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Not-So-Breaking News! Joba To The Pen
WasWatching.com — Via Dan Graziano - Yes, Joe Girardi just informed us that Joba will be working out of the bullpen, starting tomorrow in Dunedin and also when the season starts. All five of the other starting pitchers are healthy, and none of them has ever spent two months as the best setup man in the American League, so it falls to Chamberlain to go to the bullpen and work the late innings (along with LaTroy Hawkins and -- gulp -- Kyle Farnsworth) in front of Mariano Rivera. "I think it's going to be debated for a long time -- should he start or should he ...

Joba In The Pen
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — From Kat O'Brien: Joba Chamberlain will start the season in the bullpen. This has been the assumption by many for some time, but the interesting thing is that Joe Girardi would not commit that Chamberlain will definitely move to the rotation this season. The plan remains for him to do it at some point, but not absolutely this year. The long-term plan is still for Chamberlain to be a starter, but there are no guarantees that will happen this year. "I'm not saying this year, but I am saying in the future," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Chamberlain ...