The Joba Chamberlain issue is incredibly polarizing, as seemingly anyone who writes about baseball for a living has chimed in with their opinion. Yesterday, Wally Matthews checked in with his entirely predictable thoughts:

“We’re just trying to be smart about it,” Girardi said. “We’re not trying to overwork him his first time in the [...]

From Matt Ehalt:

Girardi also said that come playoff time, the Joba Rules may be waived as it will be “all hands on deck.”
“This is part of the plan, and this is what we have to do because this is not just about the next two months,” Girardi said of the varying [...]

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 [...]

From Michael Salfino at SNY:

“Quasi-scientific” is too kind. The theory (Verducci Effect) is anti-science — something proffered with no evidence because it sounds true. In non-scientific, Woody Allen parlance, “It’s a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.”

The two biggest advocates, Verducci and Baseball Prospectus’ “injury guru” Will Carroll, have not yet [...]

From John Harper:

Except all indications are that he will be back in the bullpen by then, as he has now accumulated 110 innings, which might leave him only a handful of starts before the Yankees put the brakes on him.
And with Chien-Ming Wang officially out for the season after undergoing shoulder [...]

Joba Chamberlain has had an eventful week, as he was hit on the knee by a line drive in the first inning of one start and only lasted 4 innings in the next one. While these two aborted starts were not fun to watch or live in the same city as Mike Francesa after, they [...]

Joe Girardi revealed his rotation today, stating that it would go Sabathia, Wang, Burnett, Pettitte, and Chamberlain. This seems like the right move, as he alternates his power type guys with his guys that depend more on breaking stuff, thereby giving teams different looks in a three game series no matter how the pitching [...]