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What Does Fate Hold for Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes in 2010?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:47:04 +0000

Major League Baseball's offseason is famous for its high-priced free agent signings and blockbuster trades. General managers are on the phone 24/7 trying to put together the perfect roster for the upcoming season. However, the New York Yankees have one glaring issue that needs a solution. Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain both burst onto the scene in 2007. Hughes came in as the second youngest player in the American League in late April and showed promise in a start against the Rangers before getting injured, sidelining him until August. In 2008, Hughes pitched very poorly. In only eight starts, he had no wins to show and a frightening 6.62 ERA. Joba came onto the Yankees as a reliever, although he had been a starter his entire life. He lit up the radar gun and soon had Yankee fans everywhere excited. Joba's strict innings limit, known as the "Joba Rules," stemmed from surgery he had coming into the league and has severely limited his development as a starter. Coming into the 2009 season, ...

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For the Yankees, Roy Halladay Is Just Johan Santana 2.0

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:27:05 +0000

Roy Halladay rumors and discussions are all the rage right now, so the thought of dealing for him has been on my mind. I'm sure you can guess that I am against a deal for Halladay, unless it comes at the right price. You see, dealing for Roy Halladay is exactly what the Yankees didn't do after 2007 when Johan Santana was on the table. From 2005-2007, Santana accumulated 19.5 WAR. He made $19 million in 2008. From 2007-2009, Roy Halladay was worth 20 WAR. He is set to make $15.75 million in 2010. If there's a difference between these two situations, it's not a big one. Halladay would probably be worth more than $16 million, but I can't buy into giving up an established big leaguer, like Phil Hughes along with a Jesus Montero, for one year of Halladay. The odds of Phil Hughes being as good as Halladay are very close to zero, which is where some arguments for making this deal stems from. That's not the point, though. The point is that having Hughes at a bargain rate for multiple years is ...

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Hughes is poison out of pen again

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:39:05 +0000

Phil Hughes came on to start the eighth inning of Wednesday night's 6-1 loss to the Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium and walked his only two batters. Both eventually scored.

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Mariano talks to Hughes, Joba

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:01 +0000

Mariano Rivera followed up on last week's vow and offered personal pep talks to Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes as the young guns prepare for their World Series debuts following a few shaky moments in the playoffs.

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Rotation plans start with Joba and Hughes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:18 +0000

Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain finished the season as relievers, but Brian Cashman believes the two youngsters will enter spring training as starting pitchers. "I look at them as starters that can relieve," Cashman said.

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Joba fine with starting or relieving

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:43:55 +0000

While the Yankees have hinted that Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes will be back in the starting rotation next year, nothing is certain. And Chamberlain remains fine with that. "It's a great problem to have for Phil and myself," Chamberlain sai...

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Joba still not sure what he'll be doing for Yanks next season

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:35:19 +0000

Sporting News staff reports Joba Chamberlain tells the Yankees' Web Site he's ready for whatever role the world champs want him to fill -- once they tell him what it is. GM Brian Cashman said last week that he saw Chamberlain and fellow righty Phil Hughes as starters who are capable of relieving. "So he didn't really answer the question," Chamberlain tells the site, Chamberlain was effective when he was moved back to the bullpen late this season. He struggled at times as a starter as he was kept on a strict innings limit and was occasionally given extra days off between starts. The Yankees are expected to pursue John Lackey in the free-agent market this offseason. That could continue to cloud Chamberlain's future. Still, Chamberlain tells the site he looks at the shuttling between the 'pen and the rotation as a positive. "If it does anything, it helps me just to know that I've been put in a lot of ...

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