MJ wrote:

Incidentally, he may lead the team in ERA (3.73) but his FIP is a full run higher (4.76). Sabathia’s got the team-leading FIP at 3.74.

FWIW, 2009 FIP

Joba: 4.76
Chad: 3.68
Sergio: 4.52

clintfsu813 wrote:

Tell us how you really feel, MJ

Just did!

Tell us how you really feel, MJ

I have a feeling that at some point in the next season or two, you might be clmibing back on to the Joba train.
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I can respect his talent (he’s got that in abundance and I fully acknowledge that) but his personality is grating (to me) and nothing (literally nothing) annoys me more than seeing pitchers staked to huge leads who then proceed to walk the ballpark. Inefficient is being kind…

Incidentally, he may lead the team in ERA (3.73) but his FIP is a full run higher (4.76). Sabathia’s got the team-leading FIP at 3.74.

As to my re-joining the Joba train at some point in the future, I suppose I’ll “never say never” but it’ll take a lot for me to get there. The funny thing is that I was a huge, huge fan of his before this season, and not just as a bullpen arm. Maybe an off-season will help but right now, I’m absolutely sick of looking at him or hearing about him. Right now, the sight or sound of his name makes me fu*king sick.

Well, that’s your prerogative, I guess. He has not been efficient, and that makes him unfit to be a top 2 starter at this point, but he is just 23. He lead the rotation in ERA and is 8-2 in his first full season as a starter, so I’ll take it. I have a feeling that at some point in the next season or two, you might be clmibing back on to the Joba train.

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Sounds like Jose Veras Jr. to me.

Career BB/9

JV: 4.94
CG: 4.27

FWIW, Joba’s BB/9 has been trending upwards, he currently sports a 4.44 BB/9 on the season (Gaudin’s @ 4.78 on the year)

Marc Rzepczynski, who the Yanks faced earlier in the year is sporting a 4.81 BB/9…

Anyway, too much is being made of this. Gaudin’s another arm out of the pen that may or may not start. Don’t think he can be much worse than, say, David Weathers…

yagottagotomo1 wrote:

Why is that necessary, MJ? I don’t get what makes him a fat bastard. Did you call him that after his 8 shutout against Tampa?

His obesity makes him a fat bastard.

I’m off the Joba train, irrespective of how he pitches from start to start. Call me consistent like that.

I will give you credit, though: you’re defending Joba the way I defend A-Rod. I hate when people bash A-Rod because he’s my favorite player so I hear where you’re coming from. I just can’t help myself, I’m beyond sick of Joba.

Why is that necessary, MJ? I don’t get what makes him a fat bastard. Did you call him that after his 8 shutout against Tampa?

…missing the strike zone with aplomb…
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Sort of like the fat bastard that started the game for us last night, too.