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Chris Bahr of The Sporting News says that of all the teams that are interested in signing free agent pitcher Joel Pineiro, the Los Angeles Dodgers would benefit the most. Pineiro is the best available starting pitcher on the free agent market, and he would be a strong addition for a team that isn’t expecting him to make an ace-like impact.

Bahr says that Pineiro would bring his veteran presence to an already solid rotation that includes Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw and Hiroki Kuroda. Pineiro has been looking for a Randy Wolf type of deal of three-years, $30 million.

Pineiro, 31, went 15-12 with a 3.49 ERA over 214 innings with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2009 while making $7.5 million. Others teams that are going after or believed to have been going after the pitcher include the Mets, Yankees, Angels, Rays and Mariners.

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