Sheffield gets released by the Tigers. If Sheffield isn't worth a roster spot to the Tigers (despite the fact that they're paying him $14 million either way), is he still worth a roster spot for Spencer?
Also, Joba is having trouble with his velocity (from the NY Daily News):
"Scouts who have watched Chamberlain this spring are puzzled with his lack of velocity. In his last outing against the Phillies, the fastball was clocked between 88 and 92 mph. He labored so much that one scout wondered if Chamberlain was healthy, or concerned that a shoulder problem that landed him on the DL last year was going to resurface. Another scout noticed Chamberlain slowing down as he was ready to uncork a pitch."
Can the real games start so Schadenfreude fest 2009 can come to an end?
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DAMN IT! Bounceback late-round flyer picks already crashing down.
luckily a power hitter with a .220 average on the tigers was already on the waiver wire...
All good baby:
If anybody is worried about Joba Chamberlain’s velocity, don’t be. He is out after 5 1/3 innings here in Sarasota against the Reds, and he looked terrific. A scout I just talked to said he clocked Chamberlain as high as 96 miles an hour, and in the sixth inning he was throwing 93 to 94 m.p.h. “He was throwing very well,” the scout said.
Man, I was about to post that. How do you get on such things so fast when you are supposed to be working? Oh wait, I think I answered my own question...
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