Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Apr 10, 2009 7:15 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Friday, Apr 10, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Mike Hampton vs Joel Pineiro --> Mostly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 50.   Complete Coverage > ...

Gameday Thread, #9: 4/15 vs. Cardinals
AZ Snakepit — ... Joel Pineiro RHP, 1-0, 2.70 Jon Garland RHP, 1-0, 3.86 ...

Gameday Thread, #9: 4/15 vs. Cardinals
Fanster.com — ... Joel Pineiro RHP, 1-0, 2.70 Jon Garland RHP, 1-0, 3.86 ...

Open Thread: Mets vs Cardinals
Amazin' Avenue — ... New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT Busch Stadium John Maine vs Joel Pineiro --> Clear. Game time temperature around 65. Complete Coverage > ...

Open Thread 4/27: Cardinals at Braves
Talking Chop — ... St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos @ Atlanta Braves Talking Chop Monday, Apr 27, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Turner Field Joel Pineiro vs Jair Jurrjens --> Clear. Game time temperature around 80.   Complete Coverage > ...

Game 19 Recap: Cardinals 3, Braves 2
Talking Chop — ... WP: Joel Pineiro (4 - 0) SV: Ryan Franklin (6) LP: Jair Jurrjens (2 - 2) ...

GameThread: St. Louis Cardinals At Washington Nationals- Game 23 of 162.
Federal Baseball — ... St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals Saturday, May 2, 2009, 1:05 PM EDT Nationals Park Joel Pineiro vs Shairon Martis --> Mostly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 70. ?'s For The DC Faithful... • 21? Anyone? Can Mr. 20 Do It Again? • If Zimmermann Didn't Win, Martis Has To, That's A Rule Or Law, Right? • When is The Real Cristian Guzman Coming ...

Game 29 Thread: Cardinals at Reds
Red Reporter — ... St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Great American Ball Park Joel Pineiro vs Johnny Cueto --> Mostly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 75.   Complete Coverage > ...

The Molina-Lilly Rematch: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Tuesday 5/19, 7:15 CT
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... 2009 - Joel Piñeiro 4-3 7 7 0 0 0 0 45.1 56 25 21 2 7 14 4.17 ...

Open GameThread, 5/29
McCovey Chronicles — ... St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos @ San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles Friday, May 29, 2009, 7:15 PM PDT AT&T Park Joel Pineiro vs Matt Cain --> Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 60.   Complete Coverage > ...

After losing series to NL Central's worst, Rockies draw the division's best
Purple Row — ... W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2009 - Joel Pineiro 5-5 3.86 1.24 25 8 ...

Game #56: Ubaldo Jimenez vs. Joel Pineiro
Purple Row — ... Colorado Rockies @ St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Jun 7, 2009, 12:15 PM MDT Busch Stadium Ubaldo Jimenez vs Joel Pineiro Gameday Link -->Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 85. ...

Rockies Clinch Series Win, Take Fourth Straight: Rockies 7, Cardinals 2
Purple Row — ... deep drive (that still counted as a two-RBI sac fly), Jimenez settled down, retiring 17 in a row at one point. The win was Ubaldo's first in a day game this year. Joel Pineiro (5-6) took the loss for the Cardinals. ...

Game #57: Jason Marquis vs. Brad Thompson
Purple Row — ... WP: Ubaldo Jimenez ( - ) LP: Joel Pineiro ( - ) ...

Bailing Season: NL-Only League Trade
FakeTeams — ... Andrew McCutchen off waivers. Yesterday, I parlayed him and Joel Hanrahan for Ubaldo Jimenez and Laynce Nix. Not a huge trade by anyone's standards. But, I needed a decent starting pitcher that can strike out batters and maybe win some games for me. Plus, I was able to deal Hanrahan. In this league we are only allowed 6 optional moves, and I have already made 4. Jimenez joins Johnny Cueto, Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco, Jorge Delarosa, Joel Pineiro and uggh....Jonathan Sanchez as my starters, with Huston ...

Game 66: Tigers at Cardinals
Bless You Boys —   Rick Porcello (7-4, 3.71) vs.   Joel Pineiro (5-7, 3.99), 8:15 p.m. EST Can the Tigers salvage a win in this series finale with the Cardinals, and head back to Detroit on a semblance of a good note?  Or will they be nursing a five-game losing streak when they return to Comerica Park?  It's going to be a hot night in St. Louis. Rick Porcello ended a personal two-game winless streak by holding the Pirates to one run and six hits over seven innings.  But perhaps more importantly for a struggling ...

Hot Time in the City: Tigers 6, Cardinals 3
Bless You Boys — ... How hot was it at Busch Stadium last night?  The Cards' starting pitcher, Joel Pineiro, couldn't take the heat, crumbling to the ground with a leg cramp after striking out ...

Open Thread: Mets vs Cardinals
Amazin' Avenue — ... Khalil Greene - 3B Fernando Martinez - CF Joel Pineiro - P Luis Castillo - 2B ...

Grounded: Cardinals 3, Mets 0
Amazin' Avenue — ... Tonight was Dave Duncan's grand vision come to life, and one of the most dominant pitching performances of 2009. Joel Pineiro struck out just one Met -- ...

Tuesday's Roto Round Up: Tommy Hanson Shuts Down the Yankees, Joey Votto Returns to the Reds Lineup
FakeTeams — ... He lowered his ERA TO 3.13, but has a 16/15 K/BB ratio. Get Nats GM Mike Rizzo on the phone. MR, Phil Hughes, Yankees-Hughes pitched the 6th and 7th innings last night, giving up no hits and striking out 2. Is Hughes the Yankees new setup man? 1B, Joey Votto, Reds-Votto went 1 for 4 in his return to the Reds lineup, so those of you who missed out on getting him in your lineup, you didn't miss much. SP, Joel Pineiro, Cardinals-Pineiro pitched a complete game ...

Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past
Viva El Birdos — ... Name  K/9 BB/ HR/9 Joel Pineiro     4.2 1.2 0.2 Christy Mathewson   4.7 1.6 0.2 ...

Pitching Leaderboards - Starters
Beyond the Box Score — ... Nick Blackburn 0.433 Edwin Jackson 0.433       GB% Joel Pineiro 59.2% Aaron Cook 58.5% ...

Reversal of Fortune
Viva El Birdos — ... On the one hand we have Joel Pineiro -- a guy who is now 4th in the NL in FIP, a guy who’s walking just 1.17 batters per 9 innings, a guy who’s given up just 2 home runs in nearly 93 innings so far this season. This is the same guy whose FIP was nearly 2 runs higher last season. His HR/9 last season was 1.33 and this year it’s 0.19. Over the first 70+ games this season, he’s been worth 2.5 WAR – 7th among NL pitchers. Over the last 3 years COMBINED, Pineiro has been worth 2.1 WAR. ...

Game 76: Minnesota Twins @ St. Louis Cardinals
Twinkie Town — ... 2009 - Joel Pineiro 6-8 14 14 2 2 0 0 92.2 97 42 35 2 12 40 3.40 1.18 Ever ...

Twins Take Series, Liriano Pitches Well
Twinkie Town — ... Liriano drew Cards starter Joel Pineiro next, which may have been fortunate.  After getting Pineiro, Liriano fought off Tyler Green and ...

The NL All-Star Team, according to chuck
Viva El Birdos — ... offensive numbers, has been slightly below average defensively this year. Pence is not just a token Astro representative. He deserves it based on being 16 RAA on offense and 3 RAA on defense. He’s been absolutely terrific and deserves to be on the team whether the Astros have 5 reps or whether he’s their lone rep. Pitchers: Starter – Tim Lincecum, Giants; Reserves – Javier Vazquez, Braves; Josh Johnson, Marlins; Dan Haren, D-backs; Joel Pineiro, Cardinals; Chad Billingsley, Dodgers; Ubaldo Jimenez ...

Game 78 Thread: Cardinals at Reds
Red Reporter — ... St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds Friday, Jul 3, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Great American Ball Park Joel Pineiro vs Homer Bailey --> Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 80.   Complete Coverage > ...

The Case for Bob Apodaca: Headcases and Ground Balls
Purple Row — ... 2007 and 2008 seemed to lend credence to this pessimistic view, as his GB% had dropped from a career-high 55.2% in 2004 with St. Louis to 47.6% in 2008 with Chicago. While still passable, you couldn't really call him a groundballer. Since arriving in Colorado, Marquis has improved this tally to 57.8%, good for 2nd highest in the majors behind St. Louis' Joel Pineiro. ...

Game Thread #85: Cardinals (46-40) at Brewers (44-40)
Brew Crew Ball — ... St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball Thursday, Jul 9, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Miller Park Joel Pineiro vs Manny Parra --> Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > ...

Joel Pineiro pitches old enough to vote for Rutherford Hayes
Viva El Birdos — ... What's there to say about Joel Pineiro? His success is consistent with the way he's pitched—the results he's gotten are commensurate with the things he's done—but the things he's doing are unimaginable over the course of an entire season. Strikeouts per nine: 3.75; strikeouts to walks: 4.0. That just doesn't look like something a major league pitcher can do now. I have a list, hot off the Baseball-Reference presses: here are the last ten seasons in which a starting pitcher has struck out fewer than four batters a game and had a K:BB of more than ...

Futures Game Pitch f/x
Driveline Mechanics — ... The Cardinals should probably re-sign Joel Pineiro.  I'm not usually a big fan of giving 30+ year olds big contracts after a breakout season (d'oh, Lohse!), but given the Cards dearth of pitching prospects, it should probably be considered.  ...

Future's Game Pitch f/x
Driveline Mechanics — ... The Cardinals should probably re-sign Joel Pineiro.  I'm not usually a big fan of giving 30+ year olds big contracts after a breakout season (d'oh, Lohse!), but given the Cards dearth of pitching prospects, it should probably be considered.  ...

NL-Only 5x5 Keeper League Trade: Tim Lincecum for Nate McLouth and Johnny Cueto
FakeTeams — ... $0-undrafted players do not get a salary Mark Derosa- $0 Ramon Hernandez- $4 I gave up: Nate McLouth-$6 Johnny Cueto-$10 Josh Bard-$3 Mike Fontenot-$8 Lastings Milledge-$10 The main reason I made this deal was not only for Lincecum, but because he, along with my staff of Chad Billingsley, Yovani Gallardo, Ricky Nolasco, Paul Maholm, Jordan Zimmerman and Joel Pineiro, can help me make up 12 points in the pitching ...

SBN's NL Central Round Up: Part II
The Crawfish Boxes — ... than last year's going in, so maybe it's not a surprise the Cubs are struggling, but I did expect better than .500 play.   Charlie Wilmoth (Pirates): I can't disagree with everyone who's been surprised by the Cubs (and I'd add Alfonso Soriano's poor start to their long list of troubles), but the excellent return of Chris Carpenter from injury, along with some really great performances by other Cardinals pitchers (Ryan Franklin, Joel Pineiro, Trever Miller) have to rank up there as well. I suppose ...

