Aug 08, 2008 4:56 PM EST

Joba Chamberlain plans to start a throwing program next week and expects to rejoin the Yankees? rotation this month, according to an Associated Press report on Friday.

Chamberlain was placed on the 15-day DL Wednesday due to rotator cuff tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. The right-hander saw Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday, one day after an MRI on the rookie?s ailing shoulder.

Via AP