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Healthy again, Joba set to come off DL
- Updated: June 4, 2016
CLEVELAND — Joba Chamberlain fired an inside pitch to Michael Martinez, whose attempt at a swing resulted in a broken bat. The Indians reliever began laughing on the mound and shouting at the utility man, barking that he warned him what was coming before Saturday’s simulated game.
“I said I was going to take one,” Chamberlain said with a laugh after his workout prior to Cleveland’s game against the Royals. “I go, ‘You might want to bring a couple, because I’m at least going to get one.'”
In what might be the final step before being activated from the 15-day disabled list, Chamberlain worked through a 20-pitch mound session on Saturday afternoon. The right-hander mixed in all his pitches and worked to both sides of the plate, doing all he could to prove to the team’s medical staff that he is over the strained left intercostal that sidelined him on May 22.
Chamberlain is eligible to be activated from the DL on Monday and the reliever is hopeful he will be ready to rejoin the Tribe’s bullpen at that …
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