Nationals' Israel Pineda: Set for breakout season
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Pindea will open the year with Low-A Hagerstown, Mike Rosenbaum of MLB.com reports.
One of the top catching prospects who has yet to make his full-season debut, Pineda could be primed for a breakout year. He just turned 19, but hit .273/.341/.388 (118 wRC+) with four home runs last year in short-season ball, so he is much more advanced at the plate than most of his peers at the position.
