Joba Chamberlain

Indians ink Joba Chamberlain to minors deal

The Cleveland Indians signed reliever Joba Chamberlain to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

What It Means:

After recent stops with the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, Chamberlain will stay in the American League Central. He will be given an attempt to win a bullpen job in the spring in his age-30 season.

Chamberlain posted a 4.88 ERA and 23 strikeouts to 9 walks over a small sample size of 27.2 innings at the major league level this past season.