Michael Pineda Might Have To Make An Adjustment Soon  What have
we learned  It's often said about pitchers who come up from the
minors that it takes a little while for the book to go around,
and that after some time the league might adjust to them. It's
with that in mind that I want to highlight something from ESPN
Dallas, brought to my attention by Ryan Divish on Twitter the
other day:  Mitch Moreland said he glanced up at the pitch count
tracker at Safeco Field before his at-bat in the fifth inning
and noticed Michael Pineda had thrown first-pitch strikes to all
but two hitters. So he told himself that if he got anything up
in the zone, he was going to "let it loose." Pineda served up a
95 mph fastball and Moreland crushed it. He knew it was out the
minute he hit it, but admitted he was surprised it went as far
up in the seats as it did.  Moreland noticed that Pineda had
been throwing a ton of first-pitch strikes. Before long, you
have to figure that this'll become common knowledge. Pineda's
currently third