From Chad Jennings:
“I look at them as starters that can relieve,” he said. “But I look at them as starters.”I've been thinking about this since the World Series ended and I'm not sure what I would do with either of them. With Hughes only throwing a total of 105.1 innings between the majors and minors it would seem that Joba would make the better candidate to start. He will be able to throw around 190 innings next year, which should be enough to allow him to avoid any silly rules and just be a full-time starter.
Again, Cashman stressed that nothing is set in stone until he meets with his pro scouts, but it seems a good bet that the two young right handers will at least enter spring training as rotation candidates. Any innings limits, Cashman said, would not be significant.
“I would anticipate going into spring training with as much starting depth as possible,” Cashman said. “Plan on having a whole list of guys.”
A lot will depend on what the Yankees do this offseason and what happens with Chien-Ming Wang. So I guess we'll have a better picture of things as the next few months unfold. For now, all I know is Cashman has some tough decisions ahead of him regarding the two youngest Yankee starters.
