It has looked all season like Joba belonged in the bullpen, and this is the first game he has pitched all year that suggested that he actually belongs in the rotation.
Never before this season had he put it all together in this way (video here):
1. Keeping the pitch count down (101 pitches)
2. Pitching into the last third of the game (8 innings)
3. Preventing baserunners (3 hits, 2 walks)
4. Keeping the opposition scoreless (0 runs allowed)
5. Doing it all on the road against a good lineup (priceless)
It took him until almost August to do this. This was a gem in the rubber match of a very important series for the Yankees, on the road against Tampa Bay. Just extraordinary.
You really can't say enough about it, but to say that Joba proved something today. He proved that he can be a starter.
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