33 Results for juan pierre

White Sox collecting outfielders

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Improbably enough, the Dodgers have unloaded Juan Pierre. Because, you know, the White Sox didn't already have enough questionable outfielders. Anyway, whatever happens...

Blog | December 15, 2009

Will anyone echo Ellsbury?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

In case you missed it, Jacoby Ellsbury set a record the other night ... Ellsbury also led off the bottom of the first inning with a ground-rule doubl...

Blog | August 28, 2009

Is Ellsbury the new Pierre?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

In the second edition of "Clone Wars," Troy Patterson looks at Juan Pierre and Jacoby Ellsbury. Ellsbury Pierre The beginning and the end: Jacoby Ellsbury had a huge 33...

Blog | June 30, 2009

Wednesday Wangdoodles

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...keep all this messy stuff to himself. Well, the heck with them. • Jay Jaffe on Juan Pierre, Manny Ramirez, and why the Dodgers don't seem to have missed Manny all that...

Blog | June 24, 2009

David Wright's bizarre numbers

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...a sense, Wright has become a composite of the best and worst traits of Ichiro Suzuki, Juan Pierre and Dave Kingman, on pace to hit 11 homers, strike out 159 times and steal 48...

Blog | June 18, 2009

Pierre shocks le monde

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...in times of need. The Los Angeles Dodgers cringe when considering where they would be without Juan Pierre, the forgotten outfielder of a year ago, who is now hitting like Ted Williams. There is...

Blog | June 03, 2009

Mets uglier than just one game

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Beltran. The ball dropped, and the Dodgers had runners on second and third with no outs. Juan Pierre was walked intentionally, loading the bases, and Rafael Furcal flied to shallow left for the first...

Blog | May 19, 2009

Figgins due for big raise?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...agent contract they gave outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. - and also know the Dodgers regret giving outfielder Juan Pierre a five-year, $44 million deal. Look, it takes only one. Pierre got his $44 million...

Blog | April 29, 2009

Don't believe the stolen base is dead

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

The stolen base is far from dead in today's game. Simply put, it's among the many tools used to score runs.

Story | Conversation | April 30, 2009

Monday Mendozas

Rob Neyer

...of the day: Which contract was more dunderheaded: Gary Matthews' five-year, $50 million deal or Juan Pierre's five years and $44 million? At the moment, Matthews is doing his best to win...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009

Having an understanding for Pierre's plight

Rob Neyer

...over again: the Dodgers still have an unhappy outfielder … "Last year was torture for me," Juan Pierre tells Bob Nightengale of USA Today. "If this organization thinks I'll be happy making money...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009

Forty-four really bad contracts

Rob Neyer

...and Kenji Johjima; • the Dodgers are out there with $127 million committed to Jason Schmidt, Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones (Jones has been released, of course, with the Dodgers paying him off); •...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009

Count on Manny deciding to return to Dodgers

Rob Neyer

...used to sign Manny. As long as they don't do something particularly foolish, like give Juan Pierre more than 200 plate appearances, they can probably survive without Manny Mania. Mr. Mania himself, though...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009

Dodgers know better than to give Manny $60M

Rob Neyer

Today's Quote of the Day: Asked if he still believed [Manny] Ramirez would have a contract by the start of spring training, [Scott] Boras said, "I d...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009

Nobody will catch Rickey's record

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

If you're waiting for someone to challenge Rickey Henderson's stolen-base record, don't bother: It's not going to happen.

Story | Conversation | January 11, 2009