2010 Player Previews: David Robertson

2009: David Robertson was called up on April 16th, 2009 before the Yankees 1st series in the New Yankee Stadium and saw some action in a 10-2 loss (2IP 2 Hits 3 Ks), but all Robertson was really expected to be was a clean up guy who would come in during blowout wins or losses to eat up innings. During his first 2 months with the Yankees Robinson was mainly only used in losses, and didn’t get to much of a chance to pitch in any important situations. He wound up finishing the 1st half of the season with a 3.57 ERA with 34 K and 16 BB in 22.2 IP, and he only got into 9 games in which the Yankees won. The second half of the season saw Robertson getting many more meaningful appearances and Robertson lived up to the challenge. In his 21 appearances after the all star break fifteen were Yankee victories and he tallied five holds after having no holds in the first half of the season. An important change to Robertson’s game that helped him succeed in the second half was his cont...