New York Yankees

According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, if the Yankees lost closer Mariano Rivera to a lengthy stay on the disabled list, Joba Chamberlain would likely be moved to the pen to replace him as closer.

According to a report published by the AP, Hideki Matsui is not likely to play in the outfield at all at least until interleague play in June, when the Yankees will be without a DH for the first time.

Joe Girardi says that Hideki Matsui will not play the outfield until June this season, according to the Associated Press.

In yesterday’s article, No Room in Yankees Pen for Joba Anyways, I wrote about the current state of the Yankees' bullpen and the depth that they have now that they didn’t a year ago.

One player I left out of the article was Steven Jackson. Jackson is a 27-year-old reliever who was left out because his upside isn’t as high as some of the other pitchers, but I should have included him because of his spot on the 40-man roster.

Here are the lineups:

Yankees
Johnny Damon LF
Robinson Cano DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Cody Ransom SS
Jose Molina C
Melky Cabrera CF
Angel Berroa 2B
Justin Leone 3B

Pitching: Chien-Ming Wang, Brett Tomko, Jose Veras, Phil Coke, and Jon Albaladejo

Astros
Michael Bourn CF
Jason Smith 2B
Lance Berkman 1B

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Who ever said money can’t buy happiness obviously never talked to a Yankee fan.

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Jorge Posada C
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Hideki Matsui DH
Xavier Nady RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Cody Ransom 3B
Ramiro Pena 2B
Eduardo Nunez SS

So far this offseason has provided us with many prospect lists. Baseball America's top 10 Yankees prospects and top 100 overall.

According to Mark Feinsand of the Daily News, the Yankees are completely ignoring the crowd of Yankee fans that want to see Joba Chamberlain come out of the bullpen and are going full steam ahead with the plan to use him in the rotation.

The last true setup man that the Yankees had was Tom Gordon in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Since then, the Bombers have had no steady option to hand the ball off to after the seventh inning.

I read an article that said that Brian Bruney was vying for the job. Check out what Bruney himself said: