Phillies sign Pineiro on MLC

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A source told ESPN's Jayson Stark that the Phillies and Joel Pineiro have agreed to a minor league contract.
It's hard to believe no one was willing to give Pineiro a guarantee of a couple of million. Perhaps a couple of teams did and the sinkerballer simply preferred to pitch for a sure World Series contender in Philadelphia. Pineiro will make for a great fallback in case Joe Blanton or another starter has a setback this spring.

Pineiro had some shoulder problems last season but did put together a good 2010. He will never be confused for a strikeout pitcher but he can induce groundballs when he's on. He could be a good backup plan if Worley has a sophomore slump.

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Joel was released today.

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First they let Oswalt walk! Then they de-rail the D-Train, now Joel! Will the phillies ever find pitching? Dear god no!