MICHAEL PINEDA RUMORS

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...
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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...
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12 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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13 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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13 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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17 days ago  |  1 Comment

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...
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

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...
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March 13, 2013  |  Discuss
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