Now for the Joba – Hughes debate. I am a very firm believer in Joba as a starter. Now all of a sudden he is considered a reliever because he was in the BP for the playoffs and WS? i can post the article from last summer when Cashman said emphactically that Joba is a starter. No, he won’t go back in the bp. If they had limited his IP early in the season they may not have had to go with 3 pitchers. That last bit about 3 innings, then 4 then 5 was all wrong.

Hughes was in the bp most of the season and did an excellent job – except for the WS where he just plain choked. Joe went with Joba before he did Hughes. So that makes Joba the better reliever material for 2010? Wrong.. Joba is the better pitcher both in the rotation and bp. You take a starter and put him in the pen, of course, he will do well.

This Joba v. Hughes is just plain b.s. The Yankees should just let the two pitch in the rotation because isn’t that what the development was for? If they bomb – they bomb. But if they both succeed then the Yankees have 2 HOME GROWN pitchers to dominate for the next decade.

. . . .NYYROC
December 10th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Please go back and read NYYRoc’s post. It may change your mind.

GB: Is this enough to make you cranky?? I can try harder.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/5819

LOL. We’ve been saying the same thing on another forum; hey, if Victor can do it…

If anything, even with his speed he still manages to retain, Damon’s deterioration is thrown into greater relief because he plays a big left field.

Yankee Stadium LF requires a guy who can cover ground, especially into the gap.

No offense, but comparing Damon’s ability to cover ground – even the hobbled version of him that he is today – to Montero’s precludes serious debate.

One can’t just ignore BPF.

In the context of Yankee Stadium I agree wholeheartedly. In a neutral ballpark, LF is a lower value defensive position due to the arm factor.

I’m talking about Yankee Stadium – not Fenway Park, where the Monster does your running for you.

Yankee Stadium LF requires a guy who can cover ground, especially into the gap.

No offense, but comparing Damon’s ability to cover ground – even the hobbled version of him that he is today – to Montero’s precludes serious debate.

One can’t just ignore BPF.

Montero looks like Pudge, but enlarged and a little thinner.

Yeah, I tend to confuse Pudge and Montero too except for the 7 inches in height difference.

Montero looks like Pudge, but enlarged and a little thinner.

He’s a beast and if he can catch we’re in for a wonderful treat. He just has to be average to below average to be worth it at catcher. Nobody is praising Victor Martinez’s amazing defense… but he’s good enough offensively to account for that. Montero is hopefully a similar case. Maybe not.

We’ll see. I wouldn’t trade him for anyone. No matter who it is, I keep Montero.

What’s more – it would not ever even be under consideration. RF is where slug guys go to hide.

Both corner OF spots are where slugs go to hide. LF is usually easier because it demands less of an arm (as evidenced why Damon and his popgun are in LF).