Pineda Continues Rehab

We found out that Kevin Youkilis is returning from his oblique scare, but I wanted to share with you some even better news on the injury front...

Michael Pineda threw a 30-pitch bullpen this morning. He threw both fastballs and changeups and gave a big thumbs up afterway in the clubhouse. It was the second time that Pineda threw a 30-pitch bullpen with changeups this spring. Yesterday, Brian Cashman said that the Yankees have been impressed by Pineda’s early work.

It's hard to take news like this that seriously, but I'm really hoping Pineda returns to the team and shuts up all those that have lambasted the Pineda/Montero trade. I understand people that follow our prospects, and want to see them come up with the big club and do well, but the trade made sense. Especially when I look and see that the Mariners had a guy that hit .224/.253/.388 in 2011 start 73 games as their catcher.