Foul Paul! Time For Some Reader Questions
@DSveum asks: Hey Paul, big fan. Name a pitcher who could be valuable for the rest of the season who wasn’t drafted in many leagues.Excellent question. Matt Garza is fresh off the DL and is a top 40 pitcher when he is healthy. He could gain even more value if (when) he is traded to a contender. Believe it or not, for his career Matt Garza has NEVER had an ERA above 3.95 in a full...
Yankees' Michael Pineda nearing a rehab assignment
The New York Yankees would love to see the player they traded away Jesus Montero for actually make an appearance for them. Michael Pineda has suffered through two seasons of shoulder problems now, but he may be inching closer to a return. In fact, Pineda may soon be ready to go out on a minor league rehab assignment. This according to Andy McCullough of the New Jersey Star...
New York Yankees Looking Good In The Montero/Pineda Trade
Remember that trade? On January 23rd, 2012 the New York Yankees sent Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners for Jose Campos and Michael Pineda.
Pineda was coming off an All Star season and was 5th in rookie of the year voting in 2011. He had a respectable line of 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 171 IP and 173 k’s. Seattle was a bad team that year, finishing...
If healthy and not reeking of booze, Michael Pineda will make a great Yankee this summer in the Bronx
Consistently hitting 93 mph on the radar, New York Yankees flamethrower Michael Pineda tossed five innings on Thursday afternoon in an extended spring training start. Shelved since undergoing the knife last May to fix a torn anterior labral in his right shoulder, the 24-year-old Pineda reported no concerns and is expected to soon partake in a minor league rehab assignment. Acquired...
Jesus Montero sent to AAA, no longer viewed as MLB caliber catcher
Yesterday I wrote an article expressing my appreciation for New York Yankees GM, Brian Cashman. Dealing with loads of taxes, inflated expectations, and emotional ownership is not easy and as hard as it is for anyone in New York to be underrated, I think he has become just that.
In yesterday’s article I lamented the Jesus Montero/Michael Pineda trade as one of his few mistakes,...
Montero sent down, Pineda working his way up
Photo credit: Sports Illustrated
In an effort to stockpile cheap, young, talented pitching for the future – mostly due to the goal of reaching a payroll of $189 million by 2014 – the Yankees decided to trade their top offensive prospect in Jesus Montero for top pitching prospect Michael Pineda in 2011. Before the phenom pitcher could even appear in a regular season game with...
Seattle Mariners demote Jesus Montero
New York Yankees fans were pitching a fit over a year ago when Brian Cashman traded away star hitting prospect Jesus Montero to the Seattle Mariners for starting pitcher Michael Pineda. They really became pissed when Pineda showed up fat and out-of-shape to Spring Training, and then subsequently injured his shoulder, costing him the entire 2012 season. Yankees fans envisioned Montero...
Cashman's prayers are answered: Seattle scorns Jesus, as Pineda resurrection looms
Well - as Steve Jobs said to Bill Gates - you never what to believe when you cut a deal with somebody from Seattle.All last year, the Jesus Montero trade - (I believe I called it "the debacle") - looked like a long range Yankee death and the reason to - as Hunter Thompson would say - stuff Brian Cashman into a bottle and put him out with the Japanese tide. Today, vindication...
Will the Montero-Pineda trade turn out to have been a huge transaction of nothingness?
Last night, I'm chewing on McChicken parts in a White Plains doofuss bar, where all the TV screens but one are tuned into the eternal Knicks and Rangers hell worlds - (too painful for my delicate system.) I'm watching the tube where YES - the Yankees version of Fox News Channel - flashes a graphic of Michael Pineda, the great beached whale of Tampa, and I try to imagine...
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Pitchers Returning from Injury
Michael Pineda made the American League All-Star team in 2011, and is nearly set to make his Yankees debut after a trade and Tommy John Surgery.Photo courtesy of Keith Allison.
This is the time of year where you start to worry about your fantasy team’s worthiness of a championship. One of my rules of thumb is that you can never have enough pitching.
In a best case scenario you...
MINOR LEAGUE MAYHEM
Yankees pitcher's car drilled by home run ball
It's too early to know if the trade for Michael Pineda is a bust or not for the New York Yankees but you can definitely call one window of the big righthander's car broken. Pineda, who is recovering from shoulder surgery and is scheduled to pitch Monday in an extended spring game, came out yesterday after practice and discovered a batting practice home run ball crashed...
Home run breaks Pineda's car window
Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was involved with an odd long ball.
Pineda, who missed all of last season after right shoulder surgery, parked his SUV Wednesday in a grass parking lot behind the left-field fence at the Yankees' minor league complex. After working out, the right-hander got an unexpected surprise. A batting practice homer aided by the wind blowing out went through...
Pineda's SUV window broken by homer
Updates. Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was involved with an odd long ball.
