Bunch of Steinbrenners, i agree.

Pierre is one of the top lead off men in the game today. Probably only behind Ichiro, and you guys wannna trade him? He's in a funk! Yall need to get over it. Sure, he sets the tone for the team since he's hitting leadoff, but can't we give him a break for once! This guy is always giving his all, maybe now he's trying a bit too hard. Instead of ragging on him for not "setting the tone", rag on the other players for not picking up Pierres slack.

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Because good players make the proper adjustments. He didn't last year when he was targetted on the basepaths (and still hasn't) and has gone almost half a season clueless at the plate.

 

Even when JP is at the top of his game, Castillo is a better leadoff man. The only reason why they were switched was because Luiy's patience allowed JP more pitches to run on.

I'm a rookie compared to the rest of the you lot (2 and a half seasons) but it seems clear to me that pitchers have made an adjustment when pitching to pierre. He is getting a lot of pitches on the inside which takes away his ability to slap the ball to opposite field or hit slow grounders to 3B or SS which he can beat out.

 

All Pierre has to do is to work out an adjustment to use this to his advantage.

 

Remember Derrick Lee? Never hit 300., never batted in 100 RBI's and the most homers he has hit in a season is 32. Then he makes an adjustment where he can put inside pitches into play on a consistent basis and look at him, he's got a good chance of winning the TRIPLE CROWN.

 

Bottom line is, JP is a premier leadoff man and a fantastic teamate. Nobody works harder in sports and he'll get through this, just give the man sometime.

Pierre shouldnt be traded, if someone would be traded it would be Juan Enc. Conine has been hitting real well and is about to take out Enc.