Found this quote stashed away in a Sports Illustrated article about CC being ready to pitch in New York (aka off-season fluff):
Before Saturday night’s ceremony, he said he’s looking forward to having Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera there to close out games for him, and he’s already talked to Chamberlain about it.
Wait, what? Where did this come from? It goes against everything that we’ve been told about the plans, and everything that makes sense. How can you drop a random thing like that into an article and not do any follow-up.
Jesus Christ when will the Joba reliever versus starter argument end. Al Leiter needs to find a way to smack all this “controversy” down because he did an excellent job on MLB Network’s Hot Stove explaining why it’s stupid and Joba should 100% not be a relief pitcher.