Pineda, who missed all of last season after right shoulder surgery, parked his SUV Wednesday in a grass parking lot behind the left-field fence at the Yankees' minor league complex. After working out, the right-hander got an unexpected surprise. A batting practice homer aided by the wind blowing out...
Yankees: Seattle’s ex-pitching prince Pineda
It was about 18 months ago that the Yankees traded top prospect Jesus Montero for Mariners pitching phenom Michael Pineda.
Michael Pineda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pineda arrived to Spring Training with a bum shoulder that required surgery, which has barred him from throwing his first pitch in the Bronx.
Well that is all about to change, as GM Brian Cashman told ESPN New York that...
Yankees' Michael Pineda nearing rehab assignment
Most of the spotlight involving New York Yankees injuries has focused on players such as Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez. However, right-handed starting pitcher Michael Pineda is also progressing, as general manager Brian Cashman told Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York that he should be ready for a rehab assignment sometime this month.
Pineda...
Pineda showing good velocity
Michael Pineda is making strides in returning to a Major League mound. Yesterday, he threw in an extended spring training game and sat mostly at 93 mph on the radar gun, even touching 95 – according to Bryan Hoch.
This is pretty impressive for someone coming off of a major shoulder injury. Unlike Tommy John Surgery in the elbow, labrum and shoulder surgeries have yet to be perfected...
Report: Michael Pineda is throwing gas again
There has been nothing but bad news for the New York Yankees this Spring. They currently have about $90 million on the disabled list, and they really aren’t sure when any of them are coming back. One of those players is Michael Pineda, the prized haul from last year’s offseason trade with the Seattle Mariners. You may remember that Pineda never made one appearance with the Yankees...
Michael Pineda placed on 60-day DL
In a move everyone has expected for months, the New York Yankees have placed Michael Pineda on the 60-day disabled list. Pineda is still battling shoulder issues that caused him to miss the entire 2012 season. The Yankees needed the roster spot so they made the move yesterday.
According to Chad Jennings of The Journal News, Pineda was placed on the disabled listed to open a spot...
Pineda throws succesful bullpen
Michael Pineda threw a bullpen session yesterday (Photo credit: CBSsports.com
Righty Michael Pineda threw a successful bullpen yesterday, the longest since beginning rehab on his surgically repaired right shoulder, according to the YES Network.
Pineda, 24, incorporated sliders into the mound session for the first time and called it his best pitch of the day. This represents a big...
Today's official Yankee takeaway talking points
1. CC threw on the side yesterday, felt grrrrreat.2. Mariano threw on the side yesterday, never felt better!3. Youkilis still a Yankee. What a card!4. Nobody knows who is going to catch this season. Oh, well, hey, did you hear about that meteor?5. Michael Pineda is still alive. Would it be incredible if he turns out to be the greatest Yankee pitcher ever?6. More players report today...
Yankee official take-away talking points of the week
1. Youkilis is a Bidenesque, merry old spirit, and what a delight it is to have him in pinstripes!2. Michael Pineda is still alive.3. Jeter can now run in every direction.4. This might be Mariano's final season.5. Those young Yankee prospects bring hope for the future.6. Everybody has lost weight and looks in the best shape of their careers.7. Joe Girardi will have some tough...
New York Yankees Michael Pineda returns to pitching mound after missing 2012
The New York Yankees had high hopes for SP Michael Pineda last season but none of them were realized as the pitcher missed the entire season with a torn labrum. Pineda showed up to sring training out of shape and despite making the team out of camp, was done for the season by May of last year.
As the Yankees open the 2013 spring training in Tampa, Florida, Pineda is finally back...
Yankees Injury News: Michael Pineda to debut in June?
The New York Yankees and their fans are eager to see Michael Pineda pitch. The 24-year old was acquired prior to last season from the Seattle Mariners in a trade that sent Jesus Montero to Seattle. Pineda then promptly began having shoulder issues and was shut down for the entire 2012 season. He still won't be ready for the start of this season, but it looks like he could...
Yankees’ Michael Pineda On Schedule for June Return
The New York Yankees have some solid starting
pitchers, but they expect to get one more when Michael Pineda returns from
injury. Pineda is expected to return to action in mid-June. Pineda missed all of
2012 with a tear in the anterior labral in his right shoulder.
Yankees beat writer Erik Boland of
Newsday tweeted a comment from Yankees’ pitching coach Larry Rothschild...
Yankees Injury News: MIchael Pineda throws off half-mound
After concerns that Michael Pineda could miss the entire 2013 season for the Yankees, fear started setting in. At least among Yankees fans. New York had traded away Jesus Montero to get Pineda. He couldn't flop. Now, it seems Pineda will not miss the 2013 season after all. He threw from a half-mound yesterday for the first time.
Anthony McCarron got a sneak peak...
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