Today the Yankees continued their rise towards the top of the American League East with a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres. The Yankees scored what they needed behind another strong pitching performance behind Joba Chamberlain. Chamberlains line 5.2 Innings 4 Hits 1 ER 3 Walks 9 Strikeouts. Now you cant really expect much more from a guy starting in his only 4th start, but he has to lower his pitch count significantly. Throwing 100 pitches in 5.2 innings is not going to cut it. Instead of trying to throw the ball past everyone he should try pitching more to contact. He has the tools to be able to throw the hitters timing off, so even if a hitter gets wood on the ball odds are it won't do too much damage. I saw Joba make his first AAA start in Scranton he had 10 K's in 5 innings, but he threw way too many pitches. Joba is an amazing pitcher he just needs to learn not to try to blow it by everyone.
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