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09/03: Joba Chamberlain's Innings to Be Limited in 2009

Posted by: Patrick

This was probably a fairly safe assumption at this point, given how the team has handled Joba, but Ed Price reports that the Yankees will be limiting the work of Joba Chamberlain in 2009.

"He had an innings limit this year that he didn't meet," general manager Brian Cashman said. "Would he exceed that innings limit next year? You wouldn't want to do that, as simple as that." ...

"If someone adds a significant amount of innings from the previous year (to get to) an area where they've never been, history says that those guys either have breakdowns or significant underperformance."

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Tomas wrote:

I think Joba needs to be in the starting rotation next year. The reason I think he didn't meet his innings meeting this year was the fact he started as a reliever, and being a reliever actually is more exhausting than being a starter, because in the bulpen getting up and warm up, then sitting down, and warming up again later every single day takes a lot from an arm. That's what John Smoltz says about being a relief pitcher, and look at Ryan Dempster, and Justin Duchscherer, having there best year of their careers converting to starters. Besides Joba is still very young, and was a starter in the minors.

09/12 21:20:42

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