OT: Pineda has labrel tear, out for season

[YogiStewart]

I'm torn.

He was a keeper in my fantasy, but I'm happy we don't have to face him.

was that a psychic pun?

[Hamyltowne]

His xFIP was identical at home and on the road. So his success essentially had nothing to do with Safeco. He was simply a very good pitcher at age 22. Even with the torn labrum the Yankees could easily have gotten the better end of this deal. DH prospects have typically not carried a whole lot of value. And sticking a guy at 1B does not make him any more valuable unless he's actually good at fielding the position. He needs to be a solid MLB catcher for the deal make sense.

To your first point: it's an unbalanced schedule. 'On the road' is, more often than not, in the AL West.

Second point: Montero has started nearly half his games at the backstop. His defense has been slipshod. His bat, however, comes alive when he's behind the plate:

(Small sample size caveat.)

Split G PA HR K BA OBP SLG OPS

as C 16 63 4 9 .339 .365 .610 .975

DH 21 80 1 24 .171 .200 .224 .424

(Edit: And those numbers do not include his game yesterday. He played Catcher and went 3 for 4, with a walk, a run, and an RBI. So add those to his catcher totals.)

He already had a dozen or so games at C when Olivo went on the DL, so his games as C are not all in the past two weeks.

Still, his defense is poor. It presents a veritable dilemma for the Mariners.