Sign of the apocalypse: Beane wants Juan Pierre

Ex-hippie · Post #1 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 6:25 pm

http://www.realgmbaseball.com/src_wiret ... an_pierre/

I'm still trying to get my head around the idea of Oakland going after the league's most prominent speedy out-maker.

Post #2 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 6:53 pm

Whoa, whoa, whoa...not so fast mon frere:

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/player ... Lb&id=3097

The San Francisco Chronicle is retracting its report that the A's have expressed interest in Juan Pierre.

Undisclosed major league sources were responsible for the original news, which A's sources later shot down. The only way Pierre to Oakland would make sense is if the A's would also be given someone like Andy LaRoche in return for taking on part of the outfielder's contract. Something like the Odalis Perez trade, when the Dodgers gave the Royals the left-hander and two prospects in return for Elmer Dessens.

Post #3 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 6:53 pm

No way in heck Beane goes after a player with such a low Reina Value.

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:11 pm

i'm going to go shower with holy water

Ex-hippie · Post #5 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:25 pm

Praise the Lord! The Apocalypse was nigh, but we prayed that Jesus would deliver us; and lo, He arrived with the Good News from Rotoworld. And we marveled, saying to one another, "Who is this, then, who commands even the San Francisco Chronicle, and it obeys him?"

treyZz · Post #6 » by **treyZz** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:37 pm

crack media at it's finest.

Post #7 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:40 pm

Praise be!

Although I love the thought of Beane fleecing Coletti out of LaRoche just for taking Pierre off his hands.

Post #8 » by **Schad** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 8:18 pm

Basketball Jesus wrote:No way in heck Beane goes after a player with such a low Reina Value.

You have it all wrong...sure, Pierre has a miserable OBP, no power, takes horrible routes in the OF and can't throw, but the guy is a Reina Value monster: he should be making 14% more than his current contract.

Now that every team is fixated on OBP and OPS, it's another sign of Billy Beane's brilliance that he has switched gears, and will be riding the Reina Value from now on.

Post #9 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 8:56 pm

Hunh. I thought that meant he was only worth 14% of what he's currently being paid. Sigh, I'll never get these right.

I wish for a more simpler times where VORP, MORP, WARP3, and SNLVAR were all a guy needed to get by.

Post #10 » by **Da Schwab** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 9:44 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:You have it all wrong...sure, Pierre has a miserable OBP, no power, takes horrible routes in the OF and can't throw, but the guy is a Reina Value monster: he should be making 14% more than his current contract.

Now that every team is fixated on OBP and OPS, it's another sign of Billy Beane's brilliance that he has switched gears, and will be riding the Reina Value from now on.

Comedy at its finest, courtesy of Schad.

Post #11 » by **HCYanks** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 10:28 pm

Beane's alleged new M.O. is to go after undervalued defensive studs... so yeah, Pierre don't quite fit the bill.

Schadenfreude wrote:You have it all wrong...sure, Pierre has a miserable OBP, no power, takes horrible routes in the OF and can't throw, but the guy is a Reina Value monster: he should be making 14% more than his current contract.

Now that every team is fixated on OBP and OPS, it's another sign of Billy Beane's brilliance that he has switched gears, and will be riding the Reina Value from now on.

You're behind the times, brah. Bud Selig sent out a press release yesterday about an amendment to the MLB rulebook that says Reina Value is now the final and ultimate measure of all things baseball. So while Beane bows down to the sublime power of Reina Value, he's got to look elsewhere for an advantage.

He won't find one.

TSC25 · Post #12 » by **TSC25** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:29 am

Well I hadnt seen this post,but this first scared the hell out of me. Im glad they were wrong!