On Sunday, Joba Chamberlain was moved to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bullpen. His name was no longer listed as Monday’s scheduled starter, instead it was Steven White. Farm director Mark Newman said that Chamberlain is instead scheduled to pitch one inning of relief on Monday.

Newman made no attempt to hide the reason for the move — the Yankees want to test Chamberlain in a relief role to see if he could possibly help them out of the bullpen in New York — but Newman was also careful to say the Yankees still see Chamberlain as a starter in the long term. (Source)

If it were up to me, I wouldn’t do this because I think it can hinder the progress of a pitcher that we ultimatly want in the starting rotation. But, Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano, Andrew Miller and Adam Wainwright will tell me to f— off.

Another reason not to do it is Chris Britton and Edwar Ramirez can be just as if not more effective seeing as they project to be big league relievers and have dominated the minors this year.

This is a sign that either Proctor or Farnsworth will be traded by Tuesday, let’s hope it’s Farns.

I feel safe about Joba as long as Ca$h, not Torre, is calling the shots. It appears to be that way.