Why? They are virtually the SAME player. So what makes Tavarez better then Pierre? (and don't say the age) Well, Pierre has been a quite valuable MLB player during several seasons in his career, Taveras was awful last season, and there's nothing in his minor league record that suggests that he's ever going to be much more than he is right now. Other than that, they are virtually the same player. I don't remember Pierre throwing out any Cubs at homeplate.