From the start to the end of Spring Training, players are warming-up their bodies to get ready for the 162-game grind of the regular season. Unfortunately injury setbacks are inevitable, and daily reports sometimes seem endless but also remember that if a player feels anything is off, he will rest as a precautionary measure. You [...]
Archive of posts tagged Joba Chamberlain
New York Yankees: Robertson + Joba = Hughes
No wonder everyone wants to be a New York Yankee, as who wouldn’t want a boss that hands out half-million dollar raises based on poor performance due to laziness? You can be sure Phil Hughes isn’t complaining. Last season, Hughes showed up to Spring Training out of shape, and sat on the DL with shoulder [...]
New York Yankees: The Cashman Rules
HISTORY OF THE “RULES”: It would be almost impossible for any New York Yankees fan to forget about the infamous “Joba Rules” and “Hughes Rules”. GM Brian Cashman gave the impression that these rules were set guidelines for rookie pitchers Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes, with the intent to make their transition’s smooth, while allowing [...]
New York Yankees: Odds Not Good Of Jeter Reaching 3000 Hits In The Bronx
How Have Things Been Going At Yankee Stadium? Since returning home, the New York Yankees have not had much luck. After being swept by the Boston Red Sox, reliever Joba Chamberlain found out that he needed Tommy John surgery. The next day, starting pitcher Bartolo Colon was added to the Yankees ever-growing disabled list initially [...]
New York Yankees: Joba Chamberlain Meet Tommy John
NJ Star Ledger’s Marc Craig is reporting that New York Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain elbow injury has escalated from the 15-day DL to having a torn elbow ligament that might require Tommy John surgery. This is not good news for the Yankees bullpen, who had the most solid group of arms to start the season [...]
New York Yankees Update: Joba Heads To 15-Day DL
It was just reported on CBS New York that Joba Chamberlain is headed to the 15-day DL, after the results of an MRIdone earlier this morning that revealed a strained flexor muscle in his throwing arm. This is more bad news for an already depleted Yankees bullpen, as more of them are injured than healthy. [...]
New York Yankees: Remember Pitcher Ian Kennedy, Let Me Help
After watching the New York Yankees bats waste a great outing from AJ Burnett in a 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox in the first of a four game set, I turned to the MLB Network to see what else was happening in baseball. First came the phone-in from White Sox pitcher Phil Humber [...]
