Comments on: Will Girardi use Robertson in key situations?

By: mryankee

mryankee — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:34:28 +0000

Interesting to me how essentially Joba has been cast aside by fans and experts. Is the bust label to far behind?

By: Steve S

Steve S — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:42 +0000

“up till now?”

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15:40 +0000

LMAO.

He didn’t even show a willingness to have him on the roster in the first round or the ALCS!!
He chose a 3rd catcher and a pinch runner over him.

IF we see Bruney before Robertson, than Girardi has a screw loose.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:12:53 +0000

“Joba Chamberlain’s fastball velocity throughout the ALCS:

Game 6: Averaged 95 MPH; topped out at 96.
Game 5: Averaged 96 MPH; topped out at 99.
Game 3: Averaged 96 MPH; topped out at 97.
Game 2: Averaged 95 MPH; topped out at 96.”

Wow, that’s awesome! So he must have just been blowing people away, right?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:51 +0000

can you please tell Girardi this

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:18:11 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with this article. Besides Mo, Robertson is the best pitcher we have out of the pen right now.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:04:19 +0000

I was just talking about this the other day. At first using Joba and Hughes in critical situations was seemingly appropriate. But after a ton of inconsistencies and barely any accomplishment…they faltered and combined to be very disappointing.

“The Admiral” David Robertson, on the other hand, has been one of the only rays of light in the bullpen (aside from The Hammer of God). He pitched those effective 11 pitches in LA, was shunned for his poor decision…and as a result…we really didn’t see The Admiral again after that. But we definitely saw a lot more of Joba and Hughes in critical situations…regardless of poor performance.

Didn’t really make sense to me. Is he basing his judgments on reputation alone? Public appeal? David Robertson never really had the hype the other guys had so his near 14 k’s per 9 innings ratio never really got the credit it deserved…but I always thought the managers would know the insides and outs and not really care about anything else. Who knows.

All I know is that these mistakes got by in the first two rounds…let’s just hope one of the bone head moves don’t come back to bite us, literally, in the end.

By: larryf

larryf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:51:18 +0000

I agree. Let’s start calling him Justin Chamberlain and then we can objectively decide that he is an over-rated pitcher…

By: Sam P.

Sam P. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:47:15 +0000

But by measuring, you’ve impacted the analysis! His arm is both DEAD and ALIVE … at the same time.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:36:02 +0000

bruney was just added to the roster