WHY NOT

Joba? With Hughes out until July with a fractured rib, you have to slot somebody as the number 3, and I'm thinking it might as well be Chamberlain. The sad fact is the yankees don't need an eigth inning set up man because they aren't going to have the lead often enough to support his activity. Might as well promote Farnsworth and see if Joba can be the starter they hope. This is not a team with a back end of the rotation, a consistent offense or any real character. Giardi would have to blow them up and do a miraculous reconstruction job just to get them to the playoffs. Forced to rebuild, they might as well do what rebuilding teams do: take inventory. This is Mussina's last year (one hopes) , Pettite's last year (almost certainly), and it is now unclear when and whether Kennedy and Hughes will be reliable starters. you might as well begin refashioning the rotation for next year right now. Let's take a look at Joba.