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A different scout, an NL scout rather than the AL scout who projected "frontline starter" for Pineda, said:
"Once this group gets to Double-A and Triple-A, (Pineda) might be the best of the three," the NL scout said. "Aumont gets the attention and Ramirez has the bigger fastball, but Pineda is probably the most likely to max out."
Aumont was #8 overall to the M's and certainly would have gone top-15 or top-20 to somebody if the M's hadn't taken him.  We're talking about a top-half-of-round-1 guy there, and we all know about Juan Ramirez.
Yet, I can't find a quote from a pro scout that does not have Pineda projected above those two blue-chippers.
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At this point I'm bemused by the resistance to Pineda's obvious blue-chip ranking.  I can understand his not having been noticed by non-pro's prior to this, but am mystified as to the resistance now that Pineda's upside is delineated.
:- )