He had shoulder pain in his first start back in the minors. No timetable for his return.
Pineda, whom the Yankees acquired in a trade in January, will return to New York this weekend to see Dr. Christopher Ahmad, the Yankees team physician, and will also have a more comprehensive dye contrast magnetic resonance imaging test performed on the shoulder to help determine the problem.
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Even if nothing more than the initial diagnosis of tendinitis is discovered, Pineda would still be at least two months away from returning to the Yankees.
Getting Montero for a broken pitcher is a serious stroke of luck (or shrewd dealing, depending on your POV). I miss Campos - he was supposed to lead that second wave of future Mariners pitching after the Big Three come up, and that spot remains unoccupied at this point.
But Noesi is not injured, just struggling, and Montero is fine and will get much, MUCH better. Yes, Nova MIGHT be the better long-term plan, and is certainly the better plan of the last three weeks, but big picture I'm having trouble complaining.
We traded an A-ball pitcher and a broken major leaguer for, minimum, a bullpenner and our starting catcher / MOTO hitter, both of whom are making minimum wage and have 6 years of club control left. How much more robbery do you need to enact on the Yankees to feel satisfied? ;-)
We could be destined for all 130 games of Olivo, lack any RH power + be looking at a fat and injured Pineda. I'll take this version of our destiny. Even if Jack winds up being wrong about Noesi vs. Nova, he sure looks right about Pineda vs. Montero, which was the much more important call.
That said...I'm still bitter about the Fister trade too.
~G