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...keeping in mind that everybody, other than me, is pulling on the same side of the rope, managing expectations. :- )
Nobody's Bob Gibson, but the gospel according to SSI was: get ready for a top-20 AL starting pitcher, starting immediately. And (present company excepted) consider the imperative to play a 2011 season, along with obsessing over Fangraphs $/WAR mini-victories.
Pineda's not a finished product, but the pitcher holds the ball, and this kid is a leeettle better than Luke French. Now.