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I saw some guy somewhere say, "If Pineda's on the DL, or great, doesn't that make the 7th year more important?"
They're missin' the point.  In six years, Michael Pineda will probably be worthless.  
Check Freddy Garcia's career path.  On pitchers -- you've got to use them while they're breathing!  
Check Billy Beane and his Hudson-Zito-Mulder-Haren thing:  ride 'em for all they're worth.  Four, five years.
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If he's great, and healthy, and one of 5 ML pitchers to throw 1,000 innings the next six years ... the worst-case scenario is a 5-year deal in his 4th year.  
These guys are so obsessive about baseball as a Fangraphs exercise.  They literally forget about baseball as a pennant race.
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Will check that PW for yer mate.  :cpoints: