Yankees hold the bottom line on Joba

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Joba renewed at the minimum
Published 3/5/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... Peter Abraham notes that the Yankees renewed Joba Chamberlain’s contract at the $390,000 Major League miminum and wonders if the team couldn’t have found a few more grand to kick back to the kid. At the same time, Abraham notes that baseball is a business, and the Yanks were well within their rights to renew Joba’s contract. That’s where I land on this issue. Chamberlain landed an above-slot signing bonus of $1.1 million from the Yanks, and he threw just 24 Big League innings last year. He’ll get his money when the time comes. There’s no doubt ...

Some Mid-Week News & Notes
Published 3/5/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... But don't worry, nobody is doing any HGH, at least I hope not. -- Matt Bouffard of DugoutCentral.com has a new idea for how to use Joba Chamberlain this season. He suggests the best way to use Joba this season is out of the bullpen, but not as a setup man, as a "shut-down" man, interesting idea. -- Speaking of Joba, The Yankees renewed Joba Chamberlain’s contract ...

The Roundup: 15 Up, 15 Down
Published 3/5/2008 by Moshe Mandel at The Bronx Block
... In other news, the Yankees renewed Joba Chamberlain’s contract at the minimum of 390,000. Considering the team spent 300 million on A-Rod, one might have expected that they would attempt to build up some goodwill with some of their key young players. However, I do not think it is a big deal, as Joba will eventually get plenty of money when his time comes, and I doubt he will hold a major grudge over a raise that he will eventually see as peanuts. Also on Joba, Mike Mussina thinks Joba is more valuable to the team ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, March 5
Published 3/5/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (Baltimore Sun), the pre-arb players -- those with not enough experience time to qualify for salary arbitration -- aren't getting what they want. (They certainly aren't. The Yankees, writes Peter Abraham on his LoHud Yankees Blog, even held the line on Joba Chamberlain, giving him ''not one penny of credit for what he did last season.'' ...

Bronx Banter: The Other Guy
Published 3/5/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... him for a long time; he works as hard as anyone," said Derek Jeter, who has worked with Thomson since 1993. "He's always prepared, always positive; he's a lot of fun to be around. I'm excited for him. It's well-deserved." "He's earned the right," Cashman said. "We all talk about the emergence of the young players on our roster, but we have an emergence of our coaching staff from the minors on this roster as well. Rob Thomson is a product of that, as are Dave Eiland and Kevin Long." Joba Chamberlian re-upped with the Yanks too. He'll earn $390,000. Random thought...Last week, I ...

Some Mid-Week News & Notes
Published 3/5/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... But don't worry, nobody is doing any HGH, at least I hope not. -- Matt Bouffard of DugoutCentral.com has a new idea for how to use Joba Chamberlain this season. He suggests the best way to use Joba this season is out of the bullpen, but not as a setup man, as a "shut-down" man, interesting idea. -- Speaking of Joba, The Yankees renewed Joba Chamberlain’s contract ...

Yankees sign-up the 40-man; renew Joba
Published 3/5/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... Peter Abraham notes that a team is well within it’s rights to give each player under three years of service time exactly what they believe he deserves: ...