Castillo has a career .294BA & .369 OBP vs. Pierre's .310BA and .360OBP
Castillo has a 71% SB success rate vs Pierre's 72% success rate, career.
However, [b]Pierre's success rate is dropping noticably every year while Castillo's has actually been about the same and was at a career high 84% success rate last year. Pierre was at 65% last year.b]
Pierre is getting slower and is still not reading pitchers well, in fact pitchers & catchers are reading HIM, whereas Castillo is getting a little slower but reading pitchers better
I'm not going to say Castillo will end up with better #s than Pierre, at least not yet... but after the # of times Pierre got caught stealing last year.... it will be interesting to see how confident Mckeon is in castillo swiping bags vs. Pierre.. and thus far he is much more confident in Castillo who has 5SB and 1CS vs. Pierre who has 2SB vs 3CS.
Mark this down as the only time I'll ever agree with you. In real life, it has always been my opinion that Castillo is a much more effective leadoff hitter than Pierre.
They're about even offensively. Pierre's got an edge in SLG, and Castillo has a slight edge in OBA. Also I wouldn't say Castillo is a better base stealer. Pierre attempts a lot more than Castillo does so naturally, if they were both just as good as one another, Castillo should have a higher % since he steals far less than Pierre. But Castillo has attempted 65 over the past 2 years and been successful 65% of the time. Pierre has attempted way more than twice as many as that (154) and been even more successful (71%). That's significantly better than Castillo.
As for defense, I can't say because I don't know. Based on offense only, I'd take Pierre. And in fantasy, I'd definately take Pierre, obviously.
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LBJackal wrote:Also I wouldn't say Castillo is a better base stealer. Pierre attempts a lot more than Castillo does so naturally, if they were both just as good as one another, Castillo should have a higher % since he steals far less than Pierre. But Castillo has attempted 65 over the past 2 years and been successful 65% of the time. Pierre has attempted way more than twice as many as that (154) and been even more successful (71%). That's significantly better than Castillo.
I am not trying to bust your chops, but...
If Pierre and Castillo were "both just as good as one another", their percentages would be the same, regardless of attempts.
Ok, maybe I'm busting your chops a little bit.
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LBJackal wrote:Also I wouldn't say Castillo is a better base stealer. Pierre attempts a lot more than Castillo does so naturally, if they were both just as good as one another, Castillo should have a higher % since he steals far less than Pierre. But Castillo has attempted 65 over the past 2 years and been successful 65% of the time. Pierre has attempted way more than twice as many as that (154) and been even more successful (71%). That's significantly better than Castillo.
I am not trying to bust your chops, but...
If Pierre and Castillo were "both just as good as one another", their percentages would be the same, regardless of attempts.
Ok, maybe I'm busting your chops a little bit.
If they were both the same in terms of SB skill, the one who attempted more should have a lower %. If you pick your spots and run 35 times, you would have a worse percentage than if you run 80 times.
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He is correct, the more often you steal the harder it is to keep a good success rate. When they know you are going all the time pitchers and catchers will use various methods to 'cheat' and get a better throw to second. If you only steal 20 bases a year you should be able to be much more successful.
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