Juan Pierre – Adjusted Power Numbers
April 01, 2008
Category: Rudy Gamble
Now that Juan Pierre has lost his starting job to Andre Ethier, one question hangs over the fantasy baseball community like the smog over Chavez Ravine: What will happen to Juan Pierre’s power numbers?
While the expected reduction in ABs will cut down on his RBI opportunities, we think the additional time off plus a newly discovered well of anger into which he can tap will inspire Pierre to surpass his 2006 career high in AB/HR of 226.
Original estimates: 615 AB, 0.6 HR, 43 RBI
Revised estimates: 350 AB, 0.5 HR, 24 RBI (that’s 175 AB/HR!)
Plan accordingly.
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April 1st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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According to your revised estimates, Pierre’ll get .5 home runs this year. So is it fair to say we’re looking at one double?
I think that would be a tad presumptuous. Over the past two years, he’s average a double every 25-33 ABs so he’s on tap for double-digits even with 350 ABs.
But the new, jacked-up Pierre will face a challenge. As teams play farther back, it’ll be more difficult to hit it over their heads. It’s much easier when the CF is playing right behind the second base bag.
I think the new-found respect for Pierre will lead to a decrease from 10 to 5 doubles that actually make the wall on less than 10 bounces, an increase from 0 to 1 bunt doubles and 5 to 6 more pop fly doubles. Assuming his doubles down the line stay the same, we’re looking at a continuation of historical trends….
So put me down for 15 doubles.
Are you factoring in steroids testing?
The words ‘pure’ and ‘urine’ can be spelled with the letters in Juan Pierre.
You know what can’t be spelled with those letters – ‘cheat’
April 1st, 2008 at 9:57 pm
You guys are brutal. Hilarious and brutal.
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April 1st, 2008 at 10:16 pm
so does this mean they Mr Pierre is cheating?
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if i see proof that he was on steroids, i’ll scale down his power projections…
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
This is perhaps the best fantasy column I have ever read. You can spell pure and urine from Juan Pierre?? Way too funny, Great job!!