LA Angels: Don’t Underrate Joel Pineiro’s Injury

Yesterday, I managed to get the day off from and thought I would treat myself to a little afternoon baseball. Luckily, my beloved Red Sox were taking on the Angels and one of my fantasy starters (Joel Pineiro) was slated to take the mound.

But no, Pineiro strained his oblique muscle during warm-ups and is now on the shelf for 6-8 weeks, basically ruining what was turning into a pretty good follow up to his breakout 2009 season.

There was a lot of skepticism when Pineiro moved to the American League because he isn’t an overpowering pitcher (5.58 K/9 in 1458 1/3 IP). Facing a designated hitter instead of an opposing pitcher should spell disaster for someone like that. Add in the fact that he was no longer with pitching coach Dave Duncan and there we...

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