He is 21 years old. He is from Nebraska and is one of a few Native American baseball players currently in organized baseball. He has one of the most promising young arms to come out of college ball in years. He has already begun his major league career while making appearances with the Yankees bullpen. He throws 99 mph and has already tallied 10 shutout innings, while striking out 17 veteran batters. As of this posting, he is 7-1 with an ERA of POINT-ZERO-ZERO (.00).

You may have the division this year Red Sox Nation (barring a catastrophic breakdown), but you don’t have any farm prospects like this. Get to know Joba.

The Yankees plan to use Chamberlain as a bridge from their starting pitching to their closer, Mariano Rivera (NY broadcasters have compared Joba’s role to Rivera's in 1996, when the latter served as primary setup man to John Wetteland). In the long run, Chamberlain is expected to break into the starting rotation. Manager Joe Torre and the Yankee organization has come up with a set of guidelines which Yankee's broadcaster Michael Kay refers to as "Joba Rules." They state Chamberlain will only come into a game to start an inning, and that he must get a day of rest for each inning pitched, both prior to and following the game in which he pitches. This is used to protect his arm, because he has never relieved before in his career.

Oh yes, protect that arm.