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Photograph of Joba Chamberlain, after giving up four runs in the 5th inning, by Mark J. Terril/AP
- Anaheim 10 New York 6: Joba Chamberlain needs to learn how to pitch with a lead. Staked to 3-0 and 5-1 leads, Joba couldn't hold them and the Angels did what they usually do, punish Yankees' pitching. Though he admitted, "It’s frustrating. I’m letting my teammates down. It’s kind of embarrassing, too," he was also defensive. The Yankees fell to second place in the AL East standings, breaking their eight-game road winning streak.
- Cincinnati 3 New York 0: Great news Mets’ fans, help is on the way! Tonight the Mets traded for Jeff Francoeur, a player with a lower OPS than Luis Castillo. On the plus side, he has a really good arm.! As for the game, it was another night for the bats to remain silent. New York only got six balls to the outfield and never got a runner past first as they were shutout for the third time this week. Fernando Nieve was solid, allowing only three runs in six innings, but the way things are going now Mets’ pitchers had better be ready to pitch a shutout every day.
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I think we can all agree that the Joba experiment has failed. Put him back in the bullpen, bring Hughes back into the rotation, release Tomko, make Bruni the longman.
No, we don't agree.
Hughes had and lost his chances to start last year. Hughes is not ready to pitch at least 6 innings. He hasn't been stretched out to throw even 60 pitches, yet. Considering his injuries last year, prepping him as a starter this year at this point, is unwise.
Brian Bruney is not a longman reliever. He's ready to throw hard for an inning or maybe two, but that's it.
Unless a miracle comes from the minors, the Yankees can wait for what's available at the July 31th trading deadline when the teams that aren't going to the post-season might want to dump expensive starters' contracts.