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Yankee Fans Shouldn’t Panic If Michael Pineda Is Sent to the Minors

doesn't matter how often fans are told that trades really can't be evaluated for several years.

If Michael Pineda begins the 2012 season in the bullpen (please, not that) or down on the farm, fans and media will proclaim that the Seattle Mariners knew something when they traded the best young pitcher this side of Clayton Kershaw to the Yankees for Jesus Montero.

The Yankees apparently are considering a starting rotation that includes Freddy Garcia and has Pineda and Ivan Nova battling for the fifth spot.

That seems wrong on so many fronts. Although Pineda finished 9-10 with the Mariners last year because of a decline during the second half of the season, he is a potentially dominant pitcher who would anchor the Yankees ...

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