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New York Yankees: Pineda Struggles with Velocity, Jesus Montero a World Away

Pineda is very happy with his changeup right about now. It's the pitch that everyone in Yankeeland has been telling him he needs to develop if he wants to be a legitimate, top-of-the-rotation starter for the Yankees. And they're all right, by the way, as there are few examples in today's game of two-pitch starters thriving for any prolonged amount of time.

So while it's wonderful that Pineda is apparently making progress with his changeup, so much so that Joe Girardi was "euphoric" when discussing it yesterday with George King of the New York Post, the reality is that Pineda was not brought to New York because of his ability to throw off-speed pitches.

Pineda was brought to New York, rather, because the Yankees want what every ...

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