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Can Michael Pineda reach 200 innings in 2016?

Upon his arrival in Tampa this week, Michael Pineda announced his objective to reach 200 innings for the first time in his career this season. No pitcher has reached this mark for the Yankees since the 2013 season, when both CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda surpassed that threshold (Kuroda came just one inning short in 2014).

While there is nothing magical about pitching 200 innings in a season per se, it does signify two attributes of a pitcher's performance that year: that he missed few (if any) starts, and that he often pitched his team into and beyond the seventh inning.