Joba Chamberlain

Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang, A.J. Burnett, Joba Chamberlain, and Andy Pettitte. Wild card: Phil Hughes.

Rotation spot for rotation spot, the Yankees don't have a pitcher below No. 4. I have Sabathia as the fourth best No. 1, behind Halladay, Santana, and Lincecum. Wang's the second-best No. 2, after Dice-K. Burnett's the top No. 3 starter, Joba's the No. 3 fourth starter, and Pettitte's the No. 3 fifth starter.

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n't look even like the average innings-eater he's always been.

But with the Yanks recently losing Joba Chamberlain for a few weeks, they might be a bit more desperate. Seattle certainly should be, since we're stuck with him if we can't pawn him off on some poor and desperate saps. Let's hope passing him through waivers is a sign of back-office movement and that someday soon we'll be able to say goodbye to one of the last of the Bavasi Bunch.

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of the series in Arlington, to keep the division race status quo.  However, the Yankees placed Joba Chamberlain on the 15-day DL with rotator cuff tendinitis.

    Jeff Karstens, who came over from the Yankees in the deal for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte, pitched a complete game shut-out against the Diamondbacks, allowing just two hits in a 2-0 win.  Karstens, who was 3-5 with a 5.65 ERA in 15 games with the Yankees in 2006 and 2007, is now 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 15 innings over two starts with the Pirates since the trade.  On the other hand, Marte is 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA with the Yankees.

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have had difficulties in their starting rotation all year, and the Yankees, who may need to replace Joba Chamberlain in their rotation.  Chamberlain, who is 3-1 with a 2.76 ERA as a starter this season, left the game against the Rangers in the fifth inning last night with a stiff right shoulder.  He had an MRI today and will see Dr. James Andrews tomorrow.  The Yankees are already suffering through injuries to Chien-Ming Wang, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, so if Chamberlain's ailment is serious they may have to make a move in order to stay in playoff contention.  As of now Darrell Rasner and Sidney Ponson are holding down spots in the Yankees' rotation, but neither are considered long-term options.  Ian Kennedy has been pitching well at Triple-A, so they may consider calling him up to the big show in order to avoid starting Dan Giese, who is 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA in two starts this year.

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week was the series opener between the Red Sox and Yankees at Fenway Park.  This duel between Joba Chamberlain and Josh Beckett was one of the best pitched games of the season.  It was a statement game for Chamberlain, who scattered three hits and struck out nine over seven shutout innings.  The only run of the game was scored in the third inning, when Jason Giambi grounded an infield single to the left side of second base, scoring Bobby Abreu from third.  The only reason shortstop Jed Lowrie couldn't come up with the easy grounder was that the Red Sox infield was playing the overexaggerated shift on the pull-happy Giambi.  Beckett pitched an excellent game of his own, allowing just the one run over seven innings.  The Red Sox mounted a rally off Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth, but Joe Girardi brought Mariano Rivera in with one out to record a five-out save.  He struck out Jacoby Elsbury and got Dustin Pedroia on a come-backer to hold the 1-0 lead.  Mo was at his best in the ninth, striking out Mike Lowell and J.D. Drew to close out the game.

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p; This is a short week due to the All-Star break so there aren't many that are too enticing.  Joba Chamberlain will duel Roy Halladay at The Stadium tonight in a matchup of youthful wastefulness and crafty economy.  Whereas the veteran Halladay leads the majors in complete games with six, Chamberlain has had trouble getting past the sixth inning, pitching into the seventh only once in seven starts, due to his propensity for running high pitch counts early in games.  On Sunday Tim Lincecum will face Ryan Dempster at Wrigley Field, where Dempster is 10-0 this season.  Lincecum leads the majors with 126 strikeouts, and is second in the NL with a 2.66 ERA.

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leaves them with a rotation of Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, Darrell Rasner, and a still-developing Joba Chamberlain, with Dan Giese expected to step into the fifth starter role.  That’s a shallow rotation, weighted at the older and younger ends like a barbell. Hurry up, C.C. Sabathia.

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iving the lie to my earlier contention that he's not HOF-worthy), a not-quite-ready-for-prime-time Joba Chamberlain (still being stretched out as a starter) and Darrell Rasner, filling in for an injured (and struggling) Ian Kennedy. 

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Time: 8:07. I'm sitting, Joba Chamberlain has left the game in the third inning. This pleases me. A slight relief from reality comes over me.

Reality: Pedro is pitching. In what has turned into the most disappointed Mets season of my young lifetime, Sheadom turns to Pedro Martinez, the visage of a former titan of baseball, the premier Latin American ambassador for this game, and unable to complete a full Major League season in years.

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away so much of their farm talent through the years that only "can't-miss" prospects like Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy (two-thirds of whom are struggling or injured) still remain. There are more prospects behind them, but they're a year or two away, at least, and the Yanks must clear room for them by shedding some of their aging vets.

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prospects in any trade package for Santana and will instead rely heavily upon rookies Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy this season. While all seem very promising prospects, the Yankees will still have to endure that rough patches that young pitchers are prone to, as well as carefully monitoring the innings each will be allowed to work this season. Chamberlain, who is on the most limited number of innings, will actually start the season in the bullpen, and could possibly join the rotation after the All-Star break. Though Hughes and Kennedy will be in the starting rotation, their innings are also limited and cannot be expected to work too deep into games, even when they are pitching well, just so that they can be stretched over the course of the season.

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