• Interestingly, this was Stewart’s take on three straight sliders: “I wanted to throw another fastball just to get them off there, but Joba felt confident in the slider and unfortunately, all three of them weren’t really good sliders. He just didn’t have it coming out of the bullpen, and he left one hanging and he hit a homer on it.”’

So we now see that Joba has no self awareness. He thinks he made one bad pitch. Meanwhile his catcher said that all three sliders were terrible and that “he didn’t have it coming out of the bullpen.”

So this begs a few questions:
1. WHY is Joba waving off his catcher????
2. Why is his catcher allowing himself to be waved off when Joba doesn’t have his stuff and wants to throw his miserable slider again???
3. When is someone going to sit Joba down and tell him that he should just shut up and listen to his coaches and catcher? Clearly Joba can’t tell if he is throwing well or not. He has little ability to see the pitching reality.

At this point, I would send Joba back to the minors. Let him be a starter there. If he ever figures it out, great. Then bring him back. If not, then good bye.

Stab stab stab stab fuck stab fuck stab.

Grrrrrrrr.

Or something.