According to Anthony DiComo on Twitter, Joe Girardi has announced that Joba Chamberlain will next pitch on Wednesday against Oakland. It had already been announced that Chad Gaudin would pitch on Sunday in Joba’s slot, and many thought that the Yankee plan would just involve skipping Joba’s starts by using Gaudin. It seems that the new Joba rules are a bit more intricate, as they will be giving him a few extra days between starts rather than just straight skipping him. This also has the effect of pushing Andy Pettitte from Wednesday to Friday against Boston, and lining up the rotation at Fenway with Pettitte, Burnett, and Sabathia hurling for the Yankees. Seems like a nice idea to me.
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Well it sounds like a pretty good move because it slots the same 3 pitchers who threw 22 1/3 scoreless innings against the Sawx to all start in the next series with said Sox. The only problem I have with Joba never knowing when his starts are and constantly moving those starts back is the unknown factor… because it’s Joba and because he isn’t going to pitch every 5 days it may be harder for him to develop off of the last game and every start could just be building off what he did in side sessions and it’s hard to chart growth and progression because as fans we don’t see the side sessions.
So the Joba rules end in the post season? Girardi announced Chamberlain will remain in the rotation for the remainder of the season – with his innings spread out – and that, come playoff time, all rules will be waived as the roster becomes “all hands on deck.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/08/12/2009-08-12_joba_rules_ii_yankees.html#ixzz0O0NnMOT8
So that means he can go however many post season innings he wants and it not count against the 150?
I’ll be there cheering him on. Got tickets to all three games while in Oakland although may only go to two. If anyone else is a Bay Area fan, shoot me an e-mail, I may be able to hook you up with some great tickets if I end up skipping one of the games.