So quick look at Pearce's time at 2nd base tells me he wasn't great, but probably not a total butcher either. It also tells me he hasn't played there in 2 years so who knows what level he'd play it at now.
I guess the question is how much worse of a defender is he today than Nunez and how much of that might be made up for by his offense.
Based on the fact that no one played him at 2nd last year or this year, I'm going to guess the answer is that he's bad enough that his offense really doesn't make up for it. Now if something happened to Nunez or Holt during a game, I'd guess he's moved above Swihart on the emergency 2b depth chart, but that's probably it.
I guess the question is how much worse of a defender is he today than Nunez and how much of that might be made up for by his offense.
Based on the fact that no one played him at 2nd last year or this year, I'm going to guess the answer is that he's bad enough that his offense really doesn't make up for it. Now if something happened to Nunez or Holt during a game, I'd guess he's moved above Swihart on the emergency 2b depth chart, but that's probably it.