Indians acquire Yohan Pino to complete Pavano deal
The AP is reporting that the Twins have sent RHP Yohan Pino to the Indians, as the player to be named in the Carl Pavano deal. Pino, who turns 26 in December, has split the year between Double-A and Triple-A, and also between the rotation and the bullpen. His cumulative numbers on the year are 3.03 ERA, 8.6 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, and 1.11 WHIP. He reportedly will join the Columbus rotation this weekend.
Pino has always been a Fausto-like enigma, only for the opposite reason: He's struck out a ton of guys without tremendous stuff, evidently succeeding with deception and excellent command. He was threatening to enter the Twins Top 10 list after the 2007 season, largely on the strength of a July no-hitter in High-A, but he struggled to adjust to Double-A in 2008. He was featured just eight days ago in this brief report by Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus:
Sleeper Alert!
Pino earned some attention when he was first coming up after putting up sub-two ERAs at both Low- and Hi-A, but scouts wondered if his combination of outstanding command and sub-par stuff would play at the upper levels. Those concerns turned out to be legitimate, as Pino struggled at Double-A for two years while also dealing with the occasional injury, but he's beginning to put together his first impressive run at the upper levels. Scouts don't see him as much more than a workhorse type of middle reliever, but at least things are moving in the right direction.
Pino has never been on the 40-man roster, but he'll need to be added in November in order to avoid exposing him to the Rule 5 draft. Given his modicum of youth, effectiveness, and versatility, he seems like a fairly likely selection if left unprotected.
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A guy who throws like that might conceivably be able to pitch longer into his career if he’s effective.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Aug 28, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh wow, that sounds like a person who’s grasping at straws.
Everybody should get ice cream every day.
And your point is?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Aug 28, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d say so. As a deep-depth starter for 2010, you could do worse. Come to think of it, I’m not sure why the Twins wouldn’t want him for that same purpose, but I guess they wanted Pavano more.
In 2009, a flier on Pino is worth more than seeing Pavano make 8 to 9 starts.
In 2010, Pino making a spot start here or there prevents you from doing things like giving starts to Tomo Ohka, Livan Hernandez, or Sindey Ponson.
I always knew Jay was the most interesting man in the world.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Aug 28, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Which, of course, aren’t MLBTR’s original work either. Luckily, when you link the rankings themselves, it’s a link to Scribd.
I gather the Elias reverse-engineering was contributed to MLBTR or commissioned by them, or something. Credit where due, they had something to do with it. And nothing else of value.
MLB TRADE RUMORS DID NOTHING ELSE OF VALUE
by still ill on Aug 29, 2009 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Eddie at Detroit Tigers Thoughts did them, posted them on his own site for a while, then decided to provide them to Dierkes. MLBTR didn’t come up with the idea, do the work or have any input whatsoever that I can see. Comments on Eddie’s blog suggest that they wrote a check. Credit, but only a tiny, tiny amount.
some info on his repertoire:
http://twins.scout.com/2/845132.html
Basically a righthanded version of Scott Lewis.
It does look like there are two different DOB’s out there, one ‘85 and one ’83. He must have seen the one that said ’85. Jay’s link above does show the one that says ’85.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Aug 28, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I checked this out and fangraphs said ‘85, but most other sites have him at ’83. I’ll go with the majority on this.
I did the same – although I was hoping for ‘85, I’m sure the answer is ’83.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Aug 28, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
“My link” is actually the SBN auto-link.
I noticed the discrepancy, but Indians PR says he’s 25, so that’s what I’m going with.
Yep. Wasn’t trying to be a smart-ass nit-pick, just hoping we picked up a couple of years.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Aug 28, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

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