New York Post

Robertson: I’m ‘ready’ for anything

- By DAN MARTIN

David Robertson will arrive in Tampa for spring training in less than a week and he doesn’t know what role he’ll play in the Yankees’ bullpen.

According to the right-hander, that’s fine with him.

“I’ll just show up ready,” said Robertson, who spoke to pitching coach Larry Rothschild a month ago on the subject. “I could definitely be a multi-inning guy. If you need more innings, I’ll go out there and throw them. I’m not worried about it.”

In a bullpen that features Aroldis Chapman, Dellin Betances, Chad Green, Adam Warren and Tommy Kahnle, new manager Aaron Boone figures to have plenty of choices at his disposal.

When Robertson came back to the Yankees in August in a trade from the White Sox, he insisted he didn’t care what inning he pitched and that’s his attitude heading into 2018.

“I don’t know if I’ll be in the fifth, sixth or seventh inning,” Robertson said. “It doesn’t matter to me.”

What does matter is the Yankees getting back to the postseason, where Robertson — often used in lengthier outings than he’s accustomed to — got to within a game of the World Series.

“I don’t see why we can’t win a World Series,” said Robertson, who was honored at the Thurman Munson Awards Dinner benefittin­g AHRC at the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday. “We’ve got a lot of talent. It’s just a matter of putting it together.”

Robertson said he was sorry to see Joe Girardi be let go.

“I came back [to the Yankees] and I didn’t notice anything,” Robertson said. “Joe spoke to us at the end of the season, saying he may not be back. I don’t know if he had an inkling, but I didn’t.”

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