33.7 % : This is not good, even Joe Morgan will tell you that it has to be 20% or less to be in the “top of the game”
Stop embarrassing your self by making some research before sayin’ stuff like that…please.

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by bloodysock04 on Dec 7, 2009 12:32 AM EST reply actions

Recipe 4 Cubs Wins

I like Cameron in center but I dont like Soriano he cant catch he only swinging 4 the fence and he’s not runninig any more get rid of him, you need a lead off hitter a real 1 that works a pitcher and not average 1.4 pitches an at bat. The Cubs M.V.P of 2008 Mark DeRosa is out there, go get him back 2 play 2b,, if u get Cameron find a left fielder 2 bat from the left and lead off like a Juan Pierre or Victorino. I would prefer Victorino cuz he is a better defender and may come cheaper. And dont give any free agent a crazy big contract they dont deserve

by Man 3 on Dec 7, 2009 3:50 AM EST reply actions