With 12 straight years of playoff baseball the Bronx Bombers could be watching, not from the dugout this September, but from the familar surroundings of their own homes.

Brian Cashman may have just made one of the toughest decisions he's had to make thus far as GM of the New York Yankee's. Talented young right handers, Joba Chamberlain and Philip Hughes stay in pin stripes for now, but one wonders how long before the boss has had enough and we see the Yanks get rid of young kids coming through the system and it not result in a World Series title.

Imagine being selected by the most storied team in baseball history come draft day. Something that you would be able to tell your grand children about right? But actually having a story about you playing for the Yanks at history filled Yankee stadium would probably a long shot unless in a visiting uniform.

When Brian Cashman decided that not bringing the biggest name on the free agent market to New York was the best move for the direction of his team is when guys in the oraganization like Joba Chamberlain realized that they might have been actually drafted as a guy that might contribute and not just trade bait.

The Minnesota Twins were after a lot of young talent that the Yanks had to offer and even Cashman had to let Johan Santana slip through the cracks and eventually sit back and watch as the cross town rival New York Metropolitans made the young south paw a very wealthy man.

In return Brian Cashman and the organization decided to stay within the oraganization and see if letting time, not money bring a championship back to Bronx. After years of beng spoiled with stacked lineups one through nine, and yearly visits to the post season, can baseball fans in New York be patient enough to let Cashman's decsion take it's course. More importantly, can Steinbrenner stick to the master plan and let everything take care of it self?

Huge shoe to fill first year Yankee skipper Joe Girardi made the comment himself, " The goal is to protect these young guys." will be responsble for making wise decision along with pitching coach Dave Eiland when it comes to the possible over use of some of these young arms. Patients will be needed if this long term plan is to truely work in the Yankess's favor.

Joba Chamberlain only logged 24.0 innings last year, while going 2-0 in 19 outings with 34 strikeouts and a microscopic 0.38 era. Similar numbers for Philip Hughes as he appeared in 13 games going 5-3 with 72.2 innings pitched while punching out 58 hitters. Great numbers by baseball standards, but remember these guys have not yet put together a full season in the bigs yet.

You have your five man rotation, 162 games, and roughly 25 to 30 starts a year, thus equaling alot of innings for two young arms to handle. If done correctly this could be a very solid starting rotation for years to come, but it has to start now, and patients from a city that has little of it will also have to be a key factor in the succes of this team in years to come.

Let's not completely right this ball club just yet. They are gonna be competitive as they still have on of the best lineups in the American League. They are gonna score runs, they're gonna win ball games, but the truth is that the depth in that rotation just isn't there yet.

History proves that pitching and playing defense delivers championships, so let's hope that Yankee faithful whose "what have you done for me lately?" approach to the yanks will for once have to try and think big picture and not cheuqe book and simply sit back and enjoy some great young talent - yes I said its great young talent in their organization.