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• Joba Chamberlain took some lumps in his two innings on Wednesday, allowing a walk, two hits, and two earned runs courtesy of a deep two-run jack by Twins outfielder Garrett Jones. Chamberlain and Yankees manager Joe Girardi were philosophical about the 22-year old’s “learning experience.”
• Ian Kennedy, who historically has had little trouble locating his fastball, left one over the plate for his old buddy Delmon Young to dispatch over the center field fence on Wednesday. For his first appearance against professional hitters this spring, it was an otherwise decent two-inning outing. Kennedy is expected to fill a spot on the back end of the Yankees rotation to start the season, a quick rise to the show for the Yankees’ top pick in 2006.
• Brian Hoch of MLB.com writes that 2004 first-round pick Phil Hughes has put a little more zip on his fastball, and is headed for the Yankees’ starting rotation.
• The Yankees have an abundance of young talent in their minor league system, primarily pitching, that led their Double-A Trenton team to the Eastern League title last year. Two are making comebacks from Tommy John surgery: Mark Melancon, a 9th round pick in 2006 out of Arizona, and Humberto Sanchez, who before surgery posted a 1.76 ERA in 11 starts for Double-A Erie, and a 3.86 ERA for Triple-A Toledo with 1.06 K/IP.  Dellin Betances, a 2006 draft pick out of high school, is making a comeback from forearm tightness that ended his 2007 season prematurely.

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