Is that he's not expecially hard on himself when things go badly. He goes up smiling and throwing missiles up there, and if somehow he has a bad day he has a short memory about it.
Pineda's game works. He doesn't get confused about that when, on a micro level, it doesn't work as well THAT day. He just goes out and executes it the next time, hopefully in a better way.
I'm with Ice, that's not intelligence, it's poise. Poise is knowing that you stay the course and don't out-think yourself. If you only have a 90 MPH fastball that day then you switch to Attack Plan B and continue on.
Pineda seems blissfully free of second-guessing and doubts. He just plays a children's game with the enthusiasm and energy of a child and lets his talent take care of the rest.
When he decides to dissect opposing lineups later in his career, if he still has this arm - then guys can start crying, because yes, Pinedas don't come around every year.
Even if we think we have a few of em in the system right now...
~G
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