Pierre to LA...

Nolasco's ERA nearly 5??  The Marlins play in a pitcher's park too right?

Mister career 5-15, 6.01 ERA. It's Pinto, and Nolasco, who will IMO come around, that we will at some point regret having dealt.

with Nolasco, Of course I am bias, always liked the guy. Still if that is the number, 5 years 45 million, ouch. That is a lot of coin for an average fielder, and ok offensive player. Hey the guy busts his ass, but he is an ok player.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2669903

5/45?

And supposedly we effed up signing Soriano?

9MM for a player who could very well post sub .700 OPSs on a regular basis as early as next year.

And here I thought the Dodgers were taking a step forward dumping Izturis to us.

Well, they just got him back. Except minus the good defense. Oh and for 5MM more per year over the next 5.

This truly is a crazy market.

By my completely unscientific tally, I have Mike and his grand prognosticating ability at 0-3.

ARam did, in fact, resign with the Cubs. Soriano signed. Pierre, who Mike repeatedly for weeks said was a virtual lock, is now a Dodger.

Anyone else keep track of his other predictions?

http://www.truebluela.com/story/2006/11/20/185125/57

I would say I feel sorry for them, but then the doof who runs that site posted a "the cubs are dumb" diary after the Soriano signing which not only doesn't get our salaries right, he doesn't even have the correct players slotted in.

 

JP hustles, he out-tries everyone and he can shake up a shaky foe's pitching and defense...but he is NOT a superstar.

This reckless spending or raising of the bar year after year for not-great player is making me cringe...Pierre has more than doubled his salary in the last two years, for what??

Again, nothing against the guy and who among us wouldn't take the money. But what are the Dodgers and these other teams thinking? They're paying him as much as Nomar, a true superstar who draws in the fans/viewers. No one goes to a game to watch JP play, sorry.

I think baseball, which used to pride itself on being a bargain for family outings, is really going to kill the golden goose with this uncurbed spending spree on free-agents.
   We, you the fans will ultimately be paying for these guys. Unless, like me, you choose to no longer attend any games in person, a choice I made by necessity in early '06 when began to feel a serious financial pinch.

You don't mind a Soriano or A-Road, true superstars, make the big bucks. But to pay this much for mediocrity, to make $10 M the going rate for a decent starting pitcher, is crazy, and will backfire badly on many of the "big spenders'' in a few years.

3-4 years max for a pitcher, let's hope, but expecting some crazy deals for starters soon.

When will they ever learn?

get a supplemental round draft pick b/c of losing Pierre as a free agent??

Pierre will resume hitting .300+ and steal 60 bases.  The pitchers park will eat up his arm and his OBP will remain sub-.340.  The game of the week commentators will glow on about his batting average and everyone else who knows anything about baseball will understand that the Dodgers made a mistake and got shafted.

Seriously, more power to him.  I hope Juan gets everything he can in his next contract.  But when the Dodgers are paying him $9 million a year to kill their offense they'll think twice about who they pay what, and maybe the rest of baseball (including the Cubs) will too.  That type of contract to that type of player might eventually lead to a market correction for all of the extremely weak OPS players out there and maybe open some eyes of the old school guys who don't believe in these new-fangled statistics.

It's no wonder that so many young stats oriented guys are getting GM jobs.  There is a place in baseball for low OBP guys if for no other reason than there aren't enough high OBP guys to go around.  The problem is they shouldn't be making $9 million a year.  The Dodgers are going to learn an expensive lesson.

that the dodgers will end up with the cubs top 2 targets from last year.  i think it will make a good 1-2 punch.  i also think its way too much for pierre.  interesting stuff.

I was pissed when we let him go after 2003. I know that Hendry and co wanted C-Pat to step into that role, and Lofton wanted full-time duties somewhere, deservedly so, but I wonder where Lofton ends up. what's his worth now? My guess is somebody will give him a 1-year full-time gig, but if not it would be a great pick-up for anybody off the bench if he doesn't. I'd take him back at the right price. at his age (40) he can't be demanding too much.