Yankees to monitor innings for young pitchers

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Yankees Plan To Use Joba As A Stater
Published 12/23/2007 by Greg C. at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... most of the time. Kat O'Brien reports: An ESPN.com report Friday said, "Chamberlain is likely to start next season in the Yankees' bullpen as part of the team's effort to limit his innings" if the other five starters are healthy and performing. However, Cashman, Newman, senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner and pitching coach Dave Eiland said Friday that the plan is to have Chamberlain in the rotation. "We plan to have him go into spring training as a starter," Cashman said. Said Steinbrenner: "At this ...

This and that
Published 12/23/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
The Yankee news is a bit scatterbrained today, so here's a quick rundown. Kat O'Brien authored a follow-up entry to the idea of how the Yanks will try and limit the innings of the three kids in 2008. She spoke with VP of Baseball Operations Mark Newman, who stated, "Maxed-out innings are going to be an issue for all of them, all of the young ones. I don't know how that's going to be accomplished, but we'll manage it." O'Brien reiterated the fact that Yankee management plans to enter the season with Joba as a starter. Neil Best discusses ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Joba’s going to the pen
Published 12/25/2007 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... On Sunday, O’Brien reported that the three Yankee rookies would battle for two rotation spots during Spring Training. She writes: ...

Roundup - OF Trevor Crowe Status
Published 12/25/2007 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... last friday. The Yankees owe the Commissioner 23.88 M$ and the Sox will send a 6.08 M$ check before the January 31st due date. - The Yankees will be watching the workload of their young arm very closely next year. - ...

Yankees to monitor innings for the Big 3
Published 12/25/2007 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
... in spring training, with Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina likely to fill the other three rotation slots. But not one of the young trio was at or near the 200-inning mark in 2007. That means it will require careful watch to keep them in the rotation (if they earn it) without raising their innings an alarming amount. "All of our players will have [innings] objectives," general manager Brian Cashman said by phone Friday. (Newsday) This obviously means Chamberlain will head to the bullpen, ...

Yanks done with Santana? Joba to the pen after all?
Published 12/26/2007 by Jim Johnson at The Bronx Block
According to Kat O’Brien from Newsday, Santana going to the Yankees appears to be “not likely”. However, this comes after O’Brien reported that Joba will start in the rotation and then issuing a report that seems to contradict the first. So is Joba going to start in the bullpen or starting rotation? Olney says bullpen. O’Brien said rotation, then kind of seemed to backtrack. So were I a gambling man, I’d say he’s starting the year in the pen. As I’ve said before, I’d prefer to have an ...