So it is Written So it Shall be Done

Joba Chamberlain has finally got his definitive assignment - the bullpen. Are only thoughts of why the Yankees prepped him as a starter for the first nearly 3 weeks of spring training games was the hope he would just come out and blow everyone away. He's done just the opposite this spring.

Even with an innings limit, we have to think the Yankees would have put Joba in the rotation had he stood out above Ian Kennedy or Mike Mussina, especially if the latter had continued to falter.

So now Joba, who had even begun to get frustrated with his status, can concentrate on bolstering the back of the pen. Joe Girardi said Joba will eventually be a starter, but backed off of earlier statements from the front office that it would be this year.

"I'm not saying this year, but I would say in the future," Girardi said. "I don't want to be locked into a timetable. Promises depend on performance, but in the future, we consider him a starter."

The Yankees have to be on the lookout for a veteran starter at some point. Whether it be a Freddy Garcia, Rich Harden, Joe Blanton, etc., the Yankees can't really be expected to win the division as currently constituted. But there's no doubt the bullpen just got a whole lot stronger.

Source: NY Daily News

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