I didn't think Doc was directly comparing D-Train to Pineda (I wouldn't want that comparison to be right anyway...he didn't last)...I think coug's point is that all of the guys that are on the comp list had something special that made them unique enough that they had an immediate big league impact...what's Pineda's special thing that batters have to get used to? It's not pinpoint command...he's wild in the zone IMHO...his command is no better than, say, Jarrod Washburn's. It's not a nasty secondary pitch no one can touch. His slider is very good...but not like RJ's "Mr. Snappy". It's not velocity...he throws hard, but not Verlander hard. He's just a hard throwing guy who throws strikes (wild strikes, but still strikes) and can miss bats...whether he's got the deception and stamina to last deep into games and be an ace...that isn't clear yet.