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Reassuring words from Schill

Almost as soon as the news broke about Jonathan Papelbon's move to the bullpen, Curt Schilling had published his take on his blog. Schilling, whose 38 Pitches blog has become very popular this offseason, defends the organization's move and says that Papelbon is just fine with everything.

"No it wasn’t a rash decision brought about by uncertainty. I can promise you there were many meetings involving many people that occurred before this took place," Schilling writes. "Paps wanted to close because that’s where he felt he helped the team best, but he had no issues or problems being a starter either. He was going to do whatever role they asked of him."

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 4:12 PM | Permalink