Girardi audio on Joba
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Podcast on Mar 19, 2008 
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Here’s Joe Girardi talking about the Joba Chamberlain shift:
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Understand this about Joba: He’s a starter. Mariano is signed for three more seasons and Joba is too talented to use in the eighth inning for three seasons. That is a waste of his talent.
Beyond that, the Yankees will likely need at least one starter next season as Andy Pettitte and/or Mike Mussina could retire. They have to get Joba enough innings this season so he can become a full-time starter in 2009.
Based on his having tossed 116 innings last season, Chamberlain will probably be capped around 150 innings this season. That will allow him to get to 180 or 190 in 2009.
Remember, he is only 22 and had injury issues as a junior at Nebraska in 2006. You can’t just flip a switch and expect him to make 33 starts and throw 200 innings. As our friend Will Carroll has pointed out, there needs to a gradual build-up.
The Yankees are handling this the exact right way.
This blog sucks!
phil’s curve looks awesome today!
This blog actually rules. And so does Joba. Eventually, 200+ IP seasons will outweigh and out value the 75 IP seasons he’d accumulate at closer. Good closers are easier to find than ace-caliber starters. Yes, a certain mentality helps closers, but they only have to get three outs in a game. Starters need six or seven times that.
And you are here because?
Anyway Phil gave up a homerun to left, than pop out to very very shallow right, pop out to cf and strike out on 3 nasty pitches.
pete where u hiding?
Is this the game thread?
“Understand this about Joba: He’s a starter.”
Abraham, your wisdom is vast….
mel it is for now.
Strike out of Alex (looking)
Of course no radar on the Pirates telecast…
That ball was hit hard for the homer, but that was a double at best [or in Damon's glove] in the Bronx.
Posada with a wind-aided homerun as well
ugh, that interview was agonizing. i didn’t think it was possible to ask the same question so many times.
The only time Posada should be mentioned is in a sentence with the phrase “needs to relearn how to catch”
I’ve been ragging on Posada all day and no one cares…
Pete, I understand the logic for moving Joba to the rotation eventually. My only question is what happens if Farnsworth and Hawkins prove unreliable and other possibilities in the system (Melancon, Cox, etc.) aren’t ready for the major leagues yet? It’s easy to say that Joba is a starter long term and must be brought in that direction, but would Hank Steinbrenner allow Cashman to risk blowing a championship shot because he can’t get the game from the starters to Rivera?
test. Am I allowed to post yet? I know I’m such a huge spammer.