Aroldis Chapman wants to stay in the bullpen:

“I’m waiting to hear [the decision] so I can feel better, concentrate more,” Chapman said. “I don’t think [it’s a distraction] because when you go out there to pitch, you can’t think about that. But it still would be better to know what they’re going to do.

“The truth is, if they were to make the decision, I would want to be the closer,” Chapman said, “but it’s not in my hands.”

Chapman said he relishes the role of closer because of the rush of pitching in the ninth inning. Baker said he’d planned to speak with Chapman about it after he’d pitched.

It must be exciting to be brought into important situations game after game. Jonathan Papelbon was also a pitcher who was brought along as a starter, then put in the closer role out of necessity. When the Red Sox tried to move him to the rotation, he resisted as well. I’m betting at this point that Aroldis remains the closer.