Young New York Yankees righty Michael Pineda has been a revelation so far in 2015, but the problem is that he's on pace to completely obliterate his career-high in innings.
With that in mind, Joe Girardi has made the decision to skip Pineda's next start, giving him 11 days of rest before his next start on June 12th.
“It’s only because of innings,” Girardi said, via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. “This is a guy that has not thrown a lot of innings since 2011. He probably threw [76 1/3] last year; 2011 he threw 171. With these days off, we feel like we can do that without overtaxing the other pitchers.”
The 26-year-old Pineda has posted a 3.33 ERA and a stellar 76/6 K/BB ratio over 70.1 innings so far this season.
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