Posada: Keep Joba in the bullpen--Newsday

(Newsday): "Jorge Posada, in a taping of YES's "Centerstage," spoke up about Joba Chamberlain's future today.

• Posada was asked by Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay to say the first thing that came to mind when various Yankees were mentioned.

• When Chamberlain was named, Posada said: "Leave him in the bullpen."

Chamberlain, who made his major league debut in August 2007, has moved between the bullpen and the rotation. Yet Posada said

• he thinks Chamberlain will break down physically if asked to pitch 200 innings per year. Chamberlain went on the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis last month, and

• Posada called that "a sign.""...

When you have an organization adrift, sometimes an employee has to speak up. (sm)

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