Joba Chamberlain to Work Out of Bullpen On Sunday

October 3rd, 2009 | Tags: hiroki kuroda, joba chamberlain, jobachamberlain, joe-girardi, joegirardi, MLB

by Pat Lackey Filed under: Yankees , AL East With the playoffs looming, Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters in New York Saturday that Joba Chamberlain will make an appearance out of the bullpen during Sunday’s season finale against the Rays . The idea is to see how Chamberlain handles the shorter warmup time after a year in the starting rotation to determine if he is fit to work out of the ‘pen in the American League Division Series later in the week. The Yankees indicated about two weeks ago that t hey were looking at using 10 pitchers in the Division Series , which would seem to suggest that they’re looking at choosing the schedule with an extra off day, allowing them to use three starting pitchers in the series. Since those three pitchers will almost certainly be CC Sabathia , A.J. Burnett , and Andy Pettitte , it makes sense to get Chamberlain some relief work before the series starts. Joba Chamberlain to Work Out of Bullpen On Sunday originally appeared on MLB FanHouse on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:31:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments

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