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Back in November, Chamberlain was told by general manager Brian Cashman to prepare to be a member of the rotation in 2009. "That was a little calming to me because I know I'm going into that," Chamberlain said Friday. "Physically, you're not going to do anything differently, but the game is so hard mentally that it was nice to know that. "You just prepare like you're going to get 30 starts and pitch 200 innings. That's my mindset and I got into it early." There has been a huge debate as to whether the team should add him to the five-man rotation, or use him as a bridge to closer Mariano Rivera in the bullpen. Joba will probably be the team's fifth starter so that they can skip him in the rotation when their schedule allows. "I was excited that they wanted me in a starting role," he said. |
Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain told the New York Daily News that he wants to start this coming season, rather than return to the bullpen.