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Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner made it clear Sunday that he'd like to see Joba Chamberlain in the rotation as soon as possible.
"I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that is what we are working toward and we need him there now," Steinbrenner told the New York Times. "There is no question about it, you don’t have a guy with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a setup guy. You just don’t do that. You have to be an idiot to do that." Steinbrenner didn't get his way when it came to Johan Santana. It remains to be seen whether things will turn out any differently now. The supposed plan is for Chamberlain to go into the rotation around midseason, but many think he'll simply be left in the pen all year.
Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner made it clear Sunday that he'd like to see Joba Chamberlain in the rotation as soon as possible.
"I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that is what we are working toward and we need him there now," Steinbrenner told the New York Times. "There is no question about it, you don’t have a guy with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a setup guy. You just don’t do that. You have to be an idiot to do that." Steinbrenner didn't get his way when it came to Johan Santana. It remains to be seen whether things will turn out any differently now. The supposed plan is for Chamberlain to go into the rotation around midseason, but many think he'll simply be left in the pen all year.
