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Post by philinla on Jul 14, 2007 20:31:16 GMT -5
Chamberlain 7.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 2.08
7/5 go/fo.
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Post by philinla on Jul 14, 2007 23:30:03 GMT -5
Alan Horne was charting pitches tonight, and said he was 95-98 all night and even hit 100!
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Post by philinla on Jul 19, 2007 22:48:21 GMT -5
SP Clay Buchholz, Red Sox AA 7 2 1.77 16 15 0 87 55 4 22 116 .180 SP Joba Chamberlain, Yankees AA-HiA 7 1 2.26 12 12 0 68 45 1 22 99 .190 SP Wade Davis, Devil Rays AA-HiA 6 0 1.82 17 17 0 104 76 6 25 111 .207 SP Ian Kennedy, Yankees AA-HiA 11 2 1.71 18 17 0 100 60 4 36 115 .176 RP Jonathan Meloan, Dodgers AA 5 2 2.18 32 0 16 41 23 2 14 61 .162
40% of BA's midseason all-stars throughout the minor leagues or Yanks!
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Post by philinla on Jul 20, 2007 16:48:32 GMT -5
Joba gave up back to back jacks with two away in the first inning tonight.
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Post by sinctybldh on Jul 20, 2007 17:28:20 GMT -5
3 home runs. ouch!
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Post by HomerSimpson on Jul 20, 2007 22:37:27 GMT -5
I hate that he sucked (if 7 K's in 4.2 innings can suck...), but I'm sure this will refocus him. Everyone in the northeast that has a passing interest in baseball has heard about or learned about him in the last 3 weeks...time to get back to the business at hand. I love his fastball, and it's a great one, but he needs to throw his offspeed stuff with more consistency.
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Post by philinla on Jul 21, 2007 1:22:25 GMT -5
He was ready to pitch Thursday then ended up having to get ready again today. Who knows if that played a role. Pitching is about dealing with adversity and Joba and Alan got a reminder tonight - though frankly I think that new catcher has fucked up Alan. Alan hasn't been able to get into a rhythm with him.
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Post by philinla on Jul 22, 2007 9:50:52 GMT -5
By DOM AMORE | Courant Staff Writer July 22, 2007 Article Tools E-mail Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback text size: NEW BRITAIN - One by one they drifted into the ballpark. Mark Newman. Reggie Jackson. Nardi Contreras. Billy Eppler. Finally, Brian Cashman.
Nearly everyone with opinions that matter in the Yankees organization drove up from New York Friday to see Trenton's pitchers, form their opinions and contribute to discussions that could mold the franchise's future.
"Funny, everybody wants to talk about the pitchers," said Tony Franklin, manager of the Trenton Thunder, the Yankees' Double A affiliate. "I'd have to say I haven't seen this much pitching in one organization since I was in this league [playing] with the Reds organization in the early 1970s."
Franklin was a teammate of the live, young arms who matriculated to Cincinnati and helped turn The Big Red Machine into World Champions in 1975 and '76. The Yankees, their last championship six years past, are looking for pitchers they can build around.
"The message that I've got for everybody," Cashman said, "is that if you pitch to the point where it forces us to look at guys that are not Roger Clemens, I want that."
With Phil Hughes ready to launch his major league career, Joba Chamberlain, who was beaten by the Rock Cats Friday, is the man of the moment in the organization. Ian Kennedy, who pitches today at New Britain Stadium, is right there with him.
"You just have to pitch your game whether there's 5,000 or 55,000 people in the stands," Chamberlain said.
Both Chamberlain, from Nebraska, and Kennedy, from USC, were first-round picks a little more than a year ago and have moved up the ranks with lightning speed. Both are two steps from the majors with the potential to hopscotch over Triple A to help the Yankees this season. Cashman, who has been trying to develop talent from within, used the term "keepers" as the non-waiver trading deadline approaches.
"I'm not moving those guys," Cashman said with a finality rare for him.
Alan Horne and Jeff Marquez, who also pitched in New Britain this weekend, are sleepers who may become also become keepers.
The Yankees, if they edge closer in the AL East and wild card races, may have a chance to save this season at the trade deadline July 31. To make a big-impact move, such as landing Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira, who has generated weeks of internal discussion, the Yankees would probably need to part with a high-profile prospect.
"We're asked about that all the time," Kennedy said. "You can't turn on SportsCenter or Baseball Tonight anymore without hearing about possible trades, especially with this club. We can't let it affect us. We have to continue to do the same things wherever we are."
Before they make a decision about Teixeira or a similar veteran, the Yankees need a consensus on their untouchables. That brought Cashman; Eppler, the stats expert; Newman, the head of player development; and Contreras, the pitching trouble-shooter, to New Britain.
Jackson, a Hall-of-Fame slugger and special adviser, has taken an interest in Chamberlain, the 41st pick, and has had several heart-to-heart visits.
"His conversation is very mature," said Jackson, who drove from New York to see Chamberlain Thursday and returned Friday when the game was rained out. "His stuff is impressive, but his makeup is impressive also."
Said Chamberlain: "To be able to sit down and have a conversation with him about anything is something I'll cherish for the rest of my life. He's been through a lot of the things I'm going through in my life."
Chamberlain was 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA at Class A Tampa this year, and since joining Trenton he is 4-2 with a 3.43 ERA, his first rough outing coming Friday when the Rock Cats got nine hits and seven runs off him in 42/3 innings.
"I'll take one game like this out of 14," Chamberlain said. "It's not how you handle success, it's how you handle failure."
There is talk in the organization about promoting Chamberlain, who turns 22 in September, to New York to work as a reliever. He may not have the repertoire to be a major league starter yet, but his fastball and slider may already be good enough to get big league hitters out in short stints.
"He's fun to watch," Kennedy said. "His slider is an out pitch."
At 6 feet 3 and 230 pounds, Chamberlain is intimidating, and there is precedent. The Red Sox used Jonathan Papelbon as a setup man late in 2005, and he used the experience to become an All-Star closer within a year.
Kennedy, the 21st pick, is 6-0 and 190, less imposing than Chamberlain but, with his three years and 50 starts at Southern Cal, a bit more polished. He could get a September look and a chance to earn a spot in the rotation next spring. His fastball and changeup are big-league caliber, scouts say. Kennedy, who was 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA at Tampa, is 5-1 with a 2.44 ERA since moving to Double A.
"He has a good idea of what he needs to do to get hitters out," Franklin said.
Kennedy, 22, was at Tampa when Clemens passed through on his way to the big leagues, and he worked up the courage to ask if he could come down to the bullpen to watch The Rocket warm up.
"He said, `Sure, tell all the other guys, too,'" Kennedy said. "To watch him put the ball anywhere he wants it. `OK, I'm going to move the slider a little bit in.' It was unbelievable."
Clemens, soon to be 45, is older than Kennedy and Chamberlain combined, which is why the Yankees, so far, are determined not to trade them and have them on such an unusually fast track.
"If they keep pitching the way they're pitching," Cashman said, "they're going to force our hand."
Contact Dom Amore at
damore@courant.com.
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Post by philinla on Jul 25, 2007 19:53:02 GMT -5
5 ip 4 hits, 1 BB and 10K's in the kid's AAA debut.
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