On January 20 of 2010, the Angels signed Joel Pineiro to be their 5th starter. He wound up with an ERA+ of 106 in 152+ Innings Pitched. That was second best for Angels starters with more than 100 IP in 2010. He started 23 games for the Angels, held up in late July with a ribcage muscle strain for almost two months, he started three games at the end of September, about the time he turned 32. The two year contract for $8 million a season that he signed in January guarantees that Joel will be holding up the back end of the rotation in 2011.
He is not a superstar, he is not an all star, but we got a little better than league average innings for 2/3 of the season from Joel Pineiro and he adds depth for the season ahead, making his 2010 inking of a contract with the club the 5th best moment of the 2010 season.
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Pineiro, like Haren,
are two players for which Reagins deserves kudos for signing.
angelslogic - December 27, 2010
I think its more of the guys he HASNT signed that piss people off
None of his signings or trades have hurt us, its who he hasnt signed
mathisrocks5 - December 27, 2010
Agree.
Sign Beltre or bust.
angelslogic - December 27, 2010
Who was it here that told us the Pineiro signing was about to happen?
I was still kind of new then, but I remember there was somebody here on HH who worked in the same building as Pineiro’s agent and had a few run-ins with somebody from their office in the elevator before the signing went down. It’s stuff like that that helps make the internet awesome.
Commander_Nate - December 27, 2010
T'was "Nashdiesel"
Here…
LAASurfin - December 27, 2010
And clover black predicted 22 starts
It’s cool to go back and look at the comments from a year ago.
johnnyangel101 - December 27, 2010
* 'Twas
and I bodged the link, sort of. Gets you to the right article but well down into the comments…
LAASurfin - December 27, 2010
Joel killed the Dodgers
I went to the Halos at Dodger Stadium this year. Joel killed them. He got on base 3 times and scored 3 runs. The Halos won 10-1. It was a thrill to watch.
Thank you, Joel. Glad to have you back next year.
homercles - December 27, 2010
i was at that game
so awesome to be at
Rev Halofan - December 27, 2010
I was there too!!
Its always awesome to see the Angels hand the Doyers a nice ass whooping so they’re reminded they no longer run shit in L.A.
C.A._Rep_Los_ANGELS - December 27, 2010 via mobile
i was there as well.
10 rows back between home plate-1b
i was laughing my ass off when joel got on base..doyer fans were not happy ..
GFlo311 - December 27, 2010
"Jo-el"
Sounds a bit like Jor-El, Superman’s dad.
yeswecan - December 27, 2010
Hopefully
Joel stays healthy in 2011 and kazmir returns to his form and the halos will have a very cool rotation
Halo fann 2002 - December 27, 2010 via mobile
Definitely happy about that signing . . .
didn’t know at first, but we definitely got our money’s worth and more from him!
AndyHogan14 - December 27, 2010
YA!
Even with him being out at the end for a while we still got out $$ worth lol.
C.A._Rep_Los_ANGELS - December 27, 2010 via mobile
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