CLEARWATER, Fla. — Aroldis Chapman is still the Yankees' closer. Manager Aaron Boone made that clear before Friday’s game. It’s just that the Yankees want to expand his role this season by using him in the eighth inning at times.
Chapman is comfortable with the change, because the job description is still to pitch.
“They spoke to me about it. They told me there’s gonna be some situations where I might get in the game in the eighth depending [on the situation],” Chapman said through Yankees interpreter Marlon Abreu. “And for me at the end of the day, I’m here to pitch, right. So, whatever works.”
