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Loss of Pineda a Big Blow to Yankees

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They did the stiff upper lip thing yesterday because what else could the Yankees do.

Michael Pineda is their property now; their damaged property. So the Yankees protected the process that led to Pineda’s acquisition and projected the best possible outcome for his recovery from shoulder surgery. General manager Brian Cashman insisted Pineda was fully vetted with a physical before his trade from Seattle was concluded and that the injury that is going to cost him the whole season was the best possible kind, if you are going to have a major shoulder injury that is.

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