Message #2 by Rob Reed @ December 30, 2009, 04:40pm Comments 74% strand rate just under league average... a BABIP slightly over league average? what happened? I don't know. I can't explain it, other than that maybe he is not yet ready for a starter role? You should be able to get him cheaply if you want to gamble... AL only leagues would be my move.

Message #1 by Rob Reed @ December 17, 2008, 04:17pm Can he be a top flight starter? From a blog entry I posted today on ERA and FIP at http://www.playertrack.com/blog.pl?7: I saw his debut as a starter in my first and only visit to Yankee Stadium in June of last year. He looked awful, but I chocked it up to nerves; and, essentially, I was right. Until his shoulder injury in August, he started to look like the solid starter that the Yankees hoped for. While he went back to relieving in September and posted a respectable 2.50+ ERA in September, I think we have a lot of potential here for a top 10 starter who may not yet be thought of in this regard. (2.60 ERA - #5 - and 2.66 FIP - #2). Of course, the Yankees have to start him, and I suspect they will. Adding Sabathia and Burnett will only improve the pitching morale on the team, and I predict a big year for Joba should he start. Something like 175 IP, 3.00 ERA, 190 K, 14 W. Why not?

x=year; y=% of available fantasy points per year x 1000

PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
        for Joba Chamberlain

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2013 45 0 42.0 2 1 1 5 4.93 8 1.74 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 38 8.14 47 .307 5.72 80% 0 2013 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 379

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2012 22 0 20.2 1 0 0 4 4.35 3 1.55 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 22 9.58 26 .365 3.83 79% 0 Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2011 27 0 28.2 2 0 0 12 2.83 3 1.05 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 24 7.53 23 .244 3.62 81% 0 Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2010 73 0 71.2 3 4 3 26 4.310 6 1.210 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 77 9.67 71 .320 3.06 68% 0 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 181

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2009 32 31 157.1 9 6 0 0 4.75 21 1.54 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 133 7.61 167 .301 4.69 74% 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 56

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2008 42 12 100.1 4 3 0 19 2.60 5 1.26 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 118 10.6 87 .309 2.66 81% 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 87

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2007 19 0 24.0 2 0 1 8 0.38 1 0.75 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 34 12.8 12 .224 1.66 100% Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked