[新聞] Hank: Chamberlain will be in rotation

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BOSTON - Yankees honchos gathered at George M. Steinbrenner Field yesterday
in Tampa to hatch a plan they hope will make sure this past season when they
didn't make the playoffs for the first time since 1993 was a one-year glitch
instead of the beginning of a multi-year slide as they move into the new
Yankee Stadium.

When the afternoon session was over, co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said one
of the first off-season decisions was that Joba Chamberlain will be used as
a starter next year. Steinbrenner said that before last year, but Chamberlain
opened in the bullpen, was converted to a starter for 12 games, suffered a
shoulder problem and finished the season in the bullpen with a tight right
shoulder.

Strengthening the rotation is the Yankees' top priority and many believe
Chamberlain possesses ace-like stuff. The Yankees are expected to go hard
after free-agent pitchers CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and may show interest in
Derek Lowe and Jake Peavy, who reportedly has been placed on the trading
block by the Padres.

Chamberlain was 4-3 with a 2.60 ERA in 42 games (12 starts). In 1001/3
innings he fanned 118 and walked 39. He was 3-1 as a starter.

"The plan as of right now is Chamberlain is going to be a starter," the
Yankees co-chairman said. "Everybody's pretty much in agreement with that."

As for the afternoon session that focused on information being distributed,
Steinbrenner said progress was made.

"It was a productive day," Steinbrenner said. "We didn't make any decisions
today. We just covered all the things we need to fix. Everything is open.
We're willing to do anything that will improve us. It was more of a summary
and quite a lot of discussion."

Though Andy Pettitte has told the Yankees he wants to pitch again, the Yankees
are hearing whispers the veteran left-hander would like a two-year deal.
If that's the case, the Yankees may balk.

Pettitte, who made $16 million this past season when he was 14-14 with a 4.54
ERA, was swayed to put off retirement after talking it over with his wife and
sons, who are at the age where they enjoy hanging around the Yankees and
their big league father.

Ideally, the Yankees want Pettitte back as a fourth or fifth starter for a
lot less money.

Because yesterday's afternoon session that started at 10:30 p.m. and ended at
3:30 p.m. was just a preliminary meeting on the state of the team, Pettitte's
situation wasn't mentioned.

As for 20-game winner Mike Mussina, he isn't expected to decide to retire or
return until the end of the month.

"Not at this point," agent Arn Tellem said when asked if he had been in
contact with the Yankees about Mussina.

Tellem, who also represents Jason Giambi, said it was "too early" to say what
is going to happen with his soon-to-be free agent client.

In addition to Hank Steinbrenner, also attending the meeting were co-chairman
Hal Steinbrenner, president Randy Levine, COO Lonn Trost, GM Brian Cashman,
advisors Reggie Jackson, Gene Michael and Tino Martinez, minor league head
Mark Newman and head of professional scouting Billy Eppler.

The meetings are expected to run through today and could stretch into
tomorrow.

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推 aresa:好壞參半囉，好牛難找，好的先發也不好找阿
推 raygod:NYY說要控制局數保護新秀,可是季中RP->SP風險說不定更大..
推 tulas:其實單純季中RP轉SP問題不大,但Joba已經轉了又轉好幾次了
→ Aldousphyx:可惜一年不能直接生60IP出來 不然就沒這煩惱了
推 albertekins:不如直接穩穩的當RP= = 再去補幾個SP來用 穩住勝場分
推 kauw:對張有疑慮能不能健康一整季 SP還是備妥比較好
推 noahlin:當五號跳過幾次輪值這樣局數應該會差不多?
→ noahlin:是說Joba當五號好浪費...
推 crazyman7011:不要沒了SP又犧牲了RP  玻璃手臂要小心使用啊