Joba Chamberlain to Start on Tuesday

Beat writer Peter Abraham is reporting that Joba Chamberlain will start for the Yankees on Tuesday, June 3rd for the Yankees in their game against the Blue Jays. He'll probably pitch around 5 or 6 innings maximum (65-70 pitches), then go for a full ~100 pitch game his next time. The rotation will look like this:

Wang
Rasner
Pettitte
Chamberlain
Mussina

Personally, I've always been in favor of moving Joba to the starting position. Statistically, no matter how you break it, good starting pitching beats a great set-up man. That Joba has a solid variety of pitches and speeds separates him from Mariano Rivera, who made his whole hall of fame career with his cutter. I will say that the transition came faster than I or really anyone expected, but it nevertheless is the right move. If Rasner can keep up his Aaron Small impression, the Yanks starting rotation will be pretty formidable. Now they're just gonna have to figure out what to do with their subpar bullpen.