ESPN - After meetings, Steinbrenner says Chamberlain likely to join rotation in '09 - MLB
Hank says Joba's gonna be a starter in 2009. I like this decision. No more mid-season changes. Let him get ready for whatever he's gonna be.
If we have a really good offseason, realistically the rotation could look like this next year:
1. CC Sabathia
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. Mike Mussina
4. Andy Pettitte
5. Joba Chamberlain
I would really like that rotation. It could be deadly. No telling if Moose comes back, looks to be about 60-70% chance he retires. But I'd love for him to come back. The only major question is what to do with Phil Hughes? If Moose retires, it would probably look like this:
1. CC Sabathia
2. Chien-Ming Wang
3. Andy Pettitte
4. Joba Chamberlain
5. Phil Hughes
still a very strong rotation.
Thoughts?