| Your Source For Yankee News
Saturday April 27th 2024

Categories

New York Yankees: Joba Chamberlain Needs Tommy John Surgery, out for Season

it was reported that Joba Chamberlain would be put on the disabled list with what was originally a strained muscle in his right elbow.

It's now gone from bad to worse with the injury.

According to George King of the New York Post, Chamberlain now has a torn ligament in his throwing arm which will likely require Tommy John Surgery and end his 2011 season.

Chamberlain was 2-0 with a 2.83 ERA in 2011 for the Yankees and was pitching extremely well.

When Rafael Soriano was put on the DL last month, Joba re-assumed the setup role from him and saw his ERA go from a 4.15 all the way down to 2.83.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi had said that David Robertson would take over Chamberlain's role for the setup spot in front ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - New York Yankees


Leave a Reply