1) Should Joba Chamberlain be in the bullpen?. No he shouldn’t, he should be starting games so he can have performances like these a lot: vs Red Sox, Padres, Blue Jays. The curve to stikeout Ellsbury is my favorite.
2) A salary cap. If you used the same calculation as the NFL does for a salary [...]
Joba Chamberlain Is Pretty Good - Everyone knew Joba was good coming out of the bullpen, which of course led to a lot of stupid arguments saying he should stay there. Well guess what, he was pretty damn good starting games too (which was not really a surprise). His twelve starts were varied but they [...]
Sometimes, I think this team’s Front Office just gave up after Chien-Ming Wang got hurt. While I agree with the decision to keep Phil Hughes on AAA working everything out, you can’t keep both Darrell Rasner and Sidney Ponson in the rotation as long as they have been and expect to win enough games to [...]
The Yankees front office said it was going to happen, but you had to hope it wouldn’t. Joba is officially back in the bullpen as anyone with eyes saw last night. Is it permanent? No. It even makes sense given that the Minor League seasons are pretty much over so he wouldn’t be able to [...]
“We don’t think it’s anything serious,” Girardi said. “I’m not really concerned that he’s going to be shut down for a while, but there’s a chance that he’s going miss a start, and we might have to be a little bit creative.”
Oh my God he is going to be out forever.
This season is going to make like 90% of Yankees fans kill themselves, I swear.
It’s time for my favorite thing in the world, pitching matchups!
Monday, July 28th
Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 3.58ERA, 1.244WHIP) vs Mike Mussina (13-6, 3.26ERA, 1.212WHIP)
Guthrie is a very good young pitcher and has done well on the Orioles. I am still waiting for Mussina to have a bad start very soon because I feel like it’s due [...]
The Yankees avoided a sweep today, thankfully. Yesterday was…a game. Chien-Ming Wang looked okay though not as good as he has in most of his starts (too many walks!) but kept the Yankees in the game, the problem was mostly that dastardly Cliff Lee who absolutely refuses to fall to Earth. Your BaBIP is around [...]
If there is one idea circulating this Spring Training that makes me unreasonably angry it’s the large amount of people in the media who think that the Yankees should keep Joba Chamberlain in the bullpen. I know the bullpen is a weakness, but Joba is really a starter and has several excellent pitches and needs [...]
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Joba’s second start didn’t go by without its bumps, he didn’t show very good command of his fastball in the first inning and wasn’t pitching aggressively. With the kind of stuff he has, Joba really should not be trying to paint corners. He was originally meant to go four innings but hit his pitch [...]
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