Espn is wrong

[ahhchon]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1971282

 

anyone else think so? i think peirre is overrated. i don't think he's as good as a base stealer as every says, i don't think he's as good as everyone thinks either.

 

john

[elsrbueno]

He certainly isn't as efficient as Podsednik or Crawford.... but as far as pure baserunning ability is concerned.... I wouldn't be able to say because I haven't seen any of them enough...

[element1151]

John, you are always saying how much you trust ESPN.

 

Anyway, just looking at the stats, Podsednik 70 SB and Crawford 59 SB and rising are better then Pierre's 45 SB

 

Pierre also took a big fall from last year, 65-45 SB

[ahhchon]

it's not about how many steals you get, it's about how many steals you get compared to how many times you get caught stealing.

 

peirre might have stolen 65 bases 2 seasons ago, but he was caught over 20 times. pod stole 70 bases and was only caught THRITEEN times.

 

yeah, i do trust espn. but that's when it comes to contracts. unless they report it i don't believe it. that's very different than agreeing with everything their writers say. pierre is far from a great base stealer. he's a good base stealer with lots of speed at best. dave roberts is far superior. 38 stolen bases, caught steeling THREE times. that's just amazing.

 

john

[CrespoBlows]

That's a pretty good comparsion, I agree with you 100%