Headline: Dodgers make asinine free-agent signing

First of all, it's a crime that "asinine" is spelled with only one "s".

More to the point, the Dodgers have (pending a physical) signed free agent Juan Pierre to a five year contract worth roughly $45 million. Juan Pierre has one skill: he can run. The problem is that his batting averages are a bit misleading because his on base percentages have never been high, and he has less pop in his bat than just about anybody in the Major Leagues. (The former problem is the more acute one by far.) Basically, Pierre is a #8 or #9 hitter who has consistently been misacast as a lead-off hitter. The other problem is that Pierre isn't actually a good fielder---he just outruns his mistakes.

This is a bad, bad move on our part. I hope Pierre fails his physical because it looks like that's the only we way can get out of this.

To quote Darth Vader, "Nooooooooooooooooo!"