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<div> <font size="2">Granted.  You didn't seem me pushing him as an ERA savior.  But a bunch of wins and K's plus a solid WHIP are more than enough to offset an ERA in the low 4's, which isn't much worse than neutral.</font></div>

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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Pitching Help<br>
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<div class="yiv0149784652MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Michael Pineda will join the Twins around the end of the month and figures to generate a bunch of wins and K's down the stretch--at only
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