Comments on: Joba pleased with his outing

By: Steve S.

Steve S. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:54:33 +0000

Say hello to the Mexican Gangster!

By: StandingO'Neill

StandingO'Neill — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:29:47 +0000

Yeah I agree with you oldpep, I think people get too carried away with postgame interviews. I don’t even watch it because I find it to be irrelevant.

Players get paid for how they perform on the field, not how they answer questions after the game. If Joba had said during his interview that he was sorry and it was unacceptable, would that have made his start okay?

Did people go easier on Arod after he said he played like a dog in the postseason?

Criticize Joba if he gets tattooed in his next start, not what he says after a game.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:01 +0000

Steve, I’m SO glad that you wrote this because I thought the exact same thing when I read Joba’s comments. It was really ridiculous for him to say what he said and, to be honest, if the Yankees had some more depth I would be all for Joba going to the minors in order for him to understand that if you want to be a starter, you need to perform at a certain level.

By: oldpep

oldpep — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:39:41 +0000

I don’t care what pitchers say after games. Joba has a 108 ERA+, which ain’t bad for a 23 year old starter. He’s had a some poor games and some games he didn’t allow many runs but had to leave early. He needs to improve in that regard. The rest of it will be forgotten as soon as he strings together a few good starts.

By: Leftylarry

Leftylarry — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:15:01 +0000

Right now, Yankees don’t have enough starting pitching.
Joba is not going to beat the Red Sox with his straight 92-93 MPH heater and no command of his breaking stuff.
Pettitte is fair at best and Wang probably isn’t going to be Wang until next season.
Yankees have CC and AJ and pray for rain.
Forget a left handed reliever.YAnkees need to find an innings eater #3 starter.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:33:00 +0000

I think he has been talking with Ian too much. Come on Joba, own up to your bad outings like AJ and then go out and string something together so we can move on and complain about someone else.

By: mryankee

mryankee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:25:41 +0000

Garbage, Garbage, Garbage-and te worst of it is I was going to give him a pass when I saw how bad David Price was but this guy is gutless and the worst of it is Girardi will not confront him. I said it ast wek say it again if he goesout next time and cant throw aboove 95 consistently pull him right away-make a point

By: Steve S.

Steve S. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:06:08 +0000

I think the heat would have been 10 times worse on Joba had the Yanks lost the game. But he was given a 4-0 lead and left the game in an 8-4 hole, so he can claim no contribution to the team’s victory. He was just another obstacle that needed to be overcome.

Pitchers will have games where they just don’t have it, but this outing was all too similar to many of his outings this year. He just didn’t have his rabbit’s foot today.

By: The Scout

The Scout — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:56:09 +0000

It’s hard to say, sometimes, when a young pitcher faces adversity for the first time, whether he simply does nto know what to say or he’s clueless about how poorly he performed. Joba’s words don’t match the reality of his poor pitching on Sunday. In particular, his inability to get ahead of hitters in the count is a glaring shortcoming at this point.