...whether taro is concerned with Pineda's mechanics the way he was a while back. Now that we've seen him pitch in Seattle. I'm not a mechanical expert really...I know some basics and to my eyes, he looks butter smooth with few reasons to worry about undue stress on his arm...but taro is better with this than me and he was worried last year at this time that Pineda wouldn't hold up. Is he still worried long term? That impacts my assessment. Sandy would no doubt say "all good pitchers have stretches where they look as untouchable as Pineda is right now...the difference between the long-lived ace and the streaky guys like Jackson and Beckett and Burnett is consistency...Pineda hasn't proven that he can be consistent at this level yet"...it's a valid point. Pineda could well have stretches where his command is only plus...not plus-plus-PLUS...and then he'd be what...a 3.25 ERA pitcher with a 3 K/BB and 8 K/9 and a few more dingers? We don't know yet because we haven't seen it...so...I guess we'll have to wait and see.