Gameday Thread, #92: 7/19 vs. Cardinals
AZ Snakepit — ... Yusmeiro Petit RHP, 0-3, 7.91 Joel Pineiro RHP, 7-9, 3.20 ...

A Tour Around SB Nation
Amazin' Avenue — ... been fun to see Adam Dunn in the Home Run Derby. Phillies - The Good Phight:  Is J.A. Happ lucky or good? NL Central Astros - Crawfish Boxes: This is the most important week in the Astros' season. Brewers - Brew Crew Ball: A look at how the Brewers hit w/ RISP. Cardinals - Viva El Birdos: Mets killer Joel Pineiro is moving into "Esteban Loaiza territory" with his ...

The Matt Holliday Limbo Trade
Viva El Birdos — ... I'll say this: this is a better trade than the offseason rumor that had Holliday going to St. Louis in exchange for Ludwick, who is basically a cheaper version of the same player. It's like the difference between Joel Pineiro, when he was getting beaten into the ground, and ...

Happ y Holliday: Cardinals at Phillies Game Thread, July 24, 2009
The Good Phight — ... St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies Friday, Jul 24, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT Citizens Bank Park Joel Pineiro vs J.A. Happ --> Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.   Complete Coverage > ...

Dodgers Week 16 In Review: Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming
True Blue LA — ... two years. Upcoming Week:  The Dodgers hit the road this week, starting with a four-game set in St. Louis to face the newly-fortified Cardinals lineup featuring recent pickups Matt Holliday and Julio Lugo.  The Dodgers play the weekend in Atlanta, including the ESPN Sunday Night Game of the Week.  The Dodgers are expected to face some tough pitching this week, including Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Joel Pineiro, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe, and Jair ...

A Quick Peek At The Cards
True Blue LA — ... , who is quietly putting together an outstanding season (11-6, 3.55), and a resurgent Joel Pineiro, who has a 2.95 ERA built on shockingly low amounts of walks, homers, and strikeouts.  The Cardinals starting staff lead the National League in inning per start, at 6.2. ...

Dodgers Come Up Empty In St. Louis, 10-0
True Blue LA — ... and torch industry.  The Dodgers will almost certainly add a pitcher or two over the next few days.  There are a lot of rumors out there...some credible, but almost all baseless, and no reason to get worked up.  I am certain of this: No matter who the Dodgers acquire, they won't trade Chad Billingsley, and they won't trade tomorrow's starter Clayton Kershaw.  If you hear otherwise, don't believe it. Back to the grind tomorrow night:  Kershaw vs. Joel Pineiro. WP - Adam Wainwright (12-6):  8 ...

The Road Map
Viva El Birdos — ... years to guys firmly in their declining years is a losing proposition. I realise DeRosa has actually gotten better as he's moved past what would normally be a player's peak years, but that won't hold forever. If he accepts arbitration, you've got a great situation; a gifted offensive player on a one-year deal. But we've seen the Cardinals in the past get tied to long-term deals with players who are falling off the cliff, and brother, it ain't pretty.  Arbitration for Joel Pineiro. Have I mentioned before how much the details of the Kyle ...

53-48; On No-Hit Bids
Lookout Landing — ... hit his 500th career double. Joel Pineiro struck a guy out. It's cool when you get to witness something rare, but I still don't think that that alone is a good enough reason for people to get so invested in no-hitters. ...

Too early to celebrate, but...
Viva El Birdos — ... (You know he’s a terrible hitter, right? I mean Viva El Stinko! For his career he’s a .100/.129/.111 hitter w/ a MINUS 36 OPS plus!) On the mound he’s been absolutely terrific and I’ll be the first to admit being way off in my expectations of him. I thought the VEB community was far too optimistic in expecting 119 innings out of him and he’ll reach that this week (God-willing!). Right now he leads the league in ERA and is tied for the lead in HRs against. Only our very own Joel Pineiro has given up fewer walks than Carp (all these stats are among ...

Fantasy Baseball: NL-Only Top 20 Starting Pitchers Over Last Two Months
FakeTeams — ... There are a few surprising guys on this list that you may want to target with your league's trade deadline coming up, should you need starting pitchers. You also may want to watch to see if they can maintain this level of performance over the last two months of the season, and target them in your 2010 drafts. The surprising names for me are Jordan Zimmerman, Jason Marquis, John Lannan, Joel Pineiro and Clayton Kershaw. There is one ace starter who is missing from this list-Johan Santana. ...

Fig Nuthin': Diamondbacks 6, Mets 5
Amazin' Avenue — ... scoring chance -- to a crashing halt. One bright spot for the Mets' offense was Pagan, who reached base three times and makes me eat crow everytime I portend his imminent demise. I still assert that he'll have a sub-.300 on-base percentage before the season closes, assuming he doesn't suffer some arbitrary injury before then. Funny thing I observed: Pagan has six triples in 128 at-bats this season, which seems like a lot. Johan Santana takes on Joel Pineiro at 7:10pm Tuesday as the Cardinals roll into town for a ...

Open Thread: Mets vs Cardinals
Amazin' Avenue — ... Joel Pineiro #35 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals ...

Best Win Of The Season: Cardinals 12, Mets 7
Amazin' Avenue — ... Wow. What a win! This game is a perfect example of why I love baseball so much. Joel Pineiro, who has been so good for most of this season, didn't have anything resembling his best stuff tonight and the ...

