[新聞] SI: Joba probably belongs in the' pen

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With the Yankees' current makeup, Joba probably belongs in the 'pen

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The 24-year-old flamethrowing Nebraskan now has 14 big-league starts under
his belt, and thanks to a combination of limited pitch counts, poor run
support, shaky bullpen work and uneven performances, he's won just three of
them. He’s walked at least four batters in five of those starts, and for
every outing in which he's been dominant—such as the one he turned in last
July 25, when he struck out nine batters over seven shutout innings at Fenway
—there’s been one like last Friday's, when he walked five Cleveland
Indians and allowed as many earned runs in 4.2 innings. Chamberlain hasn't
by any means been bad in his cumulative half-season as a starter (3.08 ERA,
9.8 strikeouts per nine innings), but he hasn’t been nearly as effective as
in his 49 career relief appearances (1.53 ERA, 11.9 Ks/9), in which he can
release his 97 MPH fastball and biting slider with impunity, without having
to worry about saving something for the next inning, or the next.


Should Chamberlain falter on Friday night against Boston's power-packed
lineup, the Yankees might want to start considering returning him to the
bullpen full-time, with an eye on making him their closer for the next decade
should the still-incomparable Rivera succumb to injury or, more likely, age.
Rivera will turn 40 years old in November, and even though he's showing no
signs of decline as of yet (he's thrown seven scoreless innings so far in
'09), when that decline comes, it could come fast. Even if Rivera continues
to perform at a Hall of Fame-level for the next couple of seasons, the
Yankees could do worse than to turn Joba into a lights-out, game-shortening
eighth-inning apprentice -- as Rivera was to John Wetteland in 1996, when New
York won the first of four World Series titles in five seasons. And the
bullpen, which is currently sporting a ghastly 6.00 ERA, could certainly use
the help.


The Yankees' decision (and they have thus far given no indication that
they're viewing Chamberlain as anything other than a starter, unless, as
manager Joe Girardi said several times during spring training, "he falls on
his face") might be expedited due to the recent performances of Phil Hughes
and Ian Kennedy, both of whom flunked in their first shots at becoming
members of the rotation as rookies last season. Hughes, who is still just 22,
was impressive this spring and through three starts with Triple-A
Scranton/Wilkes Barre is 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 19.1
innings, and Kennedy has been almost as good in his three Triple-A starts:
1-0, with a 2.00 ERA and 21 K's through 18 frames.

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→ OoyaoO:這裡的Pen是什麼意思？
推 angor:是bullpen嗎??
→ Belladonaa:是
※ 編輯: Belladonaa      來自: 118.160.68.121       (04/25 20:36)
推 micotosai:osiripenpen~
推 akainorei:不好吧
推 Minamii:每次Joba先發投不好或是牛棚放火這個問題就要被拿出來講
推 Minamii:有ACE的本錢不能讓他練個一年再說嗎
推 jeff0323:其實也可以啦
推 iceman0603:這三場先發看起來，球速降了大概5miles，三振數也降低
→ iceman0603:希望是因為球季剛開始的原因
推 Minamii:球速是一定會降的...問題是控球..常常連直球都控不進去
推 kauw:再投幾場看看 說不定當 CLOSER能比SP更大放光芒
推 jeff0323:原本當武器的速球 一旦掉太多 那不就少顆武器 何況不準
→ Belladonaa:Joba 今天有投到 95 96 吧
推 kauw:跟王一樣 速度掉下來後 威脅性就大減..球很好打..
→ OoyaoO:我沒看Gameday 但是今天的槍很歡樂 我看到Lester105mph
→ Belladonaa:NESN槍 Lester 97 Joba 96
推 Beretta:105 mph......=  =
→ Belladonaa:大部分都有 94 95
→ Belladonaa:YES的槍是沿用舊球場的嗎XD
推 leddy:Gameday Joba只有兩顆95, 其他都在92-93左右..
→ leddy:Lester只有1-2個96, 其餘約93-94左右...
推 appshjkli:Gameday的準嗎？
→ OoyaoO:我一直以來對今年Joba的期望都是吃掉160IP 不要DL ERA5↓
→ OoyaoO:這樣我就很滿意了
→ OoyaoO:不過現在王開季居然囧成這樣 肯定沒人料到 對Joba會有影響
→ OoyaoO:我不會去期待Joba把他去年SP的成績複製到這一季的 太豪洨
→ Belladonaa:Gameday 可以當「基準」吧  準不準就不知道了
→ Belladonaa:照 leddy 的講法  NESN 差 Gameday 1MPH 就很吻合
→ appshjkli:嗯,瞭解
推 Alexboo:喔喔 不可能的事變可能了
推 hzc0725:Joba早就練起來啦 沒看到上一場那麼多DP嗎 XD
推 Foulke:Joba今年他的滑球好像從垂直變化變成橫向變化了
→ yyhong68:其實在轉播時， Kay有提這件事，討論Joba球速破95mph
→ yyhong68:的比例，剛開始後援、開始先發、本季，是遞減的
推 jeff0323:期待HUGHES了!!
→ ahuahala:再降就沒得玩了
推 michaellee76:洋基怎麼一直在砸錢 然後一直遇到倒楣事
→ michaellee76:什麼時候才能輝煌一下QQ
→ yyhong68:但不排除是先發時要調節體力，所以不投那麼快
推 jayin07:之前我們輝煌14年啦XD..
推 siliver:三連霸,五年四霸,能比這記錄更輝煌的也只有洋基~~~~
推 noahlin:但2000年後是真的有點衰...
推 ahuahala:這也沒什,現在球隊的補強這麼恐怖,除了實力還要機運罷了
推 michaellee76:這兩季太衰了QQQ
推 chrisinptt:說什麼Ace不Ace..他先發都投的很抖..
→ IsiahZ:Mo從前也是很抖啊,到CL卻變鬼神了(最近不太適合提Mo...orz)