Bullpen Options

So it looks like Joba Chamberlain will likely have to undergo Tommy John Surgery and as a result will be out for about a year. With Rafael Soriano, Damaso Marte and Pedro Feliciano all currently on the DL the Yankees bullpen is running out of arms. The Yankees bullpen has been very good so far this year and they have been able to live with the injuries, because Soriano was easily replaced with Joba and We already had a lefty in the bullpen and out bullpen is good at getting out Lefty's anyway. With Joba's injury Robertson is moved in to the set up role and the Yankees bullpen now feels off due to Robertson's previous role as the fireman. Cashman has recently stated that he does not expect Feliciano or Sorianol back soon and so in my mind the Yankees are likely looking for an a high level RHP and a LOOGY because as much as I like Boone Logan he is not doing a good job as the LOOGY this year. The Yankees may look internally for bullpen help or look to trade for relief help. The Yankees called up Kevin Whelan who had been doing a great job of closing in AAA Scranton and after a bad first appearance, he bounced back with an outing of 1 K and 1 BB  in 1 IP after walking 4 batters in .2 innings of work.  The Yankees also called up Jeff Marquez who will likely be used as the long man and they have indicated that they could use Hector Noesi in the bullpen as more than just a long reliever, which likely means that Lance Pendelton will be sent down for Brian Gordon who the Yankees will officially sign 6/15 at 6pm unless he is called up by the Phillies. Four other Internal options that may be used are LHP's Randy Flores and Greg Smith as well as RHP's Corey Wade and possible Tim Norton although he is currently on the DL right now. Wade is the most likely to be called up as he sports very good numbers in AAA with a 1.23 ERA and an 8.3 k/9 rate and his numbers in the majors aren't bad.
If the Yankees do choose to look outside the organization for bullpen help then they will likely look to a number of teams that have or will soon become sellers. Several names that frequently come up are K-Rod, Kerry Wood, The entire bullpen of the Twins ans A's and Joakim Soria. Soria and Wood are very unlikely especially Soria who has regained his closer role with the Royals who along with the Indians and the Nationals are very close to contending in the next few years and Wood's price is to low for the Cubs to want to trade away. K-Rod is a definite possibility, but the Mets arent eager to trade with the Yankees I think that the Rangers will end up with him as they need really need bullpen help, but if the Rangers make other moves to shore up their bullpen then K-Rod does become more likely because I doubt he will be used as the closer for any team after his trade. Even then though the Mets will likely want bullpen help in exchange and the Red Sox and the Tigers may be able to give more for K-Rod than the Yankees will offer. Bullpen help sells high every year and teams like San Diego with a MLB leading 2.35 Bullpen ERA will be able to get a lot of return for that, remember top prospect Wilson Ramos was traded by the Twins for Matt Capps and the Twins are still sporting the worst Bullpen ERA in the majors. The Twins bullpen is in shambles and their bullpen may not help anyone, but if San Diego, Florida or Oakland decide to sell then they could get some good players back especially since all 3 AL division leaders are ranked in the bottom 10 in worst Bullpen ERA, (ironically all  3 NL division leaders are in the top 3).
The Yankees are actually fairly well off, but ideally they would like 1 more solid RHP and a LOOGY and they will likely try and solve the problems internally, but this bullpen has not been tested yet in a tight game and they may bite the bullet and overpay for an 8th inning rental guy. We all do need to thank Luis Ayala for being spectacular especially considering that he was a spring training invitee and right now he is our only solid MR arm.