Game 113 Open Thread -- August 9, 2009
Viva El Birdos — ... down. But I really believe that we've seen the real thing this year. You can put lipstick on a pig for 3-4 starts but not for 21. Hopefully we'll see today what we've seen for most of the season and not what we saw Tuesday. As for Zach Duke...well, he's a serviceable starter -- a lefty who's a decent 3rd or 4th starter. But when I saw that he'd been named to the All-Star team to replace Jonathan Broxton, I almost collapsed. No Javier Vazquez. No Joel Pineiro. No Chris Carpenter. Zach friggin' Duke? Seriously? ...

Looking to 2010: Pitching
Camden Chat — ... the Baltimore Orioles: Brandon Backe, Miguel Batista, Bartolo Colon, Jose Contreras, Tom Glavine, Mike Hampton, Livan Hernandez, Randy Johnson, Jason Marquis, Kevin Millwood, Brian Moehler, Brett Myers, Vicente Padilla, Carl Pavano, Brad Penny, Odalis Perez, Andy Pettitte (although if he was on the Orioles he at least couldn't kick their asses a couple times a year), Joel Pineiro, Jason Schmidt, Jarrod Washburn, Todd ...

Open Thread, 8/15: Padres vs Cardinals
Gaslamp Ball — ... Yadier Molina - C Nick Hundley - C Julio Lugo - SS Tim Stauffer - P Joel Pineiro - P ...

An Open Letter from Christy Mathewson
Viva El Birdos — ... It is I—the ghost of Christy Mathewson. I daresay I did not expect to be "posting" a column in such a fashion when I woke to follow this year's pennant race, but so many odd things have happened here in A.D. 2009 that to-day's peculiarities hardly surprise me at all. Nevertheless I have been asked by your magazine's editor to pen a new edition of my column, Pitching in the "Pinch", on the occasion of having left the body of your work-horse pitcher, Joel Pineiro, and I intend here to discuss my reasons for—and the efficacy ...

Around the Mission: 8/21 Padres Links
Gaslamp Ball — ... ownership hitting home runs Gone is the resentment over the Jake Peavy trade. Disappearing too is the anxiety as to whether every star with every big contract, like Adrian Gonzalez and Heath Bell, would be next to move. Now there is confidence. Now there is hope. Now there is belief in the leadership. Now there is trust. Padres can't overcome St. Louis slam | padres.com: News Brendan Ryan hit a second-inning grand slam and Joel Pineiro limited the Padres to one run in 7 2/3 innings as the ...

Saturday Morning Astros, etc Round Up
The Crawfish Boxes — ... kids' idols. In a completely different kind of story, an illegal immigrant was found dead yesterday on the grounds of Chipper Jones' southwest Texas ranch. I have no experience in ranching, or owning a ranch, or even being on a ranch, but I could imagine that on a piece of land that big it would be very difficult to comb it piece by piece in search of anything fishy. I'm also guessing that this happens pretty frequently, it's just that we don't hear about it. Hey, Joel Pineiro: why don't you come play for the Astros next season? ...

Astros at Cardinals Series Preview: My, oh my what difference a month makes
The Crawfish Boxes — ... better than Wandy's, but doesn't necessarily indicate a better ability to limit runs allowed coming into tonight.  Matt Holliday's career platoon split suggests that Wandy may be able to neutralize one of the Cardinals main offensive weapons as of late and that combined with Wandy's utter mastery of Albert Pujols over the years should take some of the pressure of the offense to score runs in spades. Roy Oswalt vs. Joel Pineiro Wednesday's match-up provides another opportunity ...

Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Aug 26, 2009 7:15 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Roy Oswalt vs Joel Pineiro --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85. Complete Coverage > ...

Breaking down the Cy
Viva El Birdos — ... In looking over these numbers, the first thing I notice is that Joel Pineiro’s going to get screwed in the Cy Young voting. He ought to be in this group but w/ Carp and Wainwright having such outstanding years, Pineiro’s not going to get many votes at all. They’re bigger names w/ more wins and Pineiro’s fantastic season is going to be relatively unnoticed by the voters. ...

Game Thread #131: Brewers (64-66) at Cardinals (77-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Braden Looper vs Joel Pineiro --> Clear. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. Complete Coverage > ...

Cardinals 7, Brewers 6
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Joel Pineiro (14-9) L: Braden Looper (11-7) S: Ryan Franklin (36) HR: Casey McGehee (12), Albert Pujols (42), Matt Holliday (20) MVP: Casey McGehee (+.282) LVP: Todd Coffey (-.351) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage The Brewers got a decent start from Braden Looper tonight, probably about what they expect from him: six innings, four earned runs on eight hits, a walk and a strikeout, and a home run allowed to Albert Pujols. It was Looper's 33rd ...

Game Thread #132: Brewers (64-67) at Cardinals (78-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Joel Pineiro (14 - 9) ...

Game Thread #133: Brewers (64-68) at Cardinals (79-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Joel Pineiro (14 - 9) ...

Looking ahead to the Astros in 2010; The Cyclical Nature of Sports
The Crawfish Boxes — ... up with a plan to give Brian Bogusevic regular playing time in the outfield. Chris Johnson? He should have every chance to win the third-base job. Same with Jason Castro behind the plate. Echoing our own DQ? Stop it right now, Richard! He caps it all off with a push to sign pitching: Among the free agents: Justin Duchscherer, Rich Harden, John Lackey, Carl Pavano, Brad Penny, Joel Pineiro, Kiko Calero, Fernando Rodney, Billy ...

