Below is a quote from a NY Post article about Joba's lack of MPH's on his heater:
"Scouts who have watched Chamberlain this spring are puzzled with his lack of velocity. In his last outing against the Phillies, the fastball was clocked between 88 and 92 mph. He labored so much that one scout wondered if Chamberlain was healthy, or concerned that a shoulder problem that landed him on the DL last year was going to resurface. Another scout noticed Chamberlain slowing down as he was ready to uncork a pitch. "
As a Joba owner this news makes me very worried and I wish they would just put his fat ass in the bullpen already. With Rivera's age one would think that Joba is the closer of the very near future for the Yankees. I know that the Yanks have Mark Melancon, who has the stuff to be a closer, but Joba has proved he can deliever. The brain trust that runs the Yankees want him to be better then Beckett so much I think they have become short-sighted about how to maximize Joba's value.
Other News:
SFGATE.com article about A's Bullpen situation
Brandon Morrow heads back to the Pen
Tigers release Sheffield who has 499 HR and no team
AROD aims for May return to Yanks
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