Pearce is over rated. The problem is he debut at a very young age and there is always this assumption that youngsters will continue to develope at the same phenominal rate that they have to that point. He just is not that good. He is a very solid first grader but he will be no super star.
He is another Finch, Anasta, Tim Smith. Get good too early and the others work just that little bit harder and you get left behind.
His other big problem is that Gould will blow smoke up his rectum any chance he gets. This just annoys people.
He will suffer even pore when (if) rules come into the game to reduce the effectiveness of bombs. He has a good bomb. ROosters are so reliant on bomb.