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Would Joba Chamberlain Have Replaced Mo Rivera as Yankee Closer?

fans may be happy to hear that Mariano Rivera plans to return from his torn ACL even though he is 42 years old and already the best reliever of all time.

David Robertson and Rafael Soriano are expected to handle the closer's role, but it is interesting to speculate whether Joba Chamberlain would have have been the closer-of-choice during the second half of the 2012 season if he hadn't fractured his ankle jumping on a trampoline during spring training.

Until the unfortunate accident that has cost Chamberlain any chance of coming back this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, the Yankees had decided to throw out the Joba Rules and put the hard-throwing right-hander back in the bullpen.

If Chamberlain does return next season and ...

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