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Sox get Pearce for minor leaguer
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The first acknowledgment that Toronto is in dump mode. -
Pearce a boring 2007-11 with the Pirates
2012, also boring - but with the Orioles, Astros, and Yankees
2013, respectable part-time gig as usual, back with the O's
2014, wow - stellar 157 OPS+ in 383 PA with O's. late bloomer?
2015, oh it's back to boring
2016, joins the Rays and nails a 148 OPS+ in a half-season so the O's bring him back for a 3rd time down the stretch (and yes, he's boring again)
2017, part-time boring, now with the Blue Jays
2018, 135 OPS+ in 86 PA with Jays again - and upon learning that at age 35 he goes to the Red Sox, Pearce gets to yell out "AL EAST BINGO!"
career, meh 109 OPS+ with 20 HR in a full season (except he never has had 400 PA in any MLB season)
weird careerfinished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1Comment
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fwiw, his time with the Jays was indeed up & down, but he did have a penchant for big hits late in tight games ... last year he even had two (!) walk-off grand salamis within a few days of each other.
He should make for a great off-the-bench player for Boston. Hopefully Espinal turns into something - he's hitting a very respectable .314/.364/.478 at high A Salem this year (altho he's not young at 23).It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.Comment
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