PHOENIX -- Joba Chamberlain has experienced most everything baseball has to offer, from winning the World Series as a Yankees phenom to being released last year by the Indians. But Wednesday brought a new one: The Brewers cut the veteran right-hander from a Minor League deal and made Chamberlain a surprise free agent 11 days before the first game of the 2017 regular season.
"I've never gone through this before, so just add this to another chapter of the whole thing," Chamberlain said after packing up his locker at Maryvale Baseball Park. "Obviously this is going on a lot right about now, so I'll weigh the options and go from there.