Joba Chamberlain will start the year in the bullpen. I thought we all came to this realization months ago?
With less than two weeks remaining before the Yankees break camp, Joba Chamberlain believes that he will begin the year in New York's bullpen.
"You stretch your innings out and you go from five or six [innings] to one or two, and it's a little bit easier to go that way," Chamberlain said. "It's good. My arm strength is good, and I felt loose in my last outing. I'm looking forward to getting to New York."
"It's a long Spring Training and a lot of things can happen. I knew the situation of what was going to happen. I was hoping everybody would stay healthy and I'd get the chance to do whatever they had set for me."On potentially joining the starting rotation midseason:
"We'll cross that bridge if it comes," Chamberlain said. "It's one of those things you can say, but until you're put in that situation, you don't know. I think if that comes about, we'll have to sit down and talk about it, but right now we'll just take it one day at a time.
"You can do anything you set your mind to. You've got to be patient. That's kind of the hardest part, just being patient with what's going on, and not get overanxious and rushed."
2 comments:
I also thought we had already reached that conclusion. Maybe its just that some people want him to become a starter so bad that they just questioned it again. :p
that is definitely a possibility though Joba will eventually join the rotation at some point this Summer. Of course an injury in the starting staff early on in the season would throw a monkey wrench in those plans.
LA's use of Chad Billingsley may be the best blueprint for Joba's 2008.
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