Joba’s Comps This Season
Posted by Steve L. on July 26th, 2010 · Comments (7)
It’s not a pretty group. So, why is Chamberlain still in the big leagues right now? It doesn’t seem to make sense, does it?
| Rk | Player | ERA+ 5 | WHIP | G | Tm | IP | BB | SO | ERA | HR | BF | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad Qualls | 53 | 2.114 | 41 | ARI | 35.0 | 15 | 32 | 8.49 | 4 | 179 | .373 | .426 | .544 |
| 2 | Joba Chamberlain | 68 | 1.606 | 43 | NYY | 42.1 | 17 | 47 | 5.95 | 3 | 191 | .295 | .356 | .422 |
| 3 | Tony Sipp | 84 | 1.556 | 42 | CLE | 36.0 | 26 | 40 | 4.75 | 6 | 158 | .236 | .372 | .441 |
| 4 | Jason Frasor | 88 | 1.603 | 43 | TOR | 38.2 | 19 | 41 | 4.66 | 2 | 179 | .276 | .365 | .397 |
| 5 | Bobby Jenks | 89 | 1.569 | 40 | CHW | 36.1 | 16 | 44 | 4.95 | 2 | 166 | .281 | .352 | .377 |
| 6 | Nick Masset | 92 | 1.588 | 51 | CIN | 45.1 | 23 | 51 | 4.57 | 5 | 205 | .278 | .361 | .409 |
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It probably makes as much sense as the fact that Girardi still uses him as the go-to 8th inning reliever….
My bet is that by the end of this week the Yankees will have at least one new part in the bullpen (Downs? Soria? Other?) and that part will take over Joba’s set-up role.
I couldn’t agree more. #62 should’ve opened the year in the minors, should’ve been demoted at least three times since then and certainly isn’t fit to be in the majors now, and yet, the Yanks continue to trot him out there every couple of days when they’re trying to protect a lead.
All of the peripherals suggest that #62 isn’t having as bad a season as the ERA would make it seem but the truth lies somewhere in the middle. He’s still not making good enough pitches when he has to.
The Yanks ruined him and they should be hiding him in the minors, if only to rebuild him into a semi-valuable trade asset. Right now he’s just a fat lump of crap.
“I understand I have to be better and I have to get better.”
Well handing him the ball in the 8th inning with a lead is clearly not the place for him to work on things, it’s called AAA Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Girardi commented that he wasn’t sharp coming out of the pen and that our relievers need to come out of the pen sharp. He also indicated that if Joba put one more runner on that Robertson was going to come in. I think this might indicate that after yesterday’s game no one currently holds the 8th inning role and they are leaning towards Robo.
They are running out of time to send him down too
@ Corey Italiano: How long do they have to send him down?
@ lisaswan:
It’s already almost August, the minor league season only has a month left. Whatever Joba needs down there isn’t going to be solved in a week.
Corey Italiano wrote:
I think there’s a service time issue as well.