i love jose oquendo

oquendo leaves pineiro off puerto rican rotation. apparently pineiro is still under the assumption he pitches well. ballsy move by oquendo here, he leaves off his own player for ian snell and jon sanchez.

*finally snell's nationality comes to light. he's from delaware? his given name was ian oquendo so possible relation?

snell and sanchez despite taking their lumps last year are probably better options than pineiro. i'm still a bit skeptical of the improvement in his walk rate. if it's real then the cardinals could really get some useful innings out of him. he posted a solid ground ball rate of 48.5% last year along with a very low walk rate of 2.1/Game. His era last year of 5.15 was more than likely a bit unlucky as his balls in play average was a bit higher (.318) than his career average (.302). to go along with that his xfip (4.43)was lower than the below replacement level era that he put up in '08.