Stuff
Viva El Birdos — ... The league's DP% for pitchers is 11%. That is to say that the average NL pitcher is 7% more likely to get a strikeout than a double play in a DP situation and the likelihood of a batter reaching base when he hits the ball is 3 times greater than the likelihood of him hitting into a double play. Therefore, in most cases, I'd rather NOT intentionally walk hitters to set up the double play. Why add an extra base runner when a DP just isn't that likely? Among Cards' pitchers, only Joel Pineiro, ...

Open Thread 9/11: Braves at Cardinals
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Braves St. Louis Cardinals Nate McLouth - CF Skip Schumaker - 2B Martin Prado - 3B Brendan Ryan - SS Garret Anderson - LF Albert Pujols - 1B Brian McCann - C Matt Holliday - LF Yunel Escobar - SS Ryan Ludwick - RF Adam LaRoche - 1B Colby Rasmus - CF Omar Infante - 2B Mark DeRosa - 3B Ryan Church - RF Yadier Molina - C Jair Jurrjens - P Joel Pineiro - P 0 recs | Comment 3 comments | Add comment [image] ...

At least it wasn't the NLDS
Viva El Birdos — ... But if you're worried that Franklin might be totally cooked now, your real concern ought to be the rotation—it's Franklin writ large, but with much better players. Certainly Wainwright might really be this good; certainly Carpenter was once this good and this healthy; certainly Joel Pineiro, uh, has had a fine season. But all at once? That's how World Series teams are made, to be honest—lots of players peaking at once, some who you never thought had it in them. But it's only clear that those players kept it together long enough to see their Norm ...

Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Cardinals (9/16)
FishStripes — ... Florida Marlins @ St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, Sep 16, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT Busch Stadium Josh Johnson vs Joel Pineiro --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.   Complete Coverage > ...

St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, Sep 22, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Minute Maid Park Joel Pineiro vs Yorman Bazardo --> Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > ...

Reflection
Viva El Birdos — ... threw only a handful of innings while trying to come back from elbow surgery and Joel Pineiro earned his El Pinata nickname, 2009  looked a tad worrisome for the Cardinal rotation. ...

2009 NL Playoff Preview: Pitching Rotation - Graph of the Day
Beyond the Box Score — ... rules the roost in St. Louis, and his shockingly good even-for-the-NL 178 ERA+ bears that out. With a 2.75 FIP and an exact 4.00 K/BB, and a 1.01 WHIP, he simply doesn't let players get on base. Also impressive is his 0.35 HR/9 (!), second in all of the Major Leagues--to Joel Pineiro's 0.31 HR/9 (!!). Combine that with Wainwright's 7.93 K/9 and 0.66 HR/9, and we're looking at a team that simply does not give up home runs. If you're Philly, this is the team you should fear. ...

NLDS Preview(?) Preview
Purple Row — ... Give those numbers to one starting pitcher with a good offense and you may have a Cy Young candidate.  But that's the entire staff.  We'll get the top two in the rotation in Carpenter and Wainwright.  Joel Pineiro has been bumped back a start, so we'll get a bit of a break with Kyle Lohse taking the bump, but that rotation is scary, even with Lohse in it. ...

Game 157 Thread: Cardinals at Reds
Red Reporter — ... St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Great American Ball Park Joel Pineiro vs Homer Bailey --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60.   Complete Coverage > ...

Homers in the lineup, Homer's on the mound. Can't nobody beat us, we're the best damn team around! Reds win, 7-2.
Red Reporter — ... 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 7 8 0 WP: Homer Bailey (7 - 5) LP: Joel Pineiro (15 - 12) Complete ...

Wednesday Afternoon/ Early Game Open Thread -- 30th September, 2009
Viva El Birdos — ... --It's a shame the Cards couldn't have tried to pry Homer Bailey away from the Reds when his stock was at its lowest. He still has a great arm and looks as if he may be putting it together. He isn't a finished product yet, by any means, but he's also still only 23 years old and extremely talented. A nice lesson to be had here in not moving talent just because it doesn't come along as quickly as you might have hoped.  -- I don't ever, ever, ever want to see Joel Pineiro face Jay Bruce again. Ever. I suppose we all knew Jo-El ...

Game Thread #161: Brewers (78-82) at Cardinals (91-69)
Brew Crew Ball — ... and Joel Pineiro, so he could be making his final 2009 start today. Lohse has thrown just 111.2 innings this season and his ERA is a full run higher than last year's, so he's off to a great start on the four year/$41 million contract he signed over the offseason. He's having a hard time finishing strong this season: over eight starts in August and September he's posted a 6.48 ERA in 33.1 innings. He only lasted four innings in his only start against the Brewers this season, and picked up the loss, allowing four runs on four hits. He pitched a scoreless ...

Game Thread #162: Brewers (79-82) at Cardinals (91-70)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Sunday, Oct 4, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Jeff Suppan vs Joel Pineiro --> Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around . Complete Coverage > ...

MVC! MVC!
Viva El Birdos — ... 4. Joel Pineiro -- $14.4 M. Who’da thunk this guy’d be this good this year. I still have no idea really what to expect of him in the playoffs but the very idea that he’s our #3 starter in the postseason is astounding considering how bad he was last year. He’s thrown 209 innings and been worth 45 RAR b/c of a 3.23 FIP. He’s become nearly a 5 win player – 4.9 – this season, worth $21.9 M on the free agent market. Unbelievably, he’s likely priced himself out of our price range. ...

A Brief Look At The Cardinals
True Blue LA — ... at 3.46 and 3.45, respectively. Both were in the top ten in baseball in innings per start, at 6.9 each. Carpenter has pitched seven innings or longer in 18 of 28 starts, and gave up more than three runs in a game just three times all season.  He's also a control artist, having walked more than two batters only thrice this year.  Wainwright pitched seven innings or more in 21 of 34 starts, and allowed more than three runs only seven times. Don't forget about Joel Pineiro Cardinals' pitching coach Dave Duncan should ...

Playoff Worrying In Particular
Viva El Birdos — ... I've saved the most worrisome for last; so finally we've gotten to Joel Pineiro's tentative transformation back into Joel Pineiro. The strikeouts are fine; they're up, actually. The home run rate had to come up eventually, though I didn't expect him to give up 46% of his seasonal home run total in the last month of the year. But his command, the supernatural aversion to walks that characterized the first five months of the Joel Pineiro Comeback Spectacular—gone. Four strikeouts and less than one walk per nine is Christy Mathewson; Four and a half ...

Fixing the Royals: A Future GM's Take on This Offseason and Beyond
Royals Review — ... his 30 starts and gets his 180+ innings. To be honest I wouldn't mind having him on my team. The question is, is he an improvement over Bannister and Davies? Jason Marquis: 15-13, 4.04 ERA He's unspectacular. He's healthy and a workhorse. He's never been great and wouldn't be much better than a 3 or 4. Still, on the back of 15 wins he'll draw plenty of attention. Probably more attention than we're willing to pay him. Joel Pineiro: 15-12, 3.49 Very enigmatic. Formerly a ...

Dodgers, Cardinals Set Rosters for NLDS
True Blue LA — ... Cardinals Catchers (2): Yadier Molina, Jason LaRue Infielders (7): Albert Pujols, Skip Schumaker, Julio Lugo, Brendan Ryan, Mark DeRosa, Troy Glaus, Old Friend Joe Thurston Outfielders (4): Matt Holliday, Colby Rasmus, Ryan Ludwick, Rick Ankiel Starting Pitchers (4): Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Joel Pineiro, one of John Smoltz or Kyle Lohse ...

The Big Book of Available Pitchers
Amazin' Avenue — ... Penny has always been inconsistent year-to-year, now he seems to have reached the point where he's going from bad to worse.  In his last 150+ip he's posted an ERA around 5.50 and he's giving up more longballs than ever.  His fb velocity is actually up this year but that was never the problem; Penny looks nearly done to me. __________________________________________________________________________________________  Joel Pineiro  ...

Dodgers Cash In Gift, Send Cardinals To Brink Of Offseason Holliday
True Blue LA — ... Here's a link to Vin Scully's call of the game-winning hit on KABC. Friday is a time to rest, and bask in the commanding 2-0 series lead.  Vicente Padilla will face Joel Pineiro Saturday at 3:07pm. The game times have been determined for the rest of the series.  Game four, if necessary, will be played Sunday at 12:37pm Pacific time.  If both NL division series go to a fifth game, Tuesday will be played at 6:37pm at Dodger Stadium.  If the other NL series is over, game five will be at 5:07pm. WP - ...

Fantasy Baseball: Why Wins Are Impossible to Predict
FakeTeams — ... 3rd 15 game winner was Joel Pineiro, who came out of nowhere in 2009 to post his best season ever. He accomplished this by increasing his K/BB ratio from 2.3 to 3.8 and his GB/FB ratio from 1.69 to 2.26, and lowering his HR/FB% from 8.6% to 4.3% and his BB% from 5.4% to 3.1% in 2009. ...

Once more, for those in the back
Viva El Birdos — ... The irony now is that our chances are dependent on another pitcher who made a huge leap forward this year and has regressed somewhat as the year has drawn to a close. Joel Pineiro’s regression hasn’t been as dramatic as Franklin’s, but after being nearly unhittable most of the summer, Pineiro’s August ERA was 4.19 and his September/October ERA was 4.98. After giving up 3 home runs in the first 4 months of the season, he gave up 3 in August and 5 in September/October. His walks are slightly up as well, but the biggest problem is that he’s not getting ...

Padilla, Dodgers Look To Close Out Cardinals
True Blue LA — ... have rightfully shared the spotlight this season, but Joel Pineiro has had a fine season, finishing 9th in the league in FIP (3.31) and ...

2009 MLB Playoffs: Day 4
Red Reporter — ... Los Angeles Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct 10, 2009, 6:07 PM EDT Busch Stadium Vicente Padilla vs Joel Piñeiro --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55.   Complete Coverage > ...

Fantasy Baseball: NL Sub-3.50 ERA Leaderboard
FakeTeams — ... , and Joel Pineiro, but they all gave you solid performance throughout the year. Everybody on this list, with the exception of Kershaw, gave you double digit wins as well. Take out Wolf, ...

GameThread: Saturday's NL Division Series
Camden Chat — ... Dodgers @ Cardinals - 6:07 PM (Dodgers lead 2-0) St. Louis has their backs to the wall after losing a heartbreaker in game 2. The matchup is Joel Pineiro vs. Vicente Padilla. Pineiro had a very good 2009 and Vincente Padilla did not. Actually that's not really true. He was pitching for Texas to start the year, and wasn't great. He was good enough to keep a spot in the Orioles, probably, but Texas was in the playoff race and dropped him. The Dodgers picked him ...

NLDS Game 3 Chat
True Blue LA — ... Today's game will determine whether the next start for Chris Carpenter will be on three days rest or 179 days rest. Vicente Padilla and Joel Pineiro have started against one another just one previous time in their career.  On April 20, 2006, Padilla allowed just one run over seven innings for the Rangers, while Pineiro allowed three runs in 5.1 innings for the Mariners.  Neither pitcher got a decision in the 4-3 Texas win.  Pineiro appeared as a reliever twice in games started by ...

10/10: Open NLDS Thread
Lookout Landing — ... Mark DeRosa - 3B Russell Martin - C Brendan Ryan - SS Vicente Padilla - P Joel Pineiro - P ...

MLB Playoffs Open Thread
Bless You Boys — ... Only one playoff game today, as the American League takes the day off, and the second part of today's NLDS doubleheader is postponed.  Due to cold weather and snow, Game 3 of the Phillies-Rockies series at Coors Field has been pushed back to tomorrow night at 10:07 ET.   So that leaves the Dodgers and Cardinals as the only baseball of the day.  Vicente Padilla and Joel Pineiro are the starting pitchers for L.A. and St. Louis, respectively. On the schedule tonight, all ...

Saturday's Playoff Action Open Thread
Brew Crew Ball — ... There's only one game tonight, as the Rockies and Phillies have been postponed in Denver. So tonight, it's Vicente Padilla and the Dodgers taking on Joel Pineiro and the Cardinals at 5:07. Who you got?

Open Thread 1: Playoffs Day 4
Athletics Nation — ... Only one game today, with PHI-COL snowed out. The Dodgers try to sweep the Cardinals in St. Louis, with Joel Pineiro throwing for STL and Vicente Padilla throwing for the Dodgers (or is it "at the Cardinals"?).

NLDS Watching Thread
Purple Row — ...   0 Complete Coverage > Joel Pineiro #35 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals ...

Padilla, Dodgers Finish Sweep of Cardinals
True Blue LA — ... The Dodgers battered Cards' starter Joel Pineiro with four singles, two doubles, and a home run, scoring four runs in his short four innings of work.  On the night, the Dodgers scored all their runs with two outs: ...

It ended as it began
Viva El Birdos — ... This is a strikezone plot of Joel Pineiro’s pitches from last night’s game. The problem is that his pitches are scattered all over the strike zone, w/ as many pitches being in the middle of the zone and above as there are in the middle of the zone and below. In order to have a successful outing, he needed to stay around the bottom of the zone and he just didn’t. And when he didn’t, they belted him. That’s the bottom line – Pineiro has a very small margin for error b/c he can’t throw the ball past hitters. If he’s not around the knees, he’s going ...

How to spend your winter vacation
Viva El Birdos — ... The season's over. No more worrying about Joel Pineiro's wavering devotion to the sinker, no more worrying about ...

MLB Trade Rumors: Albert Pujols to Become a Free Agent?
FakeTeams — ... a new rumors article over at Foxsports.com yesterday, and now that the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs, he is speculating that Albert Pujols could become a free agent when his contract runs out after the 2011 season. Pujols has always said he wants to play for a winner, and will not be so quick to sign a long-term extension this offseason until after he see what the Cardinals do to replace free agents Matt Holliday, Mark DeRosa, Joel Pineiro and John Smoltz. Here is an excerpt from him ...

Thoughts on the 2009 Mariners
Lookout Landing — ... to produce a group of players that I found myself constantly energized to follow. The bullpen was one giant new question mark, we had new hitters all over the place and remarkably some of them were quite good. There was a time when our rotation consisted of Felix (Whoo!), Washburn (how long can he keep this up?!), Rowland-Smith (whoo), Bedard (please stay heal-aw dammit) and Vargas (… I like your changeup…). There was no Batista, no Silva, no Horacio Ramirez, no Joel Pineiro, no Ryan Franklin; nobody that I hated. There were ...

Albert Pujols freakout #1
Viva El Birdos — ... most rational course for the Cardinals would be to attribute their shocking elimination to the randomness of a best-of-five series, and try again next season. If only it were that simple. The Cardinals are at a crossroads. They cannot bring back the same club and count on better postseason luck in 2010. Too much in their world is fluid. Left fielder Matt Holliday, third baseman Mark DeRosa and right-hander Joel Pineiro are among their potential free agents. ...

Non-Tender Candidate: Jeremy Reed
Amazin' Avenue — Note: If a team decides to not offer a contract to an unsigned player on the 40 man roster, the player is non-tendered and becomes a free agent.  Per Tim Dierkes at MLBTradeRumors, some former non-tendered players include David Ortiz, Joel Pineiro, Jayson Werth and Takashi Saito. Jeremy Reed initially looked like an unspectacular yet promising pick-up in the J.J. Putz trade. He was once a top prospect, tearing up the minor leagues and the majors in a brief 2004 call-up. Some put him on ...

Fantasy Baseball: 2009 FIP Leaders
FakeTeams — ... Joel Pineiro is another guy that stands out only for his low LOB% of 66.9%. His FIP wasn't much lower than his ERA, so I have to explain that is due to how low WHIP of 1.14. ...

Bill James and Pitchers
Viva El Birdos — ... But the pitchers... well, they were too good last year. I am expecting any and all things to happen this year to make up Joel Pineiro's completely unexpected and not-quite-long-enough trip into the dead ball era, and that's without even considering ...

Get Ready to Shred. Blueline's Offseason Suggestions
Federal Baseball — ... 7) Joel Pineiro (Type B), STL - I don't advocate signing 31-year-old pitchers with poor strikeout rates coming off of career years, but Pineiro could give the Nats a decent legitimate #3 starter.  Now, if only they really had a legitimate #1 and #2 starter. ...

Community Projections: Future Young Pitchers of St. Louis
Viva El Birdos — ... He seems like a sure bet to start the season in the bullpen, but as good and self-assured as he looked, he didn't strike anybody out. That's unfair. He struck out a few more batters than Joel Pineiro did. With a 95 mph fastball. As with McClellan himself, the numbers simply didn't match the number, his 2.02 ERA. In general it's a bad idea to take a reliever with a low strikeout rate and make him a starter, but maybe his stuff simply doesn't benefit from the bullpen like it seemed to? Or maybe the strikeout rate is a fluke. This'll be a tough one to ...

Keeping the Seat Warm
Viva El Birdos — ... If the Cardinals can't sign Matt Holliday, would it be prudent to re-sign Joel Pineiro?  I have no idea what kind of money he's going to be offered and the Cardinals already have some significant dollars locked up in their starting rotation.  Also, I'm not sure I've fully recovered from my revulsion of the first Pineiro contract. ...

WIndow shopping the 2010 Free Agent Class
True Blue LA — ... Miguel Tejada SS No Joel Pineiro SP Tepid ...

Type-B personalities
Viva El Birdos — ... first rounder in 2010, leaving the Cardinals stuck with a second rounder should he end up bolting for Queens. I hate to root for the Red Sox, ever, for anything, but they do have the 29th pick...  TYPE B Mark DeRosa: This also seems pretty obvious. I don't want the Cardinals to resign DeRosa, because his versatility is of questionable value for this team at this point in time, but I don't doubt that somebody will.  Joel Pineiro: Do it. Are the Brewers looking for another ...

Take the Braves out of the running for these free agents
Talking Chop — ... are the free agents this off-season who are represented by the Wasserman Group, and are therefore off-limits to the Braves (courtesy of MLBTR): Wilson Betemit Aaron Boone Nomar Garciaparra Jason Giambi John Grabow Rich Harden Shawn Hill Reed Johnson Jason Kendall Hideki Matsui Jason Michaels Guillermo Mota Vicente Padilla Wily Mo Pena Joel Pineiro Matt Treanor Randy Wolf Omar ...

The Flea Market
Viva El Birdos — ... JOHN: I know, thanks. What are you doing here? I made the same mistake you did, but that Joel Pineiro in the right-handers aisle, his name sounds exactly like it's spelled. Your guy's at Target this year. ...

Sunday Rockpile: What the Mets can learn from the late Larry Walker-era Rockies
Purple Row — ... , and the Maine/Perez/Pelfrey trio that they already have are probably due for some sort of rebound, but even if you add Joel Pineiro and ...

Wainwright for Carpenter, Carpenter for Wainwright, Somebody for DeJesus
Viva El Birdos — ...  on record as being Spartacus. (I would have liked one more, maybe PINEIRO: Why Joel Pineiro should win the Cy Young.)  ...

Exploiting Inefficiencies In The Pitching Market
Amazin' Avenue — ... 3.8 17.1 2 John Lackey 31 3.9 2 5.6 3.5 15.6 3 Joel Pineiro 31 4.8 0.9 0.6 3.0 ...

Gold Glove Fielding: Yet another reason why Ubaldo Jimenez is awesome
Purple Row — ... Next, I want to take a look at % of balls in play - meaning anything that isn't a K, BB, HR, or HBP. Top 5 there are Joel Pineiro (STL), ...

The Bill James Handbook 2010
Amazin' Avenue — ... cracking the top ten at first base in the Fielding Bible Awards, collecting 19 total points (a first place vote is worth ten points; a ninth place vote is worth nine points, etc.). Ryan Church finished sixth among right fielders; Jeff Francoeur finished 14th. Luis Castillo has the worst three-year plus/minus rating among second basemen at -28, tied with Dan Uggla. Free agents Jason Marquis (#1), Jon Garland (#3), and Joel Pineiro (#5) are among the top fielding pitchers over the past ...

Free Agent Second Basemen Valuation
Amazin' Avenue — ... (and free agent groundballer Joel Pineiro, if they elect to show interest in him) they'll be even more compelled to replace Castillo. ...

Free Agent Starting Pitching: BCB Weighs In
Brew Crew Ball — ... ERA north of 4 since 2003.  The Red Sox are asking about him, the Brewers should too.) (Note 3: Shawn Hill is cheap, a sinkerballer, often injured, and one of the few ex-Expos out there not yet 30. A perfect flier for the Brewers.) Here's the list: Aroldis Chapman, LHP who throws 100 MPH, albeit erratically Randy Wolf Rich Harden Erik Bedard Andy Pettitte Joel Pineiro Jarrod Washburn Ben Sheets ...

Rumor: O's inquire about Kevin Millwood
Camden Chat — ... up, Millwood is also going to make $12M in 2010. That would make him the highest paid Oriole. Surely the Orioles could find a better way to spend $12 million. I'm certain of it.  I know the Orioles want a veteran starter. I understand their thinking, even. But if they want to find a starting pitcher who will probably be equal to Millwood in production and who won't cost $12M and a prospect, all they need to do is consult the free agent tracker. Might I suggest Joel Pineiro?  The Orioles do not need a 35 year old ...

Jason Marquis vs. Bill James vs. CHONE vs. Marcel vs. RMN
Purple Row — ... Fourth, and it's not on this chart here, but his 55.6 GB% was just absurd. Absolutely ridiculous. He fully credited pitching coach Bob Apodaca in fixing his sinker, and man did he fix it, good for 3rd highest in baseball, behind Joel Pineiro's absurd 60.5% and ...