considering his past knee troubles and his terrible arm strength i’m on board with that idea. if bay hadn’t been dealt it would have been a good idea for the bucs next season to let him play some time at first when laroche was off or if they wanted to field a mclouth-mccutcheon-pearce outfield.

in 2009.

I think it`s increasingly obvious that Huntington et al. don`t think so highly of Pearce as a legitimate top-fight prospect, let alone a possible future fixture in the Pirates` lineup.

There is still time for Pearce to turn it on over the next several weeks and give management a reason to believe that he should be in the mix for regular playing time next season, but things are not looking good so far. Because he got some much-needed OF instruction at Indy this year, perhaps the little versatility he has now might make him a useful spare part down the road, if he can`t cut it as a regular.

Even Dejan Kovacevic commented the other day about Pearce looking “overmatched at this level.”

I had high hopes for Pearce last year as a hitter. Perhaps we were all looking a little too hard for some good news from the Pirates` system last year-so desperately wanting to find another big-time talent to go along with McCutchen-that we mistook Pearce for something other than a decent prospect that was too good for A/AA ball, but is maybe not so talented to be the real deal in the majors.

He has his chance now. He`d better make good on it.

... needs to make some serious adjustments to his approach at the plate. He takes a very big, wild swing and looks very bad on all breaking balls.

He needs to cut down on his Ks and put the ball in play

He is a more than adequate RFer with a more than adequate arm and a quick release..

I have been a Pearce supporter, but unless he makes some serious adjustments, he will not be a fixture in Pittsburgh.