Michael Pineda has found the few miles per hour that have been missing from his fastball. David Waldstein of the New York Times:
I’d normally say that we could go fully back to DEFCON 5 -- the lowest state of readiness -- but we should all still be vigilant here and keep things at DEFCON 4. I mean, Pineda could be throwing at 91 AT ANY TIME, and we need to be able to move into panic mode at a moment’s notice.
With a solid performance Sunday, Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda might have quelled for now some of the near panic over the mysterious loss of three or four miles per hour on his fastball. Pitching against the Detroit Tigers, Pineda reached 94 m.p.h on the radar gun and afterward declared he had not reached his top gear.
“I have more,” he said.
I’d normally say that we could go fully back to DEFCON 5 -- the lowest state of readiness -- but we should all still be vigilant here and keep things at DEFCON 4. I mean, Pineda could be throwing at 91 AT ANY TIME, and we need to be able to move into panic mode at a moment’s notice.