Aroldis excited to close behind star setup men

NEW YORK — Now that Aroldis Chapman is about to be cleared to re-join the Yankees’ roster, with his suspension expiring for Monday’s game against the Royals, the left-hander is looking forward to having Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller as setup men in what could be the best bullpen in the Majors.

“First of all, I just want to say that I’m super excited and happy that the manager has given me that vote of confidence and that I will be the closer,” Chapman said. “At the same time, I’m very humbled by Betances and Miller, their moving down in the order to allow me to pitch the ninth. I’m very happy and excited.”

Chapman said that he tried to keep up with his teammates as best he could while serving a suspension for violating baseball’s domestic violence policy, watching games on his iPad from Florida.

Acquired from the Reds in December, Chapman’s suspension stemmed from an October incident in which Davie, Fla., police said he fired eight shots into the wall of his garage following an altercation with his girlfriend, Christina Barnea, who told police at the time that he had choked her.

Upon accepting the suspension, Chapman insisted that he never hurt his girlfriend, but he apologized for …

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