Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Rough Day for Joba

Joba had it rough in his first big league start. His long first inning cost him half of his pitches for the game. His stuff was still good though and his wildness can be attributed to the fact that he isn't used to pitching every five days yet. Baseball is a game of routine and Joba has been used to pitching just about every other day.

Nothing to fear, though. The more he starts the better his control will get as he gets his arm on schedule. It is worth noting that only one of Joba's four walks came on four pitches. Every other walk came on a two strike count. A couple of calls and he might well have made it to the fourth or fifth.

I'm more worried about Edwar Ramirez's three walks without recording an out. Ramirez imploded like this once last reason and it cost him his job. He has to challenge hitters to be successful so the walks are especially troubling.

Tomorrow might not be any better as the Yanks throw Moose against Jesse Litsch. Litsch hasn't been great against the Yanks but he has been pretty good. And you must be throwing pretty well to be 7-1